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 [...]
A secret little village nestled near Kollegal with lush green forest adjoining the Sathyamangalam wildlife sanctuary is Dhondenling. Not many know that a place like this ever exist. Once we were travelling from Bangalore, took the forest route via Kollegal and Hasaanur rather than the conventional highway via Salem. [...]
Malacca is one of the most vibrant city in Malaysia. It has a varied history, having been colonized by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British. One can find these influences in food, architecture and even the language. Every backpacker coming to Malaysia makes it a mandatory stopover. I have been to Malacca many times but each visit [...]
Rasdhoo is a tiny Island about 500 meters long and 600 meters wide. It's one of the inhabited Islands of Maldives. Situated few miles away from Ari Atoll, Rasdhoo is known for it's crystal clear beaches, reefs, some rare underwater species like manta rays, hammerheads and many more. An hour's ride by speedboat from Male brought [...]
When in Maldives, people tend to skip the capital Malé and go directly to resort islands. But it's always nice to explore the local life of a country. We landed in Velana International airport, Hulhule island. Once you step out of the airport exit gate it's all ocean, water looked crystal clear with lot of [...]
I was fortunate to land in Jogja in spite of volcanic activity(of mt.Kelud) in Java. Large volume of ashes were spewed by the volcano forcing most airports in java to close down. One could see ashes piled on both sides of runway during landing. After coming out of the airport, hitchhiked for a bit to [...]
Situated in South China sea "Tioman archipelago" is known for it's live corals and marine nature reserve. Tioman has given me some fairy tale stories to tell and some to forget. Tioman has more than 7 inhabited islands and patches of tropical rain forest. During my first visit i stayed at Salang. It's more a chilled out [...]
Merapi is an active Volcano situated near Yogyakarta. It is one of the 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia. Stratigraphic analysis reveals that eruptions in the Merapi area began about 400,000 years ago. Typically, small eruptions occur every two to three years, and larger ones every 10–15 years or so. The summit is 2968 m high. The [...]
Cradled between Karakoram ranges in the north western part of Ladakh lies a quite little town “Turtuk”. This place has a special political, social and historical significance. Turtuk was part of Baltistan previously, soon after Independence in 1947 this village belonged to Jammu and Kashmir (under Hari Singh) but later on it was captured by Pakistan. Then came [...]
Lamayuru called the Moonland of Ladakh is a village between Leh and Kargil. Beautiful natural moon like carvings on the mountains gives a sense of Lunar territory. Locals say this area was once a lake and dried up later on. Lamayuru is home to one of the oldest monasteries in Ladakh, dating back to the 10th [...]
