Video Review Dec 2022 Our last year-end vacation was in Seychelles. We spent three nights in Praslin and another three in the main island of Mahe. In Mahe, our stay was at the Auberge Chez Plume, a charming hotel located on the island’s West Coast. The hotel was right across the road from the Anse BoileauContinue reading “The Auberge Chez Plume Hotel”
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The Cairns Esplanade
The Cairns Esplanade in Queensland, Australia, is popular with both locals and tourists. Entry is free to this stunning recreational area with its many shaded paths and parklands. The Promenade boardwalk is suspended over the mudflats to provide a pedestrian accessway and a viewpoint for birdwatching. The 2.5 km long Promenade is fully wheel chairContinue reading “The Cairns Esplanade”
Corbett Wild River Access Resort
Video Review We visited Jim Corbett National Park in October this year after 9 years. Corbett National Park is a thickly forested region in the Kumaon region in the foothills of Himalayas. The national park is India’s prominent tiger reserve and named after Jim Corbett, the famous tiger hunter-turned-conservationist. This time, we stayed at CorbettContinue reading “Corbett Wild River Access Resort”
Leela Raviz @ Samudra Beach, Kovalam
Video Review Prev After a night’s stay at Hotel Marine Palace in Hawa Beach, we moved on to the more secluded Samudra Beach in Kovalam. This beach has just two or three resorts and is on a cliff so you get an entirely different experience from Hawa Beach. We stayed at the Beach View VillasContinue reading “Leela Raviz @ Samudra Beach, Kovalam”
Hotel Marine Palace Kovalam
Video Review Last month, we stayed at Hotel Marine Palace in Kovalam for a night. This hotel is located on Beach Road and has a good view of the Hawa Beach. Though the exterior is pretty unassuming, the room itself was spacious and well furnished. We had a glorious view of the sunset on HawaContinue reading “Hotel Marine Palace Kovalam”
A Night in Vrindavan
November 2021 My mom had been to Vrindavan only once, and that was a long time ago. That had been a day trip of Mathura & Vrindavan, arranged by my dad’s office. I was a kid at the time and only remember that it was the sort of trip where you rush from one spotContinue reading “A Night in Vrindavan”
Home Improvement Project #4
Previous home improvement projects Meter Box Cover Makeover Corridor Makeover Foyer Makeover My four-seater dining table is quite plain. The table is alright, but the chairs are a bit boring. The chairs are made of mango wood and have straight backs without any upholstering. Quite bare as you can see. I wanted to make themContinue reading “Home Improvement Project #4”
Prisons – A Review
Many years ago, I read Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret, a self-help book that has been confirmed as life changing by readers across the world. I won’t say it changed my life, but it did make me regard some events in my life with wonder. Apparently, I had intuitively triggered some aspects of the Secret. AContinue reading “Prisons – A Review”
Experiments with Fluid Art
I’ve been hearing about fluid art for quite a while now. Also known as pouring art, it basically involves pouring different colored paints onto a canvas using any one of the recommended pouring techniques. The colors flow across the canvas, creating interesting patterns that result in absolutely unique and amazing paintings. You can control theContinue reading “Experiments with Fluid Art”
And Covid Strikes
Last week started off with a sore throat, which metamorphosed overnight into a full-fledged fever and body ache. I quarantined myself in the master bedroom, leaving the other three members (and dog) of the family to sort themselves as best as possible in the remaining one and a half bedrooms. I slept off most ofContinue reading “And Covid Strikes”
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