Down the rabbit hole travels

It’s never the same down there in wonderland, travelling to a new world each time …

In the streets and lanes of Myanmar

23 Feb, 2021

Mingalaba! It’s been almost 3 years now since my trip to Myanmar. The recent happenings in Myanmar makes me want to go back to my pictures and admire the beautiful country and it’s people. I really hope they win this fight for their democratic rights and much strength to them to stand up for their […]

Swept away by Essaouira

27 Feb, 2020

When I sat down to write about Essaouira, my favourite town in Morocco, As usual I just wanted to write one of those rabbit hole kind of experience through my eyes into this wonderland. Let’s be honest, how could I tell you to go and stay only here or eat only there, it’s not like […]

Bewitched by Cesky Krumlov

10 Oct, 2019

From the time you get off the bus from Prague at Spicak station and walk across the small bridge and enter the old town area through the Budwiser gate you start sighing and smiling, while thinking where have I come?, is this a little town from a story book but only much more real? If […]

A sanctum for books in Europe

4 Apr, 2019

Library – A portal where you decide what life and what timeline you want to step into for a brief while. As we find different ways to buy, read and borrow books, visiting a library for a refill is something that we hardly do in the current decade. Nevertheless, It is a sanctum that should […]

Walking with you, Singapore

23 Mar, 2018

Big cities. I like big cosmopolitan cities as much as I like a house in the hills or a town with a bit of culture. Big cities are not just one thing, they are a mixture of many things. They can be anything you want them to be. I spoke about this in an old […]

SriLanka, tea and railways – The journey from Nanu-oya to Ella

31 Jul, 2017

There are many railway lines connecting the tea plantation areas amidst the tea growing countries. I have traveled a few such routes that pass through beautiful tea plantations or serene hill scenery in the narrow gauge trains that allow you to really soak in the surroundings. I can say with confidence that the stretch through […]

Japan without words

30 Oct, 2016

Japan is a silent country. No, that was not a typo. Even though it has the most densely populated cities, you will hardly hear the sounds of people talking to each other on the streets, the trains are quiet, even the ones filled with young kids. No is calling out for anyone aloud, the vehicles are […]

The first Hanami, Japan and Sakura

13 Oct, 2016 Japan during Sakura, a day dream. Sakuranomiya station bridge, Osaka What started as a wonder and awe from the photographs on the internet and the interpretation in Japanese anime, led to inspiration for paintings, and some for writing and not to forget, also a became part of my tattoo. This obsession ended up as a [...]

Bhutan, travel than just a tour

24 Jun, 2016

Bhutan, this landlocked beauty is called the Last Shangri-La and rightly so. The measure of it’s beauty, landscapes and harmony can only be experienced. A photograph thus, just becomes a window to the world that is this happy kingdom. Yet there are a few unique things to Bhutan that can make your touristy visit to […]

Rabbit hole and Japanese tea ceremony

6 Jun, 2016

As she opened her eyes, she was in a pleasant green bamboo groove, with the soft afternoon sunlight and a cool refreshing breeze. She thought, ‘oh well this is not so bad, atleast not like the last time’. As she walked a few paces she noticed a table with nothing but a beautiful blue ceramic tea […]