People and motion are the only two constants in a city. Everyone has to reach somewhere and everyone is in a hurry to get there. The fight to be the first is a rough one and rush hour does a brutal job of weeding out the weakest link. And where there’s motion — there’s noise.…
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In the seventies, my parents and my toddler brother set out to explore a foreign land. Their expat life was short-lived, but their stories lasted for a lifetime. As a young kid who hadn’t travelled at all, I found their stories to be alluring. I was hooked by a life that was alien to the…
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I can’t believe it’s December already. It’s been an interesting and challenging year so far. Our travels have taken us to culturally diverse countries, isolated locations, and stunning landscapes. It’s been a conscious effort to escape the noise, the realities of life, the things that get me down, and find comfort in the serenity of…
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I wrote my 300th post two days ago. Now, I’m not into numbers, but this number makes me a little nostalgic. Nearly four years back, I was struggling to get this blog up and working. My first blog, on random musings, hadn’t done very well. To be fair, I had shared it with only 5 people…
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Photography didn’t interest me until we started our travel blog. I blame my own laziness for my lack of interest. I preferred observing, getting lost in my thoughts, and writing about our experiences in the comfort of our apartment. I was extremely lucky that my significant other/travel partner took an avid interest in photography. Our…
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“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” ― Winston S. Churchill We’ve been living in Seoul for over a year now and it continues to amaze us. In this ever-changing metropolis, gleaming peaks of grey quickly fill out blank spaces in the skyline and quirky artworks transform quaint neighbourhoods into popular tourist hubs. There is…
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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke Our planet, as we know it, is home to nearly 7.6 billion people. And that’s only the number for humans. There are many more forms of life, what we may know about or not, living…
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As travellers, you can be who you choose to be. It’s your moment to don the cape, forget the laundry or bills, and give life to make-believe stories. You can lead many lives, live many stories, and write many truths. After all, we’re all pedestrians walking on a nameless street — hoping to find something…
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“The artist’s job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.” ― Woody Allen Last August, a month after we moved to Seoul, I crumbled into pressure, and reluctantly gave up my reclusive ways for cultural classes at the local centre for expats and tourists. I dabbled in…
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What are dreams made of? They’re made of disappointment, dejection, stupidity, patience, hope, and courage. And yet, we never seem to learn, and continue to dream. Sometimes with our eyes shut and sometimes — wide open. Two weeks back, we visited Mongolia: the land of the blue sky. Here’s a first look of what a…
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