Located in the Anna­malai range in Tamil Nadu, Val­parai is a tiny hill sta­tion that is home to sev­eral tea estates and plantations.

We spent a lazy and green week­end in the first week of June enjoy­ing the beauty of the place. Cyber­scor­pion had orga­nized the acco­mo­da­tion in a bun­ga­low, sit­u­ated the mid­dle of a tea garden.

A long week­end at Nersa, a vil­lage on the Goa Kar­nataka bor­der
The bam­boo tree flow­ers once in 12 years. And once it does, it’s of no use any­more. The bam­boo flow­ers attract rodents, which also tend to eat up rice grains, thus increas­ing the chances of a famine. That’s why bam­boo trees are destroyed once […]

North East Chron­i­cles: On March 21 and 22nd we are in Kazi­ranga : the sanc­tu­ary that is home to the Indian one-horned rhino
It’s been a while since I’ve vis­ited Kazi­ranga. More than 20 years to be exact.

“Be care­ful,” warns by dad when we are start­ing off on the trip. The rea­son for the warn­ing: the […]

Well we’re com­ing up to the half year mark (already!), and I’d made pretty grand travel plans in the begin­ning of 2007.
Among, my ambi­tious plans was the North East, Ladakh, Gujarat, Ker­ala back­wa­ters, Hampi, Band­hav­garh, a coast-to-coast road trip and one des­ti­na­tion out of Sri Lanka, Mau­ri­tius and Lak­shad­weep! Now that I look at it, […]