I’ve been battling bad health over the last 2 weeks and therefore, the lack of posts. My energy levels have been pretty low too, which is something I hate since I cannot do all the things I usually do. But there’s a silver lining to my dark clouds.

I’m off to the Himalayas for 2 weeks. Rest and relaxation is the mantra of my trip this time. No hard work. Just clean fresh air and loads of good food and chilling out.

The blog will be on a break till June 4th, when I get back. So expect some more silence. But equipped with my newest acquisition, a Nikon D70s, I will have loads of pics when I get back!

Nidhi from WebChutney called me to tell me about an online reality travel contest, which I thought sounded pretty interesting.

This is how it will work. You need to register yourself for the contest. They (folks at WebChutney and also makemytrip.com) shortlists a bunch of you. Out of this lot, a jury decides on the winner (not sure of the parameters though). He/she then goes on to travel on one of the pre-determined routesand also document and blog about it.

Sounds like a cool concept. I haven’t heard of anything like this before so if any of you are travel bugs, this might be worth a try. The winner gets Rs 50,000, 15 days and 7 destinations to cover and a laptop and digicam (these are returnable) to record and post his/her experiences during the trip.

Check out the details and terms and conditions in the site. And also, do spread the word around!

I was in Delhi for a day and thought I’d try and find myself a pair of trekking boots. A friend of mine recommended Ansal Plaza, so I headed there around 8 pm after the day’s work. Unfortunately, most shops were shutting down.

I thought Delhi being a large metro city would have shops open till about 9.30 pm at least. Apparently not. Met up with friend Abhi who suggested I try South Extension so we headed there. I found a nice pair of Woodlands boots, but was told by the salesman that they don’t make boots my size :)

We gave up then and headed to a Greek restaurant and I loved the name of the place - It’s Greek to Me.

The restaurant is on 3 levels including a ground floor. The lighting is nice and warm and on the second and third floor areas are low sofas with throwaway cushions. Very comfortable and casual sitting arrangements and just what you need after a day’s work!

I really liked the atmosphere of the place. It was relatively nice and quiet (I shudder to think of the crowds if the place was in Bangalore!). The menu has some exotic sounding dishes so it took me a while to figure out what to eat.

For the starters I ordered Artichoke with fruity wine dip (though I didn’t get any taste of wine!). The main course was Baked Chicken Vasilikos, - seared chicken breast with scarmozza cheese, mushroom and ham stuffed with creamy pesto sauce topped with almonds. And it tasted as good as it sounds!

Unfortunately, I had only a day in hand else I would have probably gone sampling more of the city’s food places :) If you’re in Delhi and feel like Greek food, the restaurant is located at Safdarjang Enclave.