It’s right in the south, bordering Italy, in the Italian speaking part of country. The city sits at the edge of the lake, sprawling down a hillside. Read more

The Swiss look at their watches often. Being on time is a national obsession. Every third shop sells watches. Every town has a watchtower, and the bell tolls for five minutes to mark the hour. Read more

It’s 8 pm. I’m sitting in office and it’s pouring outside. I’m supposed to be filing a story, but I’m so distracted by the thought that I have to leave tomorrow and I still don’t know whether I have enough warm clothes that I haven’t been able to write a single straight sentence about the evolution of the Curriculum Vitae. Read more

For a few days I’ve been hiding a secret. One that’s been bubbling and frothing away in the pit of my stomach – erupting every once in a while in a gleeful little giggle. Read more

Recently, I told you that I was going to open the blog out for a guest post. Almost immediately, I got a mail for Ajay Reddy, who runs the website www.tripnaksha.com. Read more

This week, while researching a story, I came across a very interesting journey. A 69-year-old man, who lives in Delhi, undertook a 20,484-km long journey to set a new Guinness Record – for the longest distance pizza delivery! Read more

I love travelling. But what I don’t like are the logistics of it. The reaching the airport an hour in advance, waiting in line, paying double for bad coffee, getting annoyed at people who turn on their phone the moment the plane lands. And to do all this for a mere two hour flight? Bah! Read more

If you’ve ever met me, you know that all the honking on Indian roads drives me nuts. So when my colleague Sukhwant Basra returned from his trip to New Zealand and told me about his experience there, I knew I just had to get him to write for you. Read on. Read more

Something about the weather right now — windy and rainy — makes me wish I could go on a harbour cruise from Gateway of India right now, bobbing along on those rusting old ferries with the paint peeling off in fantastic patterns. Read more

If you’re a single traveller who’s ever signed up with a group, or you’ve travelled often on conferences and workshops, you probably know this well: Sharing a twin-bed room is like Russian Roulette — a potentially lethal game of chance. Read more