A memorable sojourn( Travel Tales)

From New Delhi To Bangkok via NH 27 and India Myanmar Friendship Road Pack your floral shirts and duffel bags your sunglasses and cameras and head towards the beautiful country Thailand Via Myanmar. The splendid journey will give you goosebumps as you are heading towards the Jade plains and hills of Myanmar. The joy of traveling cross country will be a lifetime experience . It becomes more adventurous with the cool breeze of Mandalay . Route to be taken: Delhi- Imphal-Moreh-Kale-Bagan-Inle-Lake-Yangon-Maesot-Tak-Bangkok Distance covered 4171 km Days required: 19 So this journey is not easy as it sounds! Its challenging, expensive yet worth doing in lifetime. who wants to go in flights when one can have a beyond awesome Road Trip From India to Thailand. Requirements for the road trip 1.  200% carnet fees  - carnet is a document which is like the passport of your car . It is required to exit and re-enter India. It is a refundable security deposit which i...

Certainly, travel is more than seeing of sights it is a change that goes on deep and permanent in the ideas of living. Being a keen traveler I always like to know about the community , the food and lifestyle  of a place where I am sojourning. The traveler see what he has to see ,the tourist sees what he has come to see . Homestays gives a rich and delightful  experience of sharing and caring with the locals. Ideally If I have to summaries Homestay in a sentence it would be "Home away from home" . The host welcomes with  open arms and also tells you about the beauty and culture of the place. The best part of these homestays  is the food that is shared with the host family which is cooked in grandma's style . one can also improvise one's culinary skills by helping in the kitchen. Helping the family in their daily chores , spending time with the old men or women in the house will bring out the joy in you. Homestays are definitely a very good option if one is tra...

Backpack with me!! Fellow readers Go Backpacking and live the moment. Backpacking is a low cost independent travel where you carry the backpacks on your back which is well equipped with the things needed for traveling. Backpackers generally use public transport and stay in youth hostels or tents. Backpacking is considered to be a wilderness adventure. The best part about backpacking is that you make your own rules, but you need to hit a few checkpoint first. You need to pick the country where you are going to visit and how you are going there. Backpacking offers a richer,more rewarding appreciation of natural beauty. If you are ready to give backpacking a try, follow these steps 1.Find a backpacking partner 2.choose an easy beginning route 3.Gear up backpacking with kids is an eye opening experience  As a child I have traveled a lot by train and  always use to see many foreign tourist carrying heavy backpacks on their back. There was always a curiosity to k...