...sleep in no time and slept like a baby. The next morning, I woke up to the cock’s crowing but fell asleep again when I saw everyone else fast asleep.…
Don’t stress over elusive airfare deals
...able ticket (click here to know how you can do it too). If the cost of the ticket leaves me with enough money to do my trip comfortably, I book…
Why you should be on Couchsurfing
...ion members. I can’t vouch for those figures but what I can assure you is that this enterprise has certainly changed the way people travel. This “hospitality exchange network” has…
Murshidabad: Your date with history
...ate. Chances are high that the owner of a van/tanga will tail you to your hotel and pester you to take the tour with him. But don’t fall for it,…
How I dug out cheap air tickets
...own the cost of your travel cost by a considerable amount. I have earlier written on how to find cheap flights. In this post, I will share with you two…
Travel better with these two language apps
...amera through Google Translate on my computer screen where I typed this And voila! That takes care of signs in languages you don’t understand. Of course, it only works with…
The importance of a local contact
...e place you are visiting. This post is about how the idea of going to Hornbill Festival got into my head, and how, my chance meeting with the flatmate of…
Hostels add to your travel stories
A hostel is a wonderful thing for travellers. They add to the travel stories. One thing I find interesting about hostels is that, good or bad, each is unique with…
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How low can you go and why you should
...the only hotel in town, in remote areas of the recently opened up Eastern European countries at the time (2006/2007), Tom caught rare glimpses of eccentric local habits and hidden…
That narcotic call of the road
...journeys can be value-additions to anybody’s CV, there is little ground he hasn’t covered. Long-term travel might seem a Western fad, but we in Asia have been hearing of Shankaracharya,…
Australia: First impressions
...l at the check in counter to give me either a window seat or an aisle seat, but NOT a middle seat. Guess what she did? The seating arrangement was…