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Photo Favorite: World’s Best Beer Name
Blog: GoBackpacking - 20 February 2011
I encountered the world's best beer name at a bar in Darjeeling, India.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, private forum, audio interviews, and more.Use discount code "tbs25" to get 25% off a Premium membership.
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Cities of Light: A Menage a Trois
Blog: Solo Traveler - 19 February 2011
First love. Last love. This compelling story of people and place is another within our theme of Romance on the Road.
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India and Mexico, More Similar Than You’d Think
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 19 February 2011
The more I traveled Mexico, the more familiar the place felt. Familiar to India, that is. What could possibly be similar between Mexico and India - countries separated by oceans?India and Mexico, More Similar Than You’d Think is a post from: The Planet D: Canada's Adventure Couple
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A Four Day Bengali Wedding: Day 3
Blog: Girl, Unstoppable - 18 February 2011
We’re Going to Ibiza? With two days of a marathon wedding behind us, it was time for a day of letting loose; a day of taking off the fancy clothes and just being us. I’d enjoyed the shining Indian attire and the oos and ahs I got from locals as I made my way back [...]
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Cricket World Cup – Some Funny Moments
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 18 February 2011
Cricket World Cup Crazy Stuff! With the Cricket World Cup of 2011 approaching, I’ve put together a list of some funny Cricket World Cup moments. This year, the 2011 Cricket...
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Kerala with Kids
Blog: My Little Nomads - 15 February 2011
A guest post about the fantastic highlights of a trip around kerala.READ MORE AT: Kerala with Kids Most emailed post: Buying Air Tickets – How to find the best flights and cheapest fares
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Rishikesh - Gateway to the Himalayas
Blog: My Travels My Experiences - 15 February 2011
"Rishikesh” the name itself brings to our mind sacredness and spiritualness. This was my third visit to this divine city. One of the holiest cities in India, Rishikesh is not just known for its religious connection but also for its beautiful landscape. Surrounded by hills (the Lesser Himalayas) on three sides and holy Ganga River flowing through it, Rishikesh is an ethereal experience. Rishikesh is the gateway to famous Chardham which are Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri.
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A Four Day Bengali Wedding: Day 2
Blog: Girl, Unstoppable - 14 February 2011
Before the Wedding Ceremony When you wear a sari, you need the correct undergarments. My pre-made petticoat fit well, but the top that was tailored for me did not. After I returned from the flower market, I dashed through the markets in the Sudder Street area until I found a vendor who carried ready made [...]
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Booking planes and trains on line in India
Blog: Travel log and tips for budget travel by backpacking, RV (motorhome) and cruising - 13 February 2011
One of the easiest sites to use to book train and plane flights in India is Clear Trip . They may not always be the cheapest but you get to view up to 5 days of flights to make a comparison and can book and pay with a foreign credit card.
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Markets in Chennai
Blog: Indian Bazaars - 12 February 2011
This is a guest post - a photo essay by Rekha Vijayshankar that focuses on the Bazaar along the beach in Chennai and at Washermenpet in the northern part of the city. Beach Bazaar
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Varkala
Blog: Travel log and tips for budget travel by backpacking, RV (motorhome) and cruising - 12 February 2011
We arrived in Varkala intending staying for 3 or 4 days but it is such a great backpackers area we will stay much longer. We started at Sky Lark Guesthouse . Faith seems to know all the needs of travellers and has free wi-fi, a satellite TV and socialising area on the roof top and use of the kitchen. She is often fully booked and could only squeeze us in for 2 nights so book well ahead if you want to visit. Prices are very reasonable with long stay discounts
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The Teardrop of Agra
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 11 February 2011
Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore described the Taj Mahal as "a teardrop on the face of eternity", and his elegant phrasing came irresistibly to mind when I visited the famous Moghul tomb on Wednesday.I arrived near the west gate of the complex before dawn on a chilly morning, dropped off by a tuk-tuk after a ride through scrappy narrow streets, dodging the rare passer-by and stray wandering dogs. Now I had to walk 200 metres or so down a dark laneway past closed restaurants and budget hotels to the gate.
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Photo Essay: A Visit to the Howrah Flower Market in Kolkata
Blog: Girl, Unstoppable - 9 February 2011
I visited three cab drivers before I found one who understood where I wanted to go and knew how to get there. After a short drive, we stopped in front of what appeared to be a slum with people selling random goods in front of it. “This can’t be the right place,” I thought. The [...]
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A Four Day Bengali Wedding: Day 1
Blog: Girl, Unstoppable - 7 February 2011
Turmeric and Mehndi I arrived early to the Oberoi Grand on the first wedding day. While I waited, it finally occurred to me that it was fairly crazy to go halfway around the world to a wedding where I only knew the bride. Nervousness began to creep up in my stomach. After a wait that [...]
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Photo of the Week: Jaisalmer Fort
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 6 February 2011
Jaisalmer Fort lived up to expectations in India. It’s one of the largest forts in the world but looks like a sand castle. We loved wandering through the maze-like streets and discovering hidden Jain temples.
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INDIA Kerala backwaters trips
Blog: Travel log and tips for budget travel by backpacking, RV (motorhome) and cruising - 6 February 2011
The big attraction of Kerala is to do a backwater trip on a houseboat. We recently visited Alleppey and stayed with a loca
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Delhi: Waiting for The Moment
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 4 February 2011
New Delhi, India’s capital, is paradoxically both a very walkable city and a difficult place to get around on foot.
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My Two Kolkatas
Blog: Girl, Unstoppable - 3 February 2011
On the first day of the wedding festivities, I walked into the opulent lobby of the Oberoi Grand. Everything about it was truly grand: the chandelier hanging from the ceiling, the flower arrangement in the center, the piano, the amount of space, the way I was greeted by the employees. It was clear that there [...]
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Pic of the Week: Murals at Meenakshi Temple, India
Blog: Solo Traveler - 3 February 2011
This solo traveler in India captured the elaborate murals gracing the walls at Meenakshi Temple in the holy city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
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Photo Essay: Scenes from Kolkata
Blog: Girl, Unstoppable - 1 February 2011
In Kolkata, I didn’t have a lot of time to wander and take pictures of the city, so I always tried to have my camera ready to capture everyday moments and sights that I found to be interesting. Most of these pictures were taken in the Sudder Street area or from the backseat of taxi [...]
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INDIA Cochin - ATM and SIM cards
Blog: Travel log and tips for budget travel by backpacking, RV (motorhome) and cruising - 31 January 2011
If you need money on arrival at Cochin International airport there is an ATM. As soon as you leave the arrivals hall there are two different bank booths directly across the road. The maximum we could draw in one transaction was Rs10000 but we could do a second transaction immediately after that. Checking around it seems Airtel have the best phone coverage throughout India.
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Sankey’s Tank in Bangalore
Blog: itinerant - 28 January 2011
The Sankey Tank was built by the Englishman Sankey, in 1882. Englishmen sniggered at it thereafter, saying that its putrid water took the second most English lives in Bangalore. I’m sitting on a bench by the thirty-seven acres of that tank, now cleaned up for a park. A senior citizen has stopped an aged couple. [...]
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Revisiting Thailand and More Adventures for 2011
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 27 January 2011
It is strange being back in Thailand after so long. The last time we were here was 6 years ago when we had decided to take the winter off of work to explore South East Asia. We had already known that we wanted to travel for a living back then, but we had no idea how. So without a plan, we made ourselves unavailable at work thinking our lives would miraculously change and some idea would magically pop up.
