I’m just about beginning to grow old enough and wise enough to acknowledge that solo travel is full of challenges and can never be considered a piece of cake. I still distinctly remember Mother Dear fussing over me and my preparations just before I set off on my first solo adventure. At that time I rubbished her worries and laughed ... Read More »
“What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.” – Charles Baudelaire Honestly, when Mr. Baudelaire pronounced these famous words, he probably attached a lot of aesthetic meaning to it, however, when you think of Mumbai in this context, you can take that quote ... Read More »
While I traveled across the great lands of Ireland, making merry on its yummy beer and befriending boisterous, warm-hearted folk, there’s one little problem that nagged me consistently. You see I’m quite normal in some ways, and in-line with everybody that visits the Emerald Isle, I was extremely amused by the legend of the leprechaun. Unfortunately, I couldn’t hold my ... Read More »
Every traveler I know has his own set of priorities with his travel; there are some that travel for the experience, some that travel for the destination, some that travel to explore new cultures and some that travel to meet new people & make new friends. A very close friend of mine travels comprehensively to party! He claims that’s his ... Read More »
Be one who drinks the finest of ales. Every day without fail. Even when you have drank enough, Remember that ale is wonderful stuff. Ireland is a land of several treasures – be it history, culture, natural splendor, literature or music, there’s so much on offer you sometimes don’t know how to take it all in. I made an attempt ... Read More »
Las Vegas is a standout amongst the most energizing urban areas in the United States. There are such a variety of things to see and do while you are in Las Vegas. The city is home to the absolute most expound and astonishing looking inns and money joints on the planet. The city additionally has numerous attractions and not a ... Read More »
As promised in my last post [Read: Ireland – 50 Shades of Green, Blue & Beer], here’s the second post in this micro-series on my time spent in the Emerald Isle; today, we circumnavigate and re-trace my foot-print in the largely under-rated county of Cork! For many, County Cork is the gateway to what is known as the fabled Wild ... Read More »
The Irish and their everyday lives can make for a brilliant study of anthropology. Brilliant characters, great conversationalists, limitless appetites for well cooked food and well brewed ales and a general affinity towards the good arts, the highlight of my Irish getaway was its wonderful people. Unfortunately, like every popular thing in the world, there are certain stereotypes that have ... Read More »
Everybody speaks of how traveling is a great learning curve. There’s so many people out there that claim it taught them more than any professor or any classroom in any university. Almost all of them are spectacularly correct. Being on your own in a strange, new land, where nothing is familiar and every moment takes you some distance out of ... Read More »
As I start to write this, I’m sitting in the midst of the tranquil beauty of Europe’s largest green park right in the heart of Dublin, Ireland’s capital. I’m trying to express why you should travel to Ireland, while simultaneously trying to fathom that by this time tomorrow my time in this wonderful land will have come to an end. ... Read More »
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