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Started out with no confirmed tickets 🙃 and went on to a total compilation of sudden decisions made on the spur of the m...
14/09/2023

Started out with no confirmed tickets 🙃 and went on to a total compilation of sudden decisions made on the spur of the moment 😊

Walking through streets at night after dinner and wandering into random restobars following the music that came from roof tops😎

Playing music loud on the phone sitting by the stone bench looking at the sea tides go back and forth 🙃

Finding moments of peace at the Aurobindo Ashram😌

Making friends with total strangers at both roadside tea shops and cosy cafes..😄

Clicking pictures at almost every corner of the street making sure our phone galleries were full

Above all, living the moment and enjoying the experience ✨️

These impromptus are what make any trip memorable at the end of it all! ❤️

Ladies, what are you waiting for? Call up that friend and pack your bags🎊.

Get on that bus and leave your town for the weekend. The plan will simply unfold...😊

Heels on Wheels

28/01/2023

When it comes to wedding destinations, there’s nothing quite like God’s Own Country. Exchange your wedding vows against the backdrop of misty hills, azure seas, verdant woodlands or tranquil backwaters.

Dubai weather at its best!And what would be the best time to visit Dubai's pride, the Global Village if not now!?A world...
27/01/2023

Dubai weather at its best!

And what would be the best time to visit Dubai's pride, the Global Village if not now!?

A world without borders is what the fair is all about. Here you find different cultures from around the world celebrating what they are known for, spoiling visitors for choice and leaving them in total awe.

This beautiful place 'where the world comes to shop' is a larger than life fair which goes on for 6 whole months with its curtains down on 29th April 2023, this year.

With country pavilions to stalls to street food to cafes to restaurants with dining spaces to 'floating markets' on the lake to giant wheels and roller coasters! You name it, the global village has it.

Why Azerbaijan?📍 ( Long post alert😁) # on arrival visa for Indians📝 # short flight ✈️ # a mix of culture, food and sight...
03/12/2022

Why Azerbaijan?📍 ( Long post alert😁)

# on arrival visa for Indians📝
# short flight ✈️
# a mix of culture, food and sights
# skii destination 🧤🧣⛸️
# a cheap cobble street destination that gives you great Instagram photo spots ( dubbed by some as 'the poor man's Europe')
# food and shopping 👌

Must visit

# Nizami Street for some serious glamour quotient
# Baku sightseeing/ Old City tour, Shirvanshah palace, Heydar Aliyev Center..
# Shamakhi with vineyard tour & Diri Baba tomb visit
# Absheron - Fire Mountain & Fire Temple
# Qabala - Tufandag Mountain- cable car rides & the Gabala shooting club

6N 7D makes it a relaxed tour!

Read ahead only if you have the patience and time 😅

A week in Azerbaijan

A little peak into our time in Azerbaijan. Just in case you plan on traveling to this beautiful Caucasian country sometime soon.

Azerbaijan, the oil rich country in the southern side of Russia which has boundaries with the Caspian Sea is more than just Baku, its capital.

Make sure you converse with the taxi drivers, shop keepers, restaurant boys and so on in a type of slow, easy English if you want to be understood.

Indians get an on-arrival visa here and airport formalities are mostly hassle free. We had taken our visas before we started, just to avoid any last-minute confusion but having said that it isn't a necessity.

We had booked a modest hotel right in the centre, bang on the very vibrant Nizami street which has various restaurants, cafes, hotels, stores, and little kiosks all through.

Nizami street is essentially a no-vehicle street which is cobbled and prettily lit buzzing with people in the evenings. Our hotel was just around the corner of the road making it easy to carry / roll our suitcases up to the hotel lobby. Our petite hotel was just across a park, a huge plus as it gave us sneak peaks of everyday lives of the locals - young mothers walking their babies in prams, elderly men chit chatting with their friends over hot cups of chai, young men and women crossing the park on their way to work - everybody busy in their own way. Interestingly, life began a bit slow we noticed, especially when compared to Dubai - probably owing to the chill weather.

We had decided to relax and predominantly enjoy the weather there, so we kept the mornings for exploration and evenings for simply walking through the streets. As we landed on a Saturday, the city streets were on a totally different vibe with the young crowds hanging out and enjoying their weekend. I should and DEFINITELY should mention that it was sheer delight to watch the people walk past dressed stylishly from head to toe.

Apart from the usual Baku sightseeing, we spent three days driving out of the city to Qabala, Quba and Absheron.

Qabala is a Gulmarg if you have been to Kashmir. The Tufandag mountain resort, on the city’s northeastern outskirts makes the snow experience lovely with cable car rides up and down. There are 2 routes you can choose from. We chose the one that goes near the Chalet Steak and Wine House which offers some spectacular views for photography. We also visited the Gabala Shooting Club where we tried out our hands at gun shooting with some real masculine guns if I could use the term!

When coming back to Baku we stopped at the Nohur Lake which provided stunning views of the beautiful water body against backdrop of the mountains. We gave a miss to the pedal boat rides you can opt for when there.
At Guba we visited the Mountain Jews Museum which serves more like a memorial to the rapidly disappearing population of Jews in the area due to the wide emigration of the community from the Red Village that once existed there and the Caucasian region in general. Before getting to the village, we went off road to stop by at the Candy Cane mountains that looked like they were streaked with red lines intermittently thus sporting tinges of red and white all through. Our pictures do not do justice to what we saw in real. An aerial view from a chopper or a drone would bring out its beauty said my driver.

The highlight of our trip was
the visit to Absheron to see the Fire Mountain and the Fire Temple. The Yanar Dag or the burning mountain in the Absheron Peninsula is a marvelous sight to behold.

Researchers opine natural gas emissions in the area contribute to the constant fire but the sheer sight of the flames and the strong winds that force you to cover your ears create a trance like feeling when in the area. The fact that it has been continuously burning since the 13th century come what may, is itself a marvel as no snow or rain has died it down! There is a museum in the same compound which explains the history of the place, its mud volcanoes, and the very significance of fire in Zoroastrianism which was primarily the religion followed by the earliest inhabitants of this land and why Azerbaijan has rightly been termed the Land of Fire.

The Fire Temple, a little away took us by total surprise as we heard the ‘Om Ganganapathaya namaha’ being chanted from one of its caved insides and Ganapathy and Nataraja moorthies displayed with utmost reverence! History says the temple was a place of worship for both Zoroastrians and Hindus of the land in the 17th and 18th centuries but ceased to be so in the 19th century, maybe due to the migration of the believers’ population from the area. It was turned into a museum in 1975 as per records.

Food in Azerbaijan has hints of Arab and Indian/ Moghul similarities. Their plov which is a mix of flavored rice and meat reminds us of pulav, their mutton Lyulya kebaps / kababs on skewers and different varieties of dolmas, especially the ones with vine leaves are a must try. Their dushbaras or the Azerbaijani version of dumplings is essentially small dough balls stuffed with meat, tomatoes, and onions. Dovga, a yoghurt soup, so to say, mixed with chickpeas and herbs is a favourite among locals, they have it either warm or cold.

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30/11/2022

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Happy clients= Happy meWhen your clients come back with a box of sweets you know they were happy with your service 😁Than...
26/04/2022

Happy clients= Happy me

When your clients come back with a box of sweets you know they were happy with your service 😁

Thank you from the bottom of my heart Soosy aunty , for the sweets and for the thought❤️🙏

Immensely glad you gave me the opportunity to plan your tour🤩


Twin sharing when traveling👯Perks of twin sharing are many! You get to share the room rent, transport costs, have someon...
28/03/2022

Twin sharing when traveling👯

Perks of twin sharing are many!

You get to share the room rent, transport costs, have someone with you if you are hesitant on exploring a new place on your own, you get someone to click your pictures, you get to share your thoughts with someone on the go , you get to know how the place appeals to another person if you are an organizer, so on and so forth!

It all zeroes down on your personality and how you are okay about sharing your space with another person.

And also, if you aren't comfortable sharing your bed space you could ask hotels to provide twin beds and not double beds.

On a personal note, I love company so never mind having a travel companion.

Happy days 🎉❤️
11/03/2022

Happy days 🎉❤️




Amit Trivedi, Jasleen Royal • Love You Zindagi (From "Dear Zindagi")

The mighty Himalayas ❤️
09/03/2022

The mighty Himalayas ❤️





A.R. Rahman, Javed Ali, Mohit Chauhan • Kun Faya Kun

Happy Women's Day!
08/03/2022

Happy Women's Day!




A.R. Rahman, Shashaa Tirupati • Hututu

So here goes the first tour call. Right around the corner, in two weeks. You can witness the Khajuraho Dance festival on...
09/02/2022

So here goes the first tour call. Right around the corner, in two weeks. You can witness the Khajuraho Dance festival on any of these days during the entire week of 20th to 26th of February.

Direct flights as of now aren't available for Khajuraho from Cochin or Bangalore but Delhi sector does have. M.P tourism board plans to reopen the sector to promote the dance festival happening, so fingers crossed 🤞

But we have the gwalior circuit possible, where you get to visit Orchha, another gem before moving on to Khajuraho, or the Jabalpur route adding in Bandhavgarh, where you get to see the tigers too!!!

Either way is a win win!💜
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