Hindustan Times
Do all travel accounts have a fictional element to them? I started wondering about it after reading this piece, courtesy: Madhu. It raises an interesting point, one that’s not just true of travel books, but also of some travel writing that we see in magazines and newspapers. I realised this soon after the Rickshaw Run that I went on two years ago. One of the participants wrote a piece for a UK publication that conflated the events of the entire trip into a single day - making it sounds like one helluva 24 hours. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Filed under Travel · Tagged journey, magazines, Maoist strike, newspaper, Rickshaw Run, Travel, travel accounts, UK publication
During the past week, I thought of going for a jog. But between the thought and actual action, there was many a slip. The neighbourhood park was shut to joggers; the grass would be damaged during the rainy weather. The other closest park took me 45 minutes to get to in the 7:30 pm traffic, aggravated by the crowds assembled for the Mt Mary fair. By the time I got to the park, they were ready to shut. I jogged a round and a half before I was shooed out. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Filed under Travel · Tagged garden, green, Humble Administrator’s garden, jog, Mt Mary fair, neighbourhood park, Shanghai, Suzhou, Yuyuan garden
Even in the times of affordable flights, bus rides still make more sense sometimes. Like the night bus from Goa to Mumbai, that gets you there bright and early in the morning. Its convenience is the reason why I keep taking it despite some pretty harrowing experiences.
What harrowing experiences you ask? Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Filed under Travel · Tagged bus rides, convenience, goa to mumbai, harrowing experiences, mangalore, volvo buses
A friend has dangled a carrot, and like a good travel-crazy person, I’m eager to bite the bait. The carrot is free lodging in Poland, a mere 3-5 hours ride away from all the east European countries I have ever dreamt of visiting. Of course there are dozens of reason why this trip probably won’t happen. So what’s important here is not going to Poland itself but what it made me think of. Read more
(7 votes, average: 4.14 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Saturday, September 5, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Filed under Travel · Tagged AC Neilsen survey, book hotels, Europe holiday, free lodging, Online Travel Agents, Poland, travel websites, travel-crazy person
