Top 5 Beach Destinations To Visit On New Year’s Eve In India

Hey! It’s New Year and the bonus is that it’s On Sunday (Before you judge me let me tell you, not everyone gets a leave on New Year’s day). Double treat right? We all want to celebrate our New Year…

15 Best Places Near Delhi To Kill Your Wanderlust On This Christmas

Ho! Ho! Ho! On this Christmas Santa already gave a gift to you. This year Christmas is falling on Sunday which makes it a perfect time for a thrilling vacation. Christmas is an exciting occasion for all of us, although…

Shopping Spree At Dubai, You Will Be Spoilt For Choice!

It is that time of the year again when shopaholics across India will be planning their annual shopping/sightseeing spree to the city of gold – Dubai. If you have not yet planned then it is just the right time as…

Highway Of My Dreams

Last Sunday, nibbling at a limp biscuit I read an article about three women driving from New Delhi to London. For a person who always wanted to travel for reasons other than sightseeing, this looked like an achievement of a…

38 Reasons To Cross Orkney Off Your Bucket List

It were perhaps vain to surmise exactly why it was, that as respecting Starbuck, Ahab thus acted. It may have been a flash of honesty in him; or mere prudential policy which, under the circumstance, imperiously forbade the slightest symptom…

Fun in the sun! New cruise destination opens in Dominican Republic

Amber Cove, a new port development along the north coast of the Dominican Republic, officially opened on Tuesday with the arrival of its first ship, the 2,754-passenger Carnival Victory. Development by cruise giant Carnival Corp. at a cost of $85 million, the…

Spend the night at one of these gorgeous church hotels

These incredible houses of worship around the world have been sensitively transformed into luxurious hotels that promise a one-of-a-kind experience. Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy;…

The Guana Tolomato Matanzas Research Reserve is located just north of the city

St. Augustine is celebrating its 450th anniversary this year, and during my recent visit it was hard not to get swept up in the city’s rich history. But for The Martian, a cinema adaptation of Andy Weir’s self-published bestseller about a…

Hazy crazy days: with dad in Amsterdam’s coffee shops

‘Listen, I don’t want to do any of that cultural stuff,” my dad, John, said, as we planned our trip to Amsterdam, “I just want to get baked.” I had gone but a short distance further when what seemed to…

How Much Consciousness Does An Octopus Have?

Animals ranging from parrots to elephants continue to challenge our perception of consciousness, long-held as a uniquely human trait. But the reaches of consciousness don’t stop at animals. The ethics of consciousness, not just in humans but also animals and…