I bet you’ve heard about the Burj Khalifa. Initially titled the Burj Dubai? The tallest building in the world? Ahhhhh now you get it. Oh and it opened on 4th Jan 2010. Yay! On my baby brother Lovell’s birthday. The Burj Khalifa is awe-inspiring, extraordinary masterpiece in world class engineering, architecture and art....

It was day one in Dubai and it was  mighty hot already, with temperatures soaring as high as 42 degrees celsius. Phew that’s hot! We had reservations to visit the Burj Khalifa. But before that there’s a quick stopover at Karama to pick up our tickets, which my cousin bought as a wedding anniversary gift for us. Al Karama,...

The Church of St. Cajetan lies in the shadow of the other churches at Old Goa. Most people would visit Old Goa for the Bom Jesus and Se Cathedral, however St. Cajetan’s has something wonderful and breath-taking to offer you. The church completed in 1661 is dedicated to Our Lady of Divine Providence. Its name however finds...

No Catholic household in Goa is complete without a cross. You will find crosses engraved on homes or a structure erected in front of houses. Each one is different in design yet built for one purpose – protect the family that resides there. My home has a cross engraved on the compound wall. But the cross that binds us all as a...

Poovar is ideal for getting away from civilization and simply unwinding with the waves as they lap the cottage front. Well there isn’t much to do here anyway. One day was spent at the beach, another day at the Ayurveda Centre and the next on board a romantic boat ride in the backwaters. Most of the evenings we hit the...

Poovar Island Resort, so it says on their site, is truly out-of-the-world. I was the first time ever I was going to Kerela and was super excited about it. But I was even more excited about staying on these floating cottages. Like all my trips, the Internet becomes my best friend – checking reviews, viewing pictures of the...

The weekend was supposed to provide the perfect break from the hustle and bustle a metropolitan city like Mumbai can engulf you in. My brother was in town and so we decided to drive down to Lonavala and chill out there for the next two days. Unfortunately for us, the rest of Mumbai also thought about the same. So here we are...

My review: When I was planning my trip I bought Lonely Planet’s Europe on a Shoestring. I must say that it has been immensely helpful in picking the right destinations to stay and visit. On our trip, documented on this blog, we used to get lost in any new city or rather look about blankly figuring out which direction should...

We get up to an extremely quiet house. I tip toe downstairs not wanting to wake up anyone and find Violet already up. I then woke up Tan and proceeded to help Violet spruce up some breakfast. Not before long we were out walking the streets of Witham to find a bus to take us to Colchester. Colchester is a historical army town....

By now we were pretty much familiar with London. However Richie, one of my cousin’s friends whose house we were staying in at London, got us free tickets to ride the Original London Open Tour Bus so we hop on to see the city and get to know a little more about the places and history. Check this out for all the places you can...