Travels That Make Us 

After a long absence of over a decade and a half punctuated by short visits, today's Kolkata sometimes feels emotionally distant. I will...

Time visited: May 2024 Time spent: Three nights West Bengal is perhaps the only Indian state with mountains crowning its head and the sea...

Time visited: September 2022 Time spent: 4 hours Since we were in Helsinki for eight nights, there was time to explore one or two other...

Time visited: September 2023 Time spent: Five days Nestled in the heart of southwestern China, Sichuan Province is a land of rich...

A family holiday is always exciting, stressful, funny, and peaceful. In November 2023, when the school year finished, we went on a trip...

My last visit to Dhaka was so long ago that I barely remembered a thing. That is why, when we returned to my dad's home city in late...

Five whole days in Latvia and three of them in Riga ! We couldn't contain our excitement! A lot of tho ught and research had gone into...

Living down under in Australia, jetting off anywhere usually means shelling out big bucks. Venice seems as far away as Mars. But during...

Do you remember this Airbnb advertisement from 2021 - strangers aren't that strange? When we first saw it, in 2022, our hearts melted. By...

Instead of our yearly trip to the mountains, for 2022, we were looking for a destination that was a bit laid back. The first name that...

And there have been a few! But we're learning to embrace the bad and the ugly along with the good! Here are some of our top troubles...

Thailand is a place of many different attractions for all kinds of tastes and preferences. Believe it or not, I’ve been there four times,...

Helsinki: You and Whose Army? We were only hoping to have lovely hot chocolate topped with whipped cream, a nice little Nutella croissant...

Iceland is a country of extremes. Widely known as 'the land of fire and ice', Iceland is home to some of the largest glaciers and the...

When most people hear the word 'Singapore', they probably think about tall buildings amidst greenery and a vast transit airport. However,...

Time visited: September 2023 Time spent: Four nights There is a region of Spain in the south-west and bordering Portugal that few know...

My long-cherished dream of seeing the pyramids and mummies came true in 2019. Egypt, however, is not merely about pyramids and mummies...

Time visited: September 2022 Time spent: 5 hours If you Google 'top attractions in Helsinki', or 'one place you must visit in Helsinki',...

Time visited: July 2018 Time spent: Four nights That's probably not what anyone wants to read when they're planning a trip there, but our...

Time visited: October 2022 Time spent: Four nights Dubai is the most crowded city in the UAE. It is well known for some of its unique...