The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have. ~Anna Quindlen Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else. ~Lawrence Block Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and…
Tag: Travel Woes
Nizami Pride
When cities grow rapidly in a short span of time, the infrastructure needs to grow proportionally. While that hasn’t happened in Pune yet, Bangalore and Hyderabad are fast catching up. As the airport goes out of city bounds, there are several air-conditioned buses plying across the city. This one in Hyderabad had one of the…
Chilled And Wild
Not many know of my connection with Heineken beer. Since I fly often between Bangalore and Bombay; I end up reaching the Bangalore International Airport way before I’m due to fly. The airport is a cool 50-odd kilometers from my den, so I prefer being early than sorry. So to kill time, I usually pick…
Travel Woes…
A motorized variant of the cycle rickshaw is a popular fixture in many Southeast Asian countries. It’s called auto rickshaw in India, rickshaw in Pakistan, Bajay or Bajaj in Jakarta, three-wheeler or tuktuk in Sri Lanka, samosa, tempo, tuk-tuk in Thailand, trishaw, autorick, bajaji in Madagascar and Tanzania, keke Napep or Maruwa in Nigeria, rick,…
Snapshots of my World 