Day #95 Havelock Island
Havelock Island, Andaman, This chapter started on a wrong note. We had a long and wet bus trip from Pondicherry to Chennai so that the...
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Day #78 Auroville, city of consciousness
Auroville, Walking into the Matrimandir’s main inner chamber we could sense that this building was indeed the pinnacle of the Mother’s...
Day #70 Varkala, a town for routine building and taking action
Before taking off to Auroville where we are planning to work for 10 days in a farm, we decided to take it easy and explore the southern...
Day #64 Facing the monsoon in Fort Kochi
Fort Kochi, We landed in the international airport of Kochi in the midst of a cyclone. In these Southern regions, monsoon still had to...
Day #61 Pit stop in Hampi
Hampi, It took great sacrifice to get to the medieval looking city of Hampi for just a one day visit. It required 11 hours by bus to get...
Day #59 - Restful South of Goa
Goa, Setting foot on the warm sand of Goa felt just like how someone would imagine heaven to be. Finally, after almost 2 month of...
Day #54: Varanasi, the “orange moon” city
Varanasi, Our trip to Varanasi took nearly 24 hours and was pretty much like a horror movie. The first 9 hours of bus went by quite fast...
Day #33: The Kingdom of the Monasteries
Leh, Stepping out of the plane, we could feel the freezing breeze and the warming sun-rays fighting against each other in a mix of...
Day #26: Healing Retreat
Pragpur, In the North of India there is a small village called Pragpur. Enclosed you will find the Asho Meditation and Healing Centre, a...
Day #19: Desert life
Thar desert, Jess and I were sitting at the back of a classic Indian Jeep Mahindra, listening to another unknown but moving indian music,...
Day #15: Blue City
Jodhpur, This city sounded like sweet music to our ears. For the first time after our wedding (08/09) we were heading for a real break....
Day #12: White City
Udaipur, On our train to Udaipur, we finally traveled in a class with air conditioning. And the difference was enormous. In fact, for...
Day #9: Little rainy Pushkar
Pushkar, Jess and I were super excited to visit the small town of Pushkar. It is located 10 km from Ajmer and it takes around half an...
Arranged marriages and astrology in India
While in Jaipur we went to visit the Jantar Mantar, an exquisite observatory with giant objects to measure time and the movements of the...
Day #7: Pink City
Jaipur, Today we are leaving Jaipur to Pushkar, we have been here since two days. We have been welcomed to the city by Veena who works at...