Kalasa is a holy temple-town located on the banks of Bhadra River, 92 km south-west of Chikkamagaluru in Karnataka.  History The word Kalasa has been adapted from Sanskrit word-Kalash, which means a jug or a pot. It is a small town situated in the Western Ghats, which has been recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage place […]

Pandalur and Devala are small towns in the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu, within a driving distance of about 6 km. History Pandalur and Devala had abundant Gold mines, exploited by the British, and then abandoned to give way to tea plantations instead. Dilapidated mine tunnels can be seen now, left for travelers exploration and […]

We have, in the past, been very monotonic and cliched about planning our trips which usually involves traveling by buses, trains, planes and covering all the famous “tourist spots” as mentioned in travel books or as made famous historically, getting all our experiences through the eyes of the so-called tour guides or by recommendations made […]

Listening to this new age woman traveler is like visualizing a travel diary. Slowly she begins, with her voice going high & low, moves to one story to another story with the same passion she had when she actually experienced it. Mini Khanna, 50, is not like the normal gung-ho person that you meet every […]

What do you do when a long awaited Himalayan trekking trip turns into a nightmare? Read on to know how a group of trekkers who had set out to conquer the Kongde mountain ranges in the Khumbu region of the Himalayas, react when the earth below their feet swaggered and the mountain did a jig […]

Suddenly blizzard started and we didn’t know what to do. Our guide advised us – “be calm” but we were really worried. After a few hours of the storm, our clothes were completely wet while we were standing at a place surrounded by snow. As Saritha Vikraman, a 35+ corporate employee and a mother of […]