After deliberating for a couple of years, I finally decided to visit Antarctica in December 2018. Visiting Antarctica had been a childhood dream of mine, and I wanted to make the most of my visit to the frozen continent. It was very likely that this could be my only visit, at least in the short term. I was overwhelmed when I first started searching the plethora of options available. Hopefully, this would help you in narrowing down on how to…
Ever since I saw a post by a travel friend of mine, strapped outside a rusting red biplane plane, arms stretched – while the plane seemed to be in the middle of a roll, it had me intrigued. It seemed straight out of a James Bond or an MI stunt scene! I figured the stunt is better known as wing-walking, and that one of the handful of wing-walking schools, is right in my backyard near Seattle. After a few email…
I have always enjoyed traveling without much planning and seeing where the proverbial journey takes me. Belize is a very small country, so I wanted to get out of the tourist trail and go somewhere off the grid. While exploring the map of Belize, this place called Little Belize caught my fancy. Couple of reasons: the name itself, and its setting by a lagoon. An unpaved road from the town of Orange Walk seemed to lead right to little Belize….
Few years ago, I got introduced to the tumultuous history and the vibrant culture of the Garifuna people during my visit to Livingston, Guatemala. Ever since then, I wanted to get back and spend more time with the Garifuna people. Every year on November 19th, Belize celebrates the Garifuna settlement day with fierce pride. Dangriga, a small coastal town in Belize, is the heart and soul of the celebrations, bringing together local communities over shared history and traditions as well…
It so occurred that during a sluggish evening I was browsing pictures from Chitral and Swat regions of Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; what I saw was shimmering lakes, jaw-dropping meadows and an alpine landscape that made me jump out of my chair. My awe and wonder was to skyrocket as I saw more pictures from the region. A bit of foraging to dig up some trust-worthy writing from the obscurity of internet reveals that hikers have been frequenting the routes that I had…