Hindustan Times
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
(9 votes, average: 4.44 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Filed under Travel · Tagged Europe, Italy, journey, Lugano, Swiss city, Ticino canton, Travel
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
(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 12:20 am
Filed under Travel · Tagged Dominoes pizzas, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Guinness Record, hindustan times, Indian flag, journey, PM’s Relief Fund, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, tattoo
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
(3 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
