Decoding The Nilgiris: Tourism Update
The ‘Fragrant One’ from the land of the Blue Mountains lingers on the tastebuds. The colour is a brisk orange and the taste a distinct honey-sweet, not sharp and tangy but sweet and mellow.
Reconstructing Uttarakhand
May 2nd 2014 injected a rush of enthusiasm and hope in the villages on the Char Dham Yatra circuit of Uttarakhand. It was the day when the Yatrawas reopened in Yamnotri, followed by Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath in the same week.
Aha Desi Khana – Food guidebook for Amazing Thailand
It was a rather ‘delicious’ effort to put together a mini food guidebook for Go Now in collaboration with Thailand Authority of Thailand.
Get Trekked Out In Coffee Country
Each destination goes through its cycle of getting explored, then popular and eventually being discarded as ‘too frequented’, as the allure runs out.
1000 Years & Still Going Strong
The air is thick with tension for the few seconds before a crowd erupts into deafening cheer as the whip-lashing farmer and his buffalo dash past, creating a muddy wake around them.
Exploring The Eastern Edge Of India
Amidst the dwindling need of preservation of tradition in the frenzied pace of the country it’s a pleasant surprise to see one State which is quite removed from this uncaring evolution.
Discovering Local-ness
The last half a decade has seen some radical changes in the notion of travel in India. While backpacking, single travel, ethically motivated travel and other such concepts have gained momentum with a wide audience, a much needed concept has brewed slowly but surely in some states of our vast country.
Going Solo
With the travel space no longer hinged on ‘annual family holidays’, it’s time to leave the clichés behind. The last half a decade has seen a prominent surge in Indian travellers who want to explore destinations just on their own.
Fort Kochi
In the times of well packaged holidays and brisk itineraries, some destinations have stilled managed to keep the indulgent spirit of travel intact.
Kanadukathan
I grudgingly woke up to the vigorous shaking of my shoulder by the conductor and groggily dragged myself out of the bus. In no time I was being ushered hastily in the car for a bumpy ride along the dusty road from Karaikudi to the small town of Kanadukathan.
The Glorious Backyard Of Hampi – Anegundi
I heave myself to the last of the steep steps on the mountain in an attempt to make it to an inconspicuous white temple perched on top. Having barely caught my breath and absorbed the magnificent topography of strewn boulders, typical of this region, is when I’m ushered conspiringly into a small dark temple.
Shades Of Green
Two words suffix the Fringe Ford logo – ‘Get Lost’. And lost you are, at this 1912 British styled cottage in the middle of a 520 acre coffee estate, in a faraway land of drooping vines draped over trees, the thick undergrowth of coffee and cardamom plantations and a million shades of green. A veritable […]