Island Hopping in Bavaria

Starting southeast of Munich, a good gateway airport (hint: rental cars are usually much cheaper in the city than at the airport), and traveling west by road or rail: 1] Herrenchiemsee Island with...

The Turquoise Sea of Zakynthos

Zakynthos, or Zákynthos, is a beautiful Greek island in the Ionian Sea. The water is beautiful, with infinite shades, from intense blue to turquoise and the beaches, perhaps because we are...

How the Andamans Lit My Christmas up With the Best Scuba Diving in India

For a social butterfly like me, the holidays are the best time of the year. Christmas and New Year parties were abundant and I was always surrounded by friends and family. Moving to Chennai for a new...

The Top 5 Tourist Attractions in Madagascar

Madagascar is an island country surrounded by the Indian Ocean off the south-eastern coast of Africa. It is the fourth largest island in the World that is the least spoilt by human intrusion. Almost...

Top 10 Things to See & Do at Rottnest Island, Western Australia

Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh gave this beautiful island its name in 1696. He mistook the native animals, the quokkas, here for rats and named it Rottnest, meaning 'rats nest' in Dutch. The...

Rameshwaram & Dhanushkodi – Beautiful Places with Rich Cultural Heritage

After an awesome time in the valleys of Kashmir, I was on a bus with my childhood friend to spend the weekend in the lap of our cultural roots, and around the magnificent architecture of our...