The Gunung Leuser National Park in northern Sumatra Indonesia is one of the last places on earth where the endangered sumatran orangutan lives freely in the wild. Bordered between North Sumatra and Aceh province Mount Leuser National park covers over nearly 8000 sq km of forest area. Bukit Lawang a small village in North Sumatra [...]
Been to Goa a decade ago.... But things change drastically, i was a backpacker then landed in Goa by bus and went to a hostel, first of its kind started back then at Candolim, met some travel buddies with whom i travelled in SE Asia. But now it's a different travel game altogether, exploring some [...]
Taman Negara is Malaysia’s largest national park and is one of the world’s oldest tropical rainforests around 130 million years old. Covering an area of 4343 square kilometers. I always wanted to go to Taman Negra and knew very well that a visit to this place will be an incredible travel experience. From Kulala Lumpur [...]
George Town in Penang is one of my favorite cities in Southeast Asia. It has a unique blend of architecture, street art and hawker food. Whenever you visit a new city, you typically go from one attraction to the other but here, it feels like the entire city is the attraction. You can get lost [...]
The picturesque town of Berastagi is situated in Karo highlands in North Sumtra. It is a cool mountain retreat with busy markets, Dutch traders established it to escape from heat of capital Medan. The main attraction of Berastagi is to trek the Volcano of Gunung Sibayak and Gunung Sinabung. The indigenous Karo Batak culture is still intact even [...]
Phobjikha valley is a glacial valley located at an attitude of 3000 m. It’s a bowl-shaped valley against the backdrop of the Black Mountains in Wangdue Phodrang district, Bhutan. Valley View This valley is known for the Black headed cranes. During winter the people of Phobjikha Valley await for the return of Black-necked Cranes, they [...]
Kerala is South India's most serene state with nearly 550 km of Arabian Sea coast and beaches. I always wanted to drive along the coastal Kerala and experience the change in landscape and culture. We started our journey with no specific plan, only thing in mind was coastal Kerala. Backwaters of Kochi Our first stop [...]
Goa a former Portuguese colony has it's borders stretching along the Arabian sea. It's known Portuguese colonial architecture and heritage, of course the beaches, nightlife, parties and a bit of spirituality as well. Couple of my Irish friends were travelling across India. I happened to be in Pune and we had planned to meet in [...]
Situated in Uttrakhand district, Kedarnath is located in the Himalayas in about 3,583 m above sea level near Chorabari Glacier. Kedarnath temple dedicated to Lord Shiva was under snow for nearly 400 years during a period known as the Little Ice Age (Around 1300AD). This temple has survived the snow as well as the floods which created [...]
Kanha National Park is one of the largest parks in central India and a tiger reserve. The park has a significant population of the Royal Bengal Tigers, Sloth bears, Indian wild dogs and many more. The forest depicted in the famous novel by Rudyard Kipling, "The Jungle Book" is based on this jungle too. Indian Langur [...]
