Amitabh Bachchan has been a lot in the news lately. The most committed actor Bollywood has ever seen turned 77 a few days ago and also completed 50 years in
Read moreBangkok’s Floating Market
Once the train at the Train Market has chugged its way through, there is really nothing more to be done there. However, just a little further up is another unusual
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I remember, when I mentioned to one of my Indian friends about my visit to the Walking Street Market in Chiang Mai, he quite cynically told me, what’s the big
Read moreAyutthya and Bang Pa-In
It was now our third day in Bangkok and today the plan was to visit Ayutthya. The travel agent whom we had befriended at Taksin station was a great help
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Having spent a wonderful four days in Chiang Mai, we caught a morning flight from there and reached the Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, during the mid morning. We had
Read moreChiang Mai – Day 4 (Last Day)
After a really tiring 14 hour trip the previous day, today we were in no mood for anything too hectic, especially one which would require a lot of walking around.
Read moreBoat Ride to Laos
After the trip to the Myanmar Border and a sumptuous lunch, we took a short drive to the waterfront where a boat had been arranged for us to take us
Read moreDay 2 – A Full Day in Chiang Mai
A red-eye flight to Bangkok, a connecting flight to Chiang Mai and a walk through the Walking Market on our first day, we had planned to keep this second day
Read moreShakumbri Devi
Ever since our return to India, Dehradun is a place we have been visiting with clockwork regularity. My aging (now widowed) mother-in-law resides there in Defence Colony and we make
Read moreFlying High
Having lived and worked overseas for over 30 years, I must have clocked at least 500,000 air miles by now. Most trips have been uneventful and routine but still, there
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