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• The Joys of a Local Train Ride: Kozhikode to Kannur
  on May 13, 2013 in Kerala India Untravelled South India Nature Kannur Yatra India Travel Kannur Train Local train Southern India
  Wisps of wind caressed my face while my eyes remained stuck to the views outside. Palm trees ascended above the choppy blue waters and the traditional houses for most of the part through the journey. Kerala, for me, was rolling its way to gloriou...
• Planning, How to reach and Where to stay in Kannur
  on May 9, 2013 in Kerala India Untravelled Homestay Planning Kannur South India Kannur Yatra India Travel Hotel Kannur Southern India Blue Mermaid
  The itinerary for our trip to Kannur and Wayanad in Kerala came pre crafted and here’s a part of what it looked like –- 2 nights stay in Wayanad in a bamboo cottage. Breakfast meals + a few activities included.- 2 nights stay in Kannur in a tradi...
• On a Nature Trail to God's Own Country: Kerala
  on May 6, 2013 in Gods own country Kerala India Untravelled South India Kannur Off beat India Off beat destinations Southern India
  27. 03. 2013: Palm trees extend upwards at every stretch, neatly framed against an implausibly blue sky. Soft turquoise-blue waters cut through them, every now and then. As the local train from Calicut to Kannur chugs its way through the humble se...
• 'One Picture From My Photo Album' Contest!
  on Apr 17, 2013 in Giveaway CupoNation Contest Photo contest Voucher
  Remember those times when we enjoyed our holidays with a simple film or non-digital camera and stacked all our memories in neatly covered family albums... Special, aren't they? Now is the time to wipe the dust of them, to bring them out of the attic...
• Thirsty Throats and Water Woes of India
  on Mar 21, 2013 in Village World Water Day Water IndiBlogger Contest NGO Water scarcity Village Life in India Social Cause Water shortage Noble cause
  Some 15 years ago, as a small kid I saw my grandfather starting a change. Moved by the plight of the heat stressed and water starved people of our native village, in the desert state of Rajasthan, he installed a water cooler from his pension money an...
• Sayonara, Japan: A final postcard
  on Mar 15, 2013 in All Japan posts International Yatra Land of the Rising Sun International Asia Japan First trip abroad Yatra Summary
  It’s been long... almost 1 year since I came back from Japan and close to 7 months since I started blogging all about it. Today, 40 posts later, as I finally get down to drawing the curtains on this virtual journey of ours... there is a feeling of...
• My Mount Fuji Moment in Japan
  on Mar 7, 2013 in International Yatra Land of the Rising Sun International Asia Mt. Fuji Japan First trip abroad
  I loved Japan. But did Japan love me too? In the 6 days that went by, Japan floored me. Completely. With it’s beauty, it’s artistry, its originality and it’s way of doing up things. And now the time had come to return back to my country, Ind...
• To all my Nara friends ~ With love
  on Mar 1, 2013 in Land of the Rising Sun Asia Nara Bloggers Japan First trip abroad Nara
  Nara in Japan was a different trip.It was a different world, a small place – with a lot to see and even more to feel. It was about people, people who taught me how to be generous and trusting of strangers. They shared their breads, laughters, jo...
• Going Vegan: A Vegetarian’s food guide in Japan
  on Feb 26, 2013 in Sushi International Land of the Rising Sun Asia Japanese Sushi Japan food Nara International Yatra Food Nara Bloggers First trip abroad Japan Tokyo
  Let me confess upfront, I was a very fussy eater in Japan. A pure vegetarian traveling in a country habitually relying on fish as one of its base ingredients, I had always been skeptical. What raised my doubts further were the incomprehensible Japane...
• The Temple of the Golden Pavilion or Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan
  on Feb 20, 2013 in Day 6 of Japan Trip Golden Pavilion International Land of the Rising Sun Asia Temples in Japan stardust UNESCO Temples in Kyoto Kyoto International Yatra Temples First trip abroad Japan
  Day 6 in Nara: New Miyako Hotel, A review - Heian Jingu Shrine and Garden - Nanzenji Temple and grounds - Nijo Castle - TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION We stood in awe, watching the patch of gold shimmer brightly in the afternoon sun. There was a posi...

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