Hindustan Times
Yesterday, I was reminded of the really cool thing about travel – the way it plucks you out of one context and plants you in another, completely different from the first.
You don’t have to embark on a long journey for this, flying across continents or from one hemisphere to another. It can be as simple as getting on a plane in the pouring rain in Mumbai and, two hours later, arriving to Delhi’s crazy, dry heat. From water logging to praying for the rain. Read more
(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Filed under Travel · Tagged delhi, guidebooks, long journey, Mumbai, new destination, unexploited nature
I got a travel pitch this week, here’s the text (the full text) below. I want you to sit in my place and evaluate it, and tell me what you think of it.
“hey you want me to work on bhutan? could cover paro thimpu n punakha …the charm n simplicity of the country…have grt pics as well.” Read more
(7 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Filed under Travel · Tagged Bhutan, Travel, travel pitch
As your friendly neighbourhood travel expert there are many things that I’ve written about for you: Right from self-indulgent reminisces to gyaan on etiquette while travelling to unfamiliar cultures. Read more
(11 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Filed under Travel · Tagged business class travel, first-class travel
Like any good, true blue Indian, I love the rains. The smell of the raindrops falling on the dry earth sets my nerve ends tingling. I flourish when it rains; the dark clouds make me happy, even delirious. In fact, love seems far too inadequate a word to describe just how I feel about the rains. Read more
(7 votes, average: 4.71 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Filed under Travel · Tagged Kodaikanal, monsoon holidays, Mussoorie, rains, Rohtang Pass
