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10 Most Haunted Places in the World

For all those who are fascinated by horror movies, this article is a must read for you. What will a mere movie do for an adventure junkie such as you, when you can get the rush for real. There are a thousand haunted places that exist in the world we live in. Here is a(…)

10 Most Haunted Places of India

10 Most Haunted Places of India

One of the many childhood memories that I am sure is common to everyone is interest in horror stories. Remember the vacation time with your cousins, when everybody sat in a candlelit room either planning to call a ghost through some mysterious board game, or narrated ghost stories of their own (which none would have(…)

20 Most Mysterious Places in India

20 Most Mysterious Places in India

India is a land of mystics and mysteries. There are as many stories as there are people. Those who believe that India is all snake-charmers definitely need to brush up their knowledge of the country. There are not just snake-charmers, we have ghosts, avatars, strange phenomenon and stranger beliefs too. Here are 20 places that(…)

The Northern Lights - A Bucket-List Must!

The Northern Lights – A Bucket-List Must!

It seems like something straight out of a science fiction movie. You look into a stark wintery night landscape and are greeted by a sky full of fluorescent green and red curtains. No… this is not Mars or Saturn… this is our very own third rock from the Sun. The phenomenon of what is commonly(…)

The other side of Thailand - Offbeat Places to See

The other side of Thailand – Offbeat Places to See

Thailand tourism – the wild nightlife, ladyboys, cabarets, ultimate bachelor destination; the sexy beaches, massage parlours; thai curry, tom yum soup, pad thai – couple of things that make the country so widely popular. Rampant sex tourism and great prices draw tourists to Bangkok and Phuket in hordes each year. But we’ve had enough of(…)

Phuket’s Vegetarian Festival: Origins

Phuket’s Vegetarian Festival: Origins

This is not for the faint-hearted. Phuket tourism is usually associated with clear sandy beaches and a happening nightlife, not so much for boy piercing and other acts of self mortification. Welcome to Phuket’s annual Vegetarian Festival where people pierce their cheeks with knives, skewers and all manner of sharp objects to invoke the Gods.(…)

Hauz Khas Village - For a slice of Contemporary Delhi

Hauz Khas Village – For a slice of Contemporary Delhi

If you’re young and happening, or if you’re old(er) and still happening, then this must be on top of your places to visit Delhi. Artsy, avant garde and with a wide plethora of options, the only problem is that it’s probably getting too popular to be ‘cool’ anymore. Well, eventually every place loses its cool(…)

Bangkok’s Best Buys

Bangkok’s Best Buys

Thailand has been the rage of South-East Asia for far too long now. A favourite of Indian travelers, be it families or bachelors or couples, cheap Bangkok packages clutter travel spaces everywhere. There are lots of things to do in Bangkok, here’s our pick of what to bring back from your Thai holiday, the best(…)

All in a Day’s Work

All in a Day’s Work

A system that came out of nowhere, whose origins remain hazy somewhere in the latter half of the 1800’s, whose creators cannot possibly be identified. It’s been described as one of the most efficient systems in the world, Harvard has drafted case studies on it and Forbes has certified it six sigma. It’s a system(…)

Uniquely Mauritius - What You Didn’t Know

Tropical luxury at its extravagant best, the whitest sand and the bluest waters, great cuisine, the rousing beat of séga music; Mauritius is indeed one humungous slice of paradise. Mauritius Tourism never had any trouble with the photographs, no! Here’s some interesting trivia about that you most probably did not know: Seven Coloured Earth Sand dunes comprising(…)

Dreamtime with the Aborigines

Dreamtime with the Aborigines

Much like us Indians, they are a tribe shrouded in ancient mystery and the mists of dreamtime. They have never been a part of mainstream Australia Tourism. The aboriginal people refuse to let go of their way of life and therefore, their culture is at the cusp of extinction today. Like all other minority communities(…)