Off-beat Blog Posts

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...

Gualba, a small village in Catalonia is home to a whopping 17 sundials! Visitors can even go on a sundial tour, which I highly recommend.

Will the Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D’Cruz starrer turn out to be only a critics delight or will it manage to rake in the moolah at the box office too? Our tarot card reader finds out There are many components to this – the film, A...

A rock labyrinth, flying fox and a high ropes course are just a few of the adventures waiting for you in the Nassfeld.

The timing was serendipitous for my recent visit to Bayreuth, a city known for it culture, palaces and beer.  A week earlier the Margravial Opera House became Germany’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site.  While opera is not really my thing, I...

Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth is Germany's newest UNESCO World Heritage Site and is considered to be the most beautifully preserved Baroque opera house in all of Europe!

Prien am Chiemsee is a great get away close to Munich for castles, cycling, climbing and more.

In the mood of excitement! One of Italy’s top motorcycle racer Riccardo Russo, made a huge mistake at the 2012 Italian CIV championship race in Mugello when he started celebrating his win without realizing that he had another lap to the finish...

Flo arrived to the Falkensteiner Hotel & Spa Carinzia seven years ago and shows no signs of leaving. Not surprisingly, Flo has become a bit of a local celebrity with hotel guests. Perhaps this is why she has been able to stay for seven years w...

One of the things I love about traveling is that you learn things you had no idea you wanted to learn about. My visit to Parc de les Olars (“Aroma Park” in English) in Montseny Natural Park was like that as I discovered that herbs are actually...

On a visit to a reindeer farm I learned some rather interesting Finnish cooking methods, from none other than an eccentric reindeer farmer.

Travel like a local in Rome - in this case it means hanging on really tight to a hot Italian guy on a Vespa!

Perugia, the capital city of Umbria, oozes with charm from almost every corner, but there's also chocolate and plenty of scandal as well!

Adventures in a Zulu Village = no electricity, paying a bride price of 11 cows, but also speaking 4 languages and being perfectly happy with what you've got.

Progesterone and estrogen in a pregnant woman does it all. Pregnancy brings a lot of undesired issues along with the expected bundle of joy. A pregnant woman undergoes a lot of mental and physical changes during pregnancy. She is on the emotional...

Better late than never. After five long years of hibernation I feel liberated today. Today is a day of realisation. I have been struggling with myself for long while now. A struggle to know myself; a struggle to  rediscover my lost goals. T...