Category: Travel

Uma at the Beach 3

Langkawi

Table of Contents1 Frangipani Langkawi Beach Resort2 Langkawi Wild Park3 Langkawi Underwater World4 Dinner at Rimba at Ambong Pool Villas5 Mangrove Tour6 Langkawi Night Market7 SkyBridge – SkyCab8 Citizen Science9 End Note We wanted a birthday trip like last year. I also wanted it to be less buzzy and toddler-friendly. So I started...

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Maha KumbhMela 2025

In this Kumbha Mela, I walked a lot with both my phone and camera all the time. I saw many people of different kinds, but I didn’t take as many pictures as I had expected. I don’t know why. I do not believe in any specific god or religion; this was the biggest...

So sleepy 2

Dogs of Varanasi Ghats

I have been to Varanasi before, and I have walked on ghats. What I had not noticed during those walks was the number of dogs and how social they were. Once you start noticing, they are everywhere. If you know me already, you know that I am not a great photographer. Photography is...

TripMachine’s Rambler Backpack Pannier 2

Review: TripMachine’s Rambler Backpack Pannier

Table of Contents1 Requirements2 Solution3 Things I like4 Things to improve5 Conclusion It started as a search for a good weekend backpack to replace my broken, decade-old Wildcraft backpack. Since I had also started riding, I thought a combo backpack and bike pannier would be great. Requirements Solution I had a positive experience...

Valparai hairpin bends, on our way back. 4

Riding again to Valparai

I wanted to ride again to Valparai to note how different it feels from 2008. I remembered riding in the rain through clouds and green tea estates and how beautiful it was. I had forgotten its details. I also remember it as one of the longest ones we did until then. So I...

Pub street in the night - Siem Reap 2

AWA 7: Back in Bangalore

We had no particular plans for the last day. It was reserved for shopping, rest and, packing, etc. Appa and I walked quite a bit of downtown Siem Reap the previous night. It was lit up, and all the pubs were open for patrons. Siem Reap is yet to get as many tourists...