About a few weeks back I moved. Again! Less than 14 months ago, I had just moved from Seattle to Tokyo. That was one crazy but exciting move. I documented some of my experiences here. Japan was a wonderful country. It has beauty and culture, a fantastic public transit, some of the most hospitable people…
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Go Gokarna
Gokarna is almost a unknown twin of Goa. It’s a small religious town in Karnataka, located right on the beach and just below the state of Goa. My trip started off from Bangalore. There are quite a few different types of buses to go from Bangalore to Gokarna. I think there are trains from Bangalore…
Continue ReadingThe Costa Rican adventure: Arenal
If you haven’t already read the first part of us being in Liberia and Del Coco, I highly recommend reading it here. We were on a week vacation to Costa Rica and spent the first few days basking in the sun and rolling in the beach. Our second leg was to go to Arenal Volcano…
Continue ReadingThe Costa Rican adventure: Liberia and Del Coco
Recently I had a chance to visit Costa Rica. For those of you who don’t know where it is (like I did a year ago), it is in South America. I would say it is central america reaching out to meet south america. You can almost miss it in Maps between the Mexico at top…
Continue ReadingJourney to the unknown : Cambodia
To read from the starting : Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5, Part6, Part7, Part8, Part9 The last week of this vacation was upon me. As difficult had I found it to come, it was now equally difficult to think about leaving. I was at the border town of Aranyaprathet in Thailand and planning to get…
Continue ReadingJourney to the unknown : Aranyaprathet
To read from the starting : Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5, Part6, Part7, Part8 It had been almost 2 weeks in this wonderful (not unknown anymore) country. Every second seems to be getting me closer towards the end than to the start now. It was a weird feeling. To have started this trip off in…
Continue ReadingJourney to the unknown: The golden triangle (Mae Sai, Burma, Laos)
To read from the starting : Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5, Part6, Part7 Another morning in the foreign land. It was my last day in Chiang Mai. I had to wake up early to return the motorcycle. The morning cool enticed me into a leisure bike ride around the square walls of Tapae. I returned…
Continue ReadingJourney to the unknown: Thailand – Chiang Mai
To read from the beginning : Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5, Part6 I was in Thailand, in Chiang Mai city, and I was traveling alone and I had lasted much longer than I had anticipated. It had been 10 days since I landed and things were getting better and better each day. For some reason…
Continue ReadingJourney to the unknown : Thailand – Sukhothai
To read from the beginning : Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5 I could not remember the last time when I woke up so early. I had to, to be on schedule. Even though the trip was supposed to be unplanned, it didn’t mean I didn’t have to be on schedule. I groggily looked at the…
Continue ReadingJourney to the unknown : Thailand : From one city to another
To read from the beginning checkout : Part1 , Part2 , Part3 , Part4 Day 8 in Thailand and I was back at the starting point Bangkok. I had taken the overnight train from Nakhon si Thammarat and I believe the fare was around 800 THB for the AC Sleeper train. I had debated between…
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