Winds and Waves: South Africa

Cape Town from Table Mountain Our South Africa trip started with a nine-hour long Emirates flight that took us from Dubai to Cape Town, not that I am complaining ( that flight was quite entertaining with their movies and games ). We landed in Cape Town, and the first thing that hit our eyes was Table Mountain, towering above the rest of...

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My Tryst with the Tsunami: Andaman and Nicobar Islands

It was in December 2004 that we decided to go to Andaman and Nicobar Islands; my grandparents, my parents, my sister and I. We boarded a flight for Port Blair from Chennai, and the journey was actually longer than what it takes to reach from Bangalore to say Pakistan, or even Bangladesh. The islands are very picturesque and totally worth...

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Between Sex Shops and Lord Buddha: Thailand

If you ask anyone who has visited Thailand about their trip, the first thing that comes out of their mouths are the massive number of sex shops and nude beaches scattered around ( clearly I'm not an exception to this rule ). Walking down the market streets of the city, almost every second shop seems to have erotic posters and dangling sex...

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The Sand Dunes of Time - Jordan

A hot blast of dry, inhospitable air hits you as you step off the pleasantly air conditioned plane. The first words that came to my mouth on seeing the dusky, little airport standing a few feet away from the aircraft were, 'Where have I come? This isn't even an airport...'. Only later would I realise how wrong I was. Our guide, who...

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