A place very close to my heart. It is only 1-2 km from my home, and I have never seen such beautiful landscape elsewhere in the world after travelling to over 40 countries. Yes, the beach might not have the clear-turquoise waters, but the mangroves, the coconut trees, the backwaters, the narrow road separating the… Read More »Padukere- For inner peace
Maharashtra is known for its love for Ganpati Bappa. Ashtavinayak circuit is set of 8 temples near Mumbai and Pune. While the journey is supposed to be a spiritual one, we found it quite interesting from architectural beauty too, specially cave temples at Lenyadri. Read further to see how to visit the Ashtavinayak temples Which… Read More »Ashtavinayak
Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh are prominent states hosting most of forts of India. You will find one in almost every ancient district. Here are some personal favorites Murud- Janjira fort Maharashtra is a land of forts, thanks to Marathas and other different rulers who ruled the state. Murud Janjira fort was built in the 16th… Read More »Forts of India
One of the most progressed districts of Karnataka, this coastal state is famous for education, sea food, temples and nature. You can easily spend a week covering places to visit in Dakshina kannada Best time to visit Shoulder monsoon months and winters from September- March are best times to visit. April- May is insanely hot… Read More »Dakshina Kannada
Udupi is best known for its South Indian fast-food restaurants. Few people know that Manipal, the education hub is in Udupi. The coastal area is quite distinct from rest of Karnataka in terms of weather, food, education levels, economic prosperity. Dakshina Kannada, the erstwhile combined district from which Udupi separated is very similar in most… Read More »Places to visit in Udupi
We debated a lot between Hokkaido and going beyond Kyoto-Osaka. Given it was April which is neither snowy enough, nor early enough for spring flowers, we decided to extend days in Honshu region. Toyama is a good hub to visit places around Takayama, Nagano, Alpine route. The Alpine route with high snow walls are spectacular.… Read More »Places to visit around Takayama, Nagano, Alpine route
It is ideal to spend 3 days in Kyoto or Osaka. We chose Osaka due to proximity with bullet train station connecting Himeji, Hiroshima down south. You will anyway end up travelling to the other city half the time. Nara is somewhere midway on a triangle. Kyoto is full of temples, quite a contrast to… Read More »Around Kyoto-Osaka
Tokyo is a good base to do many one day trips around the area. Nikko, Hakone, Kawaguchiko five lakes area, flower parks are good places to cover around Tokyo in a day each. You can even do Alpine route and snow monkey park as day trips, but we do not recommend that Places to cover… Read More »Around Tokyo
Tokyo is the largest city in Japan. We spent only 2 days, while you can spend almost a week covering each area. Prominent places to visit in Tokyo include Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ueno, Asakusa, Odaiba – these were our focus this time. You can extend to Roppongi hills, Akhibara, outer Tokyo if you have more time… Read More »Tokyo
The land of cherry blossoms, bullet trains, Shinto shrines, flowers, anime and much more- there are endless places to visit in Japan Japan is a unique blend of historic traditions, sandwiched with modern robots, where people are utterly disciplined to an unimaginable extent. I had heard a lot about Japan – the bullet trains, the… Read More »Places to visit in Japan