Getting Drenched in Madakaripura
Bromo to Madakaripura Spirits were high after our morning adventure (previous post). We left Lava View Lodge soon after breakfast and got a look at the other side of the mountain […]
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Staring into the Heart of Mount Bromo
Adventures on Horse & Sand We had just witnessed a fantastic sunrise at Penanjakan and now it was time to explore Mount Bromo. It was about 6:30 a.m. when my […]
Hiking Bukhansan on Chuseok
Getting there We reached Gupabal Station (subway line 3) at 7:00 a.m. in the morning. There’s a bus stop, on the same side of the road, around 5 minutes from exit […]
24 Hours in Jakarta
Getting our visa extension (in Seoul) before our Indonesian trip was going to be a tight finish. Fortunately, we got our cards renewed on Tuesday and left for Indonesia on Saturday […]
Lessons I’ve learned as an Expat in Seoul
Two months back, I watched Sofia Coppola’s ‘Lost in Translation’ for the second time. I couldn’t make it to the end of the movie without escaping moist eyes and feeling […]
Do You Speak English?
Steering your way through Tokyo’s Monday morning rush hour can feel like a Herculean task. I was a bit rusty and had forgotten how to make a 100 metre dash […]
12 Hours in Tokyo
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Exploring Seoraksan National Park in Autumn
The chase for autumn leaves peaks during October and November in Korea. It was our second autumn here and I was reasonably confident about figuring out the local transport network. […]
Just Another Face in the Crowd
“perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque.” ― Salman Rushdie I grew up in an environment of conformity. […]
Road Trip to Karakorum
Saying goodbye is never easy… It was the fifth day of our trip across Central Mongolia. After spending two nights with a family of nomads and roughing it in gers; […]
