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Zoom-zoom Zurich
Switzerland has a reputation for being one of the most expensive countries in the world. This is definitely true, but it is also one of...

Harsh
Oct 11, 20245 min read
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'Helsinki in One Day' Challenge!
Time visited: August 2022 Time spent: Eight hours After watching numerous videos, reading countless blogs and browsing through Visit...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Sep 27, 20246 min read
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May Marvels at Ancient Armenian Monasteries
Prologue It was time to bid farewell to Georgia and journey to one of the most ancient countries in the world – Armenia. Envoy Hostel...

May Ha Li
Sep 13, 202411 min read
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When War Came to Calcutta
After a long absence of over a decade and a half punctuated by short visits, today's Kolkata sometimes feels emotionally distant. I will...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Aug 30, 202410 min read
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A Whirlwind Visit to Neora Valley
Time visited: May 2024 Time spent: Three nights West Bengal is perhaps the only Indian state with mountains crowning its head and the sea...

Rai
Aug 16, 20245 min read
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Porvoo: A Must-Visit?
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...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Aug 2, 20244 min read
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Exploring the Enchanting Sichuan
Time visited: September 2023 Time spent: Five days Nestled in the heart of southwestern China, Sichuan Province is a land of rich...

Nancy Yan
Jul 19, 20245 min read
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Navigating New Zealand
A family holiday is always exciting, stressful, funny, and peaceful. In November 2023, when the school year finished, we went on a trip...

Binoy
Jun 21, 20245 min read
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The Roads and Rickshaws of Dhaka
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...

ShNaajh
Jun 7, 20247 min read
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Regaling Tales of Riga
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...

May Ha Li
May 24, 202414 min read
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Birthday Bash in Venice: Mum & I Take on the Floating City!
Living down under in Australia, jetting off anywhere usually means shelling out big bucks. Venice seems as far away as Mars. But during...

Tatiana Slezak
Apr 26, 20244 min read
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Feeling 'at home' in an Airbnb
Do you remember this Airbnb advertisement from 2021 - strangers aren't that strange? When we first saw it, in 2022, our hearts melted. By...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Apr 6, 20244 min read
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Koh Samui: Jaw-dropping Sea, Sand and Silence
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...

Payel Chakraborty
Mar 22, 20245 min read
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Troubles That Make Us!
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...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Mar 8, 20246 min read
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Bangkok: A Foodie's Paradise
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,...

Allan Christian
Jan 26, 20245 min read
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Memories: The Mad, the Mindful, the Moreish, the Magical and the Marvellous
Helsinki: You and Whose Army? We were only hoping to have lovely hot chocolate topped with whipped cream, a nice little Nutella croissant...

ShNaajh
Jan 12, 20248 min read
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In the Land of Fire and Ice
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...

Mathieu Boulay
Dec 29, 202310 min read
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Singapore's Fabulous Five
When most people hear the word 'Singapore', they probably think about tall buildings amidst greenery and a vast transit airport. However,...

Rohit
Dec 1, 20234 min read
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The Spell of Extremadura
Time visited: September 2023 Time spent: Four nights There is a region of Spain in the south-west and bordering Portugal that few know...

Louis Booth
Nov 3, 20238 min read
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A Visit to the Land of Pharaohs
My long-cherished dream of seeing the pyramids and mummies came true in 2019. Egypt, however, is not merely about pyramids and mummies...

Shatabdi Mukherjee
Oct 6, 20239 min read
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