If a travel writer isn’t traveling, that doesn’t mean they can’t be writing stories about travel. We merely need to think outside the typical ‘I went here’ tales and dig into stories that we can tell while we’re at home – stories that we haven’t shared before, reflecting on past travel experiences that often open […]
Travel Stories
Solo vs Couple Travel – What’s Better?
“Some journeys can be only traveled alone.” – Ken Poirot. About 7 years back, in the year 2014, when I had just moved out of college and was brimming with enthusiasm & wanderlust, I started traveling solo. I moved out of Kolkata – the city where I was born and lived until then – and […]
Flashback 2020: Travel & Blogging In The Times Of Coronavirus!
It has been nearly nine months of staying indoors. Now that the year is about to end and a lot of countries are going through lockdown 2.0, here I am, sitting and thinking of last December when I was super excited to kick start 2020 in Vietnam. Little did I know then, how this year […]
The Pandemic Taught Me That Travel Is An Essential Human Activity
Traveling is an essential human activity – and when I say this, it might not seem essential the way hospitals and grocery stores are. But it is as essential as books and hugs are – essential not for our survival, but for our well-being. It is the food for our soul. There’s no denial to […]
An Open Letter to First Time Solo Travelers ❤
To The One Who’s Thinking Of Going On A Solo Trip For The First Time, Let me tell you that it’s gonna be a scary yet liberating experience, and your life will change once you return. You’ve perhaps decided which place you’d visit and what all you wanna do, or maybe you’ve booked your tickets […]
An Open Letter To Travelers Who Believe There’s More To Be Experienced In This World
Dear Traveler, I know what it feels like, to be stuck within the four walls of home (no matter how cozy it is and how much love the family showers you with). Sometimes, comfort isn’t found amidst luxury, but in breaking free from the chaos and getting lost in the wilderness. The thought of having […]
10 Best Lessons That Traveling Teaches You To Be A Better Human Being!
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St.Augustine. Classrooms and textbooks can never teach us enough, the way in which traveling can do. As you take the step out of your comfort zone and explore the larger world, you would be amazed to see things that […]
5 Places That We Loved While Exploring Singapore
We did our fair share of research before traveling to Singapore, about the places to visit and the things to do – but when we were there, we realized that it’s better to go with the flow rather than planning a day-to-day itinerary. We were there in the country for 10 days, exploring some of […]
5 Best Lessons That I Learnt After Traveling To 5 Countries In 2019
*A Personal Anecdote* While writing down the ‘Resolutions For 2019’, I had jotted down quite a few things but as the days passed, I did fail to live up to a lot of them. But there was one thing that I had added to my list – ‘To visit at least 5 countries in 2019’. […]
AirBnB Accommodations Over Hotels | Here’s What We Prefer More & Why!
We still remember our first Airbnb experience, which was in Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand. We were initially planning to travel to Mussorie with two of our friends during the Independence Day weekend but figured out that it would be overcrowded and the hotels had already put a surcharge. While looking up other places where we could make […]