A Long Vacation Comes to an End
Its been one hectic summer vacation. Over the period of one month, we traversed over 5000 Km as we spent our holidays travelling and making the most of the longest vacation of the year! We started our tour with a visit to Tiruppur, where Samhith made the most of his time with his aunt. While … Read more
>Tales from Trains
> “Amma, I don’t like this train!” said Samhith, as we entered the coach, beginning our journey to the north. When asked why, he replied, “It is closed. I can’t look out and drop coins into the rivers!” A just grievance, I thought, but hastened to appease him, telling him that this was the best … Read more
>A Race Against Time – a brief respite from travelogues
>Our vacation in Kerala was to end with Thekkady, and we were scheduled to go our separate ways from Cochin (Ernakulam), where, at 11:30AM, Shankar had a flight booked for Bombay, and Samhith and I were to board a train for Tiruppur from Ernakulam Town, at the same time, where we were to continue our … Read more
>My top 5 tips to make long journeys more fun for kids
> Vacations are here, or rather, almost here. While some schools are on the verge of closing, Samhith’s school has just begun the new term – yes; like the ICSE schools, only, his is IB! So, we have another month to go before we look forward to the holidays. We have already begun planning our … Read more
>Train Journeys- Fun and Photographs
> Train journeys can be fun- as I keep telling Samhith. He usually gets bored on trains, and either wants me to read to him all the time, or climb up and down, troubling everyone else, and getting hurt. This time, however, the trip to Kumbhalgarh was different. We had great company in our coach … Read more
Trains v/s Planes- A Dilemma with Kids
Over this weekend, I got to know what it feels like, to be a regular business traveller. Samhith and I spent the weekend at Chennai with my sister-in-law, Sandhya, attending a function at her place. We went by train, leaving Bombay on friday evening, and returned by a night flight on Sunday, as Samhith had … Read more
