Dadar station, at the centre of Mumbai, is already bustling at 5 am. People are heading to/from work, flower and fish vendors are chatting away on the platform, and one can hear the occasional honking car outside.The station is divided into two sections – Central and Western – joined together…
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Quebec, like a child of mixed parentage, has features of Europe and Canada, with her own distinct French personality. She takes you back to a time where people still valued the art of conversation, and sat at laughter-filled coffee shops that ran into cobbled streets, or worshiped at the famous…
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I’m not sure if it’s a deep ingrained habit or just some weird eccentricity, but I hate being late. I’d rather wait for half an hour than be five minutes late. And on those extremely rare occasions that I’m behind schedule, the feeling can only be described as a mild…
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I’ve gotten quite a few emails during the last couple of weeks from foreign tourists who happened to stumble across my blog, looking for information on Goa. So I’m going to take a break from the Canada post overload and deal with the most common questions. Should I stay in…
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It must be pretty cool to have a family business that’s known throughout the continent, especially one that’s not related to food – those tend to gain popularity as the generations go by. What I loved about Albert Gilles Copper Art is that it’s a quaint little structure by the…
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Now that I think about it, I spent a lot of time in Canada on boats. You’re probably wondering what one does on boats besides fishing – but no, I did not fish. The Tall Ship Kajama Have you ever had a ride on a Tall Ship? You know, the…
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It was a rainy weekend when we headed out to Ottawa, the very next day upon landing in Toronto. It was the 1st of July – Canada Day, and the streets were full of people dressed in red and white. Basically, everything you would NOT expect outside a parliament was…
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Majestic, surreal, stunning, hypnotic, mind-blowing… none of these adjectives can describe the Niagara Falls. By day, the silvery mist from the falls reaches up to the clouds and by night, it is illuminated from behind with a myriad of colored light strobes. From the sidewalk, one can see the deceivingly…
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Trying to fit in a truck load of things to do in Ontario Canada is no easy task. The more you do, the more there is to do. The list of things to see, to eat and to experience just never seems to end And don’t even get me started…
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On an impromptu trip to Pune last week, I made a hurried online booking at Hotel Ketan, which turned out to be a really good spur-of-the-moment decision. Located on Fergusson Road, this place in on the busy street, yet tucked away in a quiet, leafy by-lane, What struck me the…
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Edit – This restaurant has permanently closed down. I’m sure everyone has visited a really hyped up restaurant, only to be thoroughly disappointed. Sometimes it’s the food, sometimes it’s the service, sometimes it’s the ambiance.And sometime’s it’s all three. Sadly, ‘By the Way’ on Pune’s Fergusson Road was one such…
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