Miscellaneous

With more and more people travelling solo nowadays, the hostel culture is certinaly getting mainstream. But let’s be honest — good hostels are still rare to find! It’s not the physical appearance that makes hostels good or bad, but their service makes them so. I’ve stayed in some of the fanciest hostels during my travels […]

Camping In Sethan, near Manali: From being a full-time nomad to starting my first hospitality venture. A DREAM COME TRUE!! When in 2015 I was facing a lost battle with my corporate life, unsatisfied and wanting more by myself, I had no idea that in just a couple of years, I would be earning money

Motorcycles were invented for the same reason roads were – to travel and tell stories. When I started backpacking full-time, one of my biggest fantasies was going on a long solo motorbiking trip in the Himalayas. And there was a time when I was totally hooked on it, resulting in many motorbiking trips across New

I had already fallen in love with indigenous handicrafts of Gujarat like Patola and Tangaliya as I travelled to Kutch and Saurashtra region last year for almost a month. From places like Lakhpat Fort to villages like Nirona to some of the mind-boggling natural phenomena, Gujarat has something for everyone. Gujarat Indigenous Handicrafts – Patola

Searching for top places to visit in Kuala Lumpur? This travel blog is all you need! Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur is a vibrant hub of cutting-edge tech, lush green parkland, bustling shopping spaces and a reverential love of its past. Visitors to this stunning city, in the heart of the country’s mainland, can expect a

After travelling India (sharing useful packing tips for India) for years and having frequent visits to other continents, I’ve noticed that travelling in India demands a different packing list. For example, when in Europe, you may not need to carry a portable power bank with you as finding a charging socket is easier in most

Planning to become a full-time travel blogger? Here’s what you need to know first! Off-late I’ve started getting a lot of messages from my readers showing their interest in travelling and becoming a full-time travel blogger — people working as investment bankers and engineers earning a seven-figure income, yet unsatisfied with their lifestyle, wanting to

Before I go ahead, I want to announce that I also run a tour company under my brand name FOOTLOOSE, where we offer luxury glamping stays across Himachal Pradesh (particularly in Manali). We also organise adventure tours including skiing and snowboarding experiences in winter. Visit our website: www.footloosecamps.com. After exploring three continents and much of India

The Himalayan Pir Panjal range near Manali offers some of the best slopes in the world for backcountry snowboarding/skiing. According to an Australia based ski expert and the author of many books, C.R. Spooner, Pir Panjal is the Mecca backcountry skiing/boarding locale in the Indian Himalayas. I happened to visit Manali during the winter months of

With the internet and our daily life, being swarmed by the material on self-development, teaching us different ways to become a more superior self, one thing is clear — we all want a better version of ourselves and become more efficient than we are today. If we run fast, we want to run faster. If