Tag: winter travel

Kerala backwaters beyond houseboat tours

You whizzed past it on the long train journeys on family trips during the school holidays. Stared wide-eyed as the windows of the Indian Railways sleeper coach revealed a world

A day in Trivandrum and Kovalam beach, Kerala

A for Arabian sea. B for beach. When these two come together in Kerala, you understand why Kerala is for God’s Own Country. Our debut visit to Kerala was a

Coorg: Of coffee, wilderness and our first travel together

“The most beautiful places are at the end of really bad roads”. Coorg had fit this bill quite correctly back then. With its lure of coffee plantations, exotic homestays and

Aerial view of the old walled city of Amer and its water bodies seen from the Jaigadh fort in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Jaipur in 24 hours: A super short visit

Rajasthan, the desert state of India is a prime tourist destination in India. Studded with “must sees”, it can be difficult seeing it all in one go, especially if one

Mist covered dense forest in Delightful bakery now run by the 5th generation in Mahabaleshwar, the most famous hill station in Maharashtra, India.

Offbeat travel in “typical” Mahabaleshwar

Agreed, Mahabaleshwar is as touristy as it gets. But that doesn’t make it any less beautiful. Its forest cover is as dense and the weather as lovely despite the crowds