By Vahishta Mistry
It seems as though the Internet has been split into two camps regarding the virtues of traveling and the practical costs and benefits of being a traveller. On the one hand, there are posts, listicles and dreamy pictures of far-off vistas that exhort you to drop everything right this minute and embark on a voyage …
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland is the sort of place that takes no prisoners. The day I landed, the town authorities called off the search for a crashed plane whose pilot presumably got lost in the Arctic wilderness and couldn’t find his way back to the airport. The danger that’s inherent in a place like this is just …
I stand on the road, listening to the tick of the cooling engine. The crunch of gravel underfoot and the fluttering of my loose hiking pants in the cold, brisk breeze are the only other sounds I can hear. I walk a few steps away, putting some distance between myself and the shoulder of the …
I wish I could say that I had a wonderful time in Paris. The reality is that my Paris experience, far from being musical-worthy, is best summed up by the word, “OK” – which is not even a whole word, really. The thing about Paris is that there’s now a strict social convention that one must …
I won’t blame you if you aren’t really interested in Tomorrowland, the electronic dance music festival held annually in Boom, Belgium. It’s not really meant for anyone over the age of 25, and you can really properly appreciate it only if you’re a teenager. It’s therefore an unlikely place to learn about marketing. And yet, …
I was at Tomorrowland. I need to stop and process every now and then, this momentous statement. I was part of the huge, rolling sea of people that jumped, danced and moved to every beat that the 100+ DJs could come up with. I was at the festival that I’ve wanted to go to since …
Getting to Brussels from Berlin was fun: Hop on a train, settle down to sleep and wake up in the land of beer and waffles! Brussels at 9.00 AM was a great sight. Soft puffy clouds, a perfectly cool, crisp day, the best weather I’d ever seen – so naturally, out came the camera, even …
When other countries talk about ‘exporting freedom’ to dictatorships, I always wonder what their template for freedom is. If it were up to me, I’d want my version of ‘living in a free state’ to be as much like living in Berlin as possible. Of course, that’s as much of an anathema to the people …
The last couple of months have been great for traveling – apart from a longer trip to North India (you may have already seen my post on Delhi) I also had the chance to go camping near Mumbai, two weekends in a row. The cool thing about camping is how self sufficient an activity it is (and …
Coming back to India after spending so much time on the road was nice, but I have to admit that I’ve been itching for more travel time. My next stop is Germany, on the 14th of July (and there will be a detailed post on this, in the fullness of time) In the meanwhile, though, …