Ephemeral Reflections

The thing is I strongly crave to visit those places which have made their place in my heart because I read about them sometimes during my childhood and they have stuck with me ever since.  Coorg was one such place. It was almost calling to me since ages. And I managed to visit it at the time when....... (I just can not the form the sentence descriptive enough so i am jut letting it be) Another was Andaman and Nicobar islands. Done and dusted. Angkor wat, fingers crossed. If I take a minute to jot down places, I have a few. Cairo, for the pyramids. Kyoto, for the serenity and feel of Japanese era gone by. Edinburgh for Scottish highland and the castles. Polynesia. London, only to visit harry potter tour and the Kew botanical gardens.  If there is one garden in the world which I absolutely want to visit, that is Kew botanical gardens. It is largest repository of varieties of plants in one singular place. People may want to visit London for Birmingham palace but I want the Kew ga...

Not very long ago, I was very interested in visiting Andaman and Nicobar islands. But the winds started blowing in another direction and I wasn’t anymore. It turned into a checklist, which I had to do get rid of from my mind. Finally, after all these years, circumstances notwithstanding, I landed in Port Blair, alone. Seems like a roadmap of my life ahead.  But let the travelogue begin (because I have never documented my travels in word before)!  For a 6 day trip, sure I packed a bit too much travel in it. Some of it was worth it. Some were not.  The first thing which strikes you instantly from the air is the dazzling emerald and sapphire colours of the pristine waters surrounding the islands. All the documentaries I have seen, just spring to life in that movement. And I was going to frolic in this environment for the whole week! I have now kind of made it my thing, and I don’t know whether people do it consciously or not, that I always vising any museums associated wit...