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
>Morachi Chincholi – Part 1
>Can you imagine being woken up at 5 AM by the peacock calling out to its mate? This is just what we experienced when we visited Morachi Chincholi last weekend. No, this village is not somewhere deep inside a jungle, but is just a 4 hour drive from Mumbai, 50 Kms from Pune. I heard … Read more
>Binsar – Part 3 – A trek to a river… with a bit of Bird Watching thrown in!
> Trekking is something I am least enthusiastic about, while Shankar loves to! No matter where we go, he manages to explore the place on foot every morning, sometimes even going seriously trekking with a guide. This time though, I was the one who wanted to go, when I saw that there was a bird … Read more
>Binsar – Part 1
> The idea of a perfect vacation is different for different people. While some like to make the most of it, doing something every minute, some like to do absolutely nothing at all. The perfect place for a vacation too, differs – while some expect homely comforts no matter where they go, some like to … 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
>The Family Traveller – My Experiences and Thoughts
> I just read an article in the Club Mahindra Blog (Clay) by Lakshmi Sharath – The Family Traveller, where she talks about the differences between those travelling alone and those in a group and the kind of amenities they look out for. I started commenting on the article only to realize that it was … 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
>AN UNFORGETTABLE TRIP TO THE HIMALAYAS
>It was May 1990. I had just written my10th Std exams, and my mother had promised me a trip somewhere interesting as a treat for all the hours I had put in all year for studying. The place we were to go remained uncertain, until my grandfather suddenly announced that a group from his temple … Read more
