Stress-Free at Suryagarh #40and10in2020
How many times have most of us had this thought : “I need another vacation to recover from this one.” I say this ALL the time. Vacations are exhausting. That’s…
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Home Is Where The Heart Is #40and10in2020
And heart is where the friends are. So, home is where the friends are. Pedal to the metal. Growing up, the concept of “friendship” was based on what I saw…
Not Your Typical Travelers, Gangtok, May 2019 #EyesForDestinations
Lost count of the number of times our hosts asked us where we wanted to go “tomorrow”. And then when we said that we would probably end up going to…
Lebua Corbett Jungle Resort #EyesForDestinations #NAINAxLebua
Proactive service, where the host pre-empts and anticipates the requirements of their guests, is rare. Even though India is at the forefront of high levels of service in the hospitality…
Landscape Photographs : Driving to Ranikhet, 2018 #NAINAxRanikhet
Generally, I warm up my camera trigger finger once we’re out of Delhi and much closer to Ranikhet. The air is clearer closer to the hills. The photographs are greener.…
Ranikhet > Farm House > Delhi. Until next year! #NAINAxRanikhet #EyesForDestinations
2nd & 3rd September, 2017 From visiting the grocery store to pick up just one more packet of playing cards, to refueling the vehicle and getting photos with the staff.…
Lunch With Friends #NAINAxRanikhet Day 07, 2017 #EyesForDestinations
1st September, 2017 It is September already. Where did 2017 go? And a whole week in Ranikhet already too. Time flies. I don’t think I want to go back to…
#NAINAxRanikhet Day 06, 2017 #EyesForDestinations
31st August, 2017 We had checked out the Golf Course and its availability the day before – on Day Five of this year’s #NAINAxRanikhet Luckily, the weather was still great…
Valley View HomeStay #NAINAxRanikhet Day 05, 2017 #EyesForDestinations
Don’t forget to click on the panorama to see a larger version. That’s what it looks like from the dining room. What. A. View. Of course, it also depends on…
#NAINAxRanikhet Day 05, 2017 #EyesForDestinations
30th August 2017 The hair on my chin and upper lip are growing back. Not yet noticeable if you’re at an arm’s distance. But I can see them. I’m conflicted.…
#NAINAxRanikhet Day 04
29th August By Day 04 in Ranikhet, I had graduated from writing about Ranikhet onto writing about other subjects. I can’t include those pieces with photographs from Ranikhet, so, those…
Bye Bye Ranikhet, Forever?! #NAINAxRanikhet Day 03
Don’t miss the sunset photos in this post from Day Three at Ranikhet. I wrote about Sunsets on Day Two and I’m going to look at this as the reward!…
I’m thinking of Sunsets. #NAINAxRanikhet Day 02
Second Day in Ranikhet 27th August, 2017 Having lived for a little over 37 years, I’ve lived through about 13,505 sunrises and 13,505 sunsets. I have not seen all of…
Ranikhet Sounds #NAINAxRanikhet Day 01
( Photos are from our drive from Gurgaon to Ranikhet. ) August 26th, 2017 My ears are ringing even after two hours of having reached Ranikhet. It isn’t the first…
Baan Mai Khao Condominium, Phuket #EyesForThailand
We stayed at the Baan Mai Khao Condominium by Sansiri PLC when we were on Phuket Island. The property we booked was a 2 bedroom apartment on the ground floor,…
The Pool & Us #Underwater #EyesForThailand
Literally just publishing the blog post to document these series of short video of the family. Shot these in the unending pools at the Baan Mai Khao property where we…
Mai Khao Beach, Phuket Island #EyesForThailand
Photographs from the DSLR now. From around the Mai Khao area on Phuket Island. Pru Jae Son lake and the beach itself. Sunsets and some family photos – cycling around…
Street Style, Chatuchak Market, Bangkok #EyesForStreetStyle #EyesForThailand
Finally, the DSLR photos are coming out of the hard drive. So far, I’d been doing some daily blogging with photographs I’d shot only on the Google Pixel XL phone.…
Chiaroscuro Bags #EyesForThailand #CoverUp 92 #MadeInIndia
It is remarkable how few brands understand the idea behind blogger collaborations. So when I do find someone who “gets” it, I’m a fan for life. Having worked with Smriti…
MBK Mall, Bangkok #EyesForThailand Day 08
The last thing that the parents definitely wanted to do before leaving Thailand, was to visit a mall. And not just any mall, but one of the older, larger, cheaper…
Chandrphen Restaurant, Bangkok #EyesForThailand Day 07
Dad’s friends in Bangkok took us out for dinner to Chandrphen Restaurant, which is more than 70 years old. It reminded us of the old Army Institute restaurants / Gymkhana…
Chatuchak Weekend Market, Bangkok #EyesForThailand Day 07
Chatuchak is the largest open-air market in all of Thailand and the coconut ice-cream is definitely worth trying out. I can imagine only a handful of scenarios where it is…
All Day All Night, Bangkok #EyesForThailand Day 06
We’re staying at the Baan K Residences by Bliston in Bangkok, right next to Lumpini Park. They also pleasantly surprised us by upgrading our parent’s room to their Executive Suite!…
Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok Drive #EyesForThailand Day 06
Last night, I posted about the flight from Phuket to Bangkok as Part ONE of the story of my sixth day in Thailand – because that in itself was a…