In ancient Polonnaruwa: A bicycle tour of a medieval capital city
Polonnaruwa was the medieval capital of Sri Lanka, a city which reached the pinnacle of its glory in the 12th century, but still retains a sort of faded splendour. The…
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Climbing Sigiriya Rock: A stairway to heaven(-sent views)
You can’t miss Sigiriya. This rocky outcrop is one of the most dramatic things you’ll see in your time here, near-vertical walls that rise to a summit where you’ll find…
Wilpattu Big Game Camps
Our journey kicks off in Colombo, where we’re picked up by Thilak, our driver for the duration of the trip. Thilak has an unwavering smile and boundless energy, drawn from…
Rice and curry in Habarana
We depart Wilpattu’s Big Game Camp for Polonnaruwa, where we’re headed to the ancient city. It’s a gorgeous drive all the way, palm-lined and sunny, and in one particularly pretty…
Three Postcards from New York
Once you’ve had the time to make a pit-stop from treading on tar-laden streets, (even if that’s just to stare at a great-looking storefront), New York will leave you with…
Postcard from Mumbai
Along the west coast, 600-odd kilometres north of Goa, rests Mumbai-dip-dyed in shades of vernacular, gastronomical and cultural multiplicities. Ravi Vazirani fesses up on seeing the concrete metropolis along the…
Postcard from Havana
Planning a trip to Cuba? You’ll be told, repeatedly, “go before everything changes.”Too late, that change is happening right now, every day, but it’s an exciting time to be there,…
Postcard from Edinburgh
We reached out to our green-fingered friends at Haarkon to learn a little about how to marry travel with nature (They do it well, have a skim here), and then…
Postcard from Japan
Far East, in the much romanticised land of the rising sun, Japan is truly the adventurer’s dream. Neon signs and sushi bars aside, Tokyo has so much to offer as…
Postcard from Manali: Sustainability, starry skies, and all the views
Don’t mind us, we’re just getting away from the heat and stress and noise (and everything else) this summer. You’ll find us Taara House in Manali, a beautiful sustainably-designed property,…