Hiking Samaksan in South Korea Samarkand, Uzbekistan Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from. – Seth Godin Like most introverts I like spending most of my time at home. Home is a place where I can dream, be creative, think, and…
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“War does not determine who is right — only who is left.” ― Anonymous I’ve never been a fan of War Tourism. I don’t handle conflict zones very well and tend to get easily overwhelmed by stories of pain and separation. Quite naturally, the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), in South Korea, was never high on my traveller radar…
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We’ve been following Ann-Christine from lagottecattleya for a while and I absolutely adore her work. Her pictures of enchanting forests and adorable animals are stunning! Few weeks back, we realised that we had a common idea for a post on cats and that’s when she nominated us for the 7 Day B&W Challenge. Ann’s been kind enough…
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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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The Views from the Top (Eden Camp) The next morning, we woke up early to hike the rocky peak behind our camp. Boggi, our guide, had assured us that it was perfectly safe to do so and wouldn’t be too hard. We had some time before breakfast and with the camp plunged in silence —…
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Sunrise at Moltsog Els Ger Camp On the previous night, we had stayed up late to admire the Milky Way and capture some amateur shots of the night sky. Surprisingly, I woke up before 6 am the next morning. It was beautiful to see the sun rise beyond the horizon and light everything around it.…
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On any trip, we prefer doing the planning and travelling on our own. My first instinct was to figure out a way to do that in Mongolia. I don’t think it’s impossible. But you’d need to have more time, chalk out a solid itinerary, be very brave, trust your instincts, and prepare to rough it.…
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After our half day excursion around Boseong’s green tea fields; we had to wait for half an hour, at Boseong Intercity Bus Terminal, to get to Suncheon. It was nearing 3 p.m. and we were worried if we’d make it in time for sunset at Suncheonman Bay Wetland Reserve. We reached Suncheon Intercity Bus Terminal at 4 p.m.…
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The first week of May coincides with Labour Day, Children’s Day, Buddha’s Birth, and this year — the elections. In Korea, it’s rare to get these many public holidays (the next being Chuseok) in quick succession. While public holidays don’t eat into Basil’s annual leave; it isn’t the easiest time to travel around the country.…
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“At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche I grew up in an environment that stimulated free thinking, independent…
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