There is a version of Goa that is very easy to experience. Beach. Shack. Sunset. Fort. Restaurant. Repeat. And then there is the Goa that you experience by getting your hands dirty, getting into the water, sitting at a local table, learning how something is made, or following someone down…
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A day in Trincomalee doesn’t need to be planned down to the hour. There’s enough here – a temple, a fort, two beaches, a reef – to fill the day without rushing between any of it. Trincomalee sits on Sri Lanka’s east coast, a region that’s spent most of the…
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Little India is one of those parts of Singapore that you shouldn’t save for a quick tick-off-the-list stop. You can, of course, walk through it in an hour, take a photograph of the rainbow-coloured shophouse, eat a dosa and declare the neighbourhood done. But you’ll miss the point completely. I…
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If there is one thing you should make time for in Singapore, it is eating. And I don’t mean booking a table at one of the city’s fancy restaurants. Some of the best food in Singapore is served at hawker centres and markets, often for the price of a coffee…
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I wonder what it would be like, as a foodie, to live in Divar instead of Saligao. I can’t just hop on my bike and head to any and every corner of North Goa when I suddenly have a hankering for hummus, tacos or a good dosa. Technically, you could…
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Ok, this one has been a long time coming because scuba diving in Goa is one of those experiences that looks almost too easy to book. Just search Google and you’ll find packages for ₹1,500, ₹2,000, ₹3,000 and ₹7,000+. You’ll find photographs of people floating over coral reefs, grinning divers…
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Ok, you’ve seen Niagara Falls. You’ve stood at the railing, stared at that enormous wall of water, taken approximately 47 photographs that all begin to look suspiciously similar, and probably got a little wet. Now what? Here’s the thing about Niagara Falls: the waterfall is spectacular, but Niagara is much…
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Panjim actually has three very different shopping personalities, and it’s worth knowing which one you’re walking into before you go. Head to Caculo Mall or MG Road and you get familiar, global fast fashion – Pepe Jeans, Levi’s, Westside, Max, Nike, the same chain-store rhythm you’d find in most Indian…
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Goa has quietly become a serious craft beer state. Between the beach shacks and the feni stalls, there’s now a whole scene of people brewing their own pilsners, ciders, and pale ales – and building entire evenings around them. I’m not much of a drinker myself, but I’ve spent enough…
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South Goa is full of restaurants that quietly go about their business without much fanfare. No flashy signage or elaborate interiors. No social media teams posting cinematic reels online… many local restaurants in South Goa don’t even have a social media profile to begin with. Most are family-run, wonderfully unpretentious,…
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If you’re travelling to Goa and haven’t put “watch a sunset with a cocktail in hand” somewhere on your itinerary, I’m not sure what you’re doing here. Goa takes its sunsets very seriously, with entire evenings planned around them and with tables booked hours in advance. People abandon perfectly good…
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