Gypsy Soul To Blame

Swinging in a windy balcony of a high rise, looking at the hovering air crafts on one side, watching one of the best turf horse racetrack, wondering how peaceful the temple overseeing the Arabian Sea appears, gaping at the inspiring skyline of Mumbai and the massive open air laundry on the other side, I wonder how travelling, reading, eating and relaxing are intertwined. Moment Of Introspection This is by far the best connect I have come across. There is a strong friendship force that connects these three words especially the way it opens our mind to explore the lifestyle or culture of a certain locality. Travel Good – Try to be more than a tourist Travel is the best form of leisure.  It not only opens your mind to the world outside but also influences your outlook towards life.  Pull out the advantage of introspecting while your travel. The joy of travelling to a place can only be harnessed if the soul of the place is touched and if one is able to le...

To swerve myself from demise of a soul who left for reasons unknown called for this travel plan. It was spur-of-the moment plan that we took out off by booking a premium tatkal railway tickets a day ago and started our journey. "There is almost no such thing as ready,   There is only Now   "   The first hop out location was Devbaug. We reached Devbaug by a jerky bus ride,halted along the way to have a look at the serenity of Tarkarli. Tarkarli : Enroute Devbaug Devbaug : Purely a State Of Mind Solace, Sea food and some amount of water sports was the perfect recipe to get our minds distracted. We started off with parasailing. There was a trick in this activity ; you soar a little high they immediately dip you along the surface of the sea and then take you high up there. The experience can only be described by this word - “Magical”. A breath taking view of the beach, miniature sight of the seagulls, colorful palette...

F or quite some days I have been looking out for a reason to blog again . A perfectly planned trip like this just beckoned my way. Since the day the flights got booked I had made a mental note of several pre- travel – travel and post travel activities lined up for me. To gather people and to zero down to a place is not only a tedious task but also demands thorough research which was well derived by one of our fellow backpacker. We had a self- planned and pre-decided itinerary to travel  to Sri Lanka. We had short listed 4 places to travel trying to keep it short , simple yet exciting . “   There is more to you than meeting expectations, deadlines , seemingly endless web of activities or the  dull monotonous routine “ We started off with Kandy ;  Travelled along Nuwara Eliya ; Bentota and concluded at Colombo . Day 1 : Kandy , Not a place for flash packers : Very frankly  , when I landed here , I had an assumption that t...