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 …
Whether you’re looking for your next destination or just trying to find things to do on a weekend while at home, these sites will help you immensely! Atlas Obscura: I’ve shamefully stolen their About Us blurb because it describes the weird and quirky content so well: In an age where everything seems to have been …
Hey, So I was going through some of the stuff I had piled away in the attic of my mind, and I came across a bunch of memories from long ago. And as I sat there, looking at these memories, I realised how much you’ve changed. There was a time when you stood for something …
If you eavesdrop on a typical meeting in an Indian newsroom, especially one where long-term strategy is being discussed, you’ll find that at some point, there will be a dire pronouncement made (usually by the marketing or sales people, who actually have no business being in the room) that audience attention spans are dwindling, for …
Single people who aren’t happy being single typically tend to make the entire world around them sad, because they’re always moping around. Being a backpacker has opened my eyes to a few traits that single people need to pick up from backpackers, to make their lives go a bit easier: Single People Survival Guide Tip …
There are always things you can do to save money while traveling. These tips are what I’ve been using. You might be interested to note that you don’t really need to be a backpacker to follow them, they will help you save money even if you’re not traveling! Tip #1 to Save Money:Â Cook your own …
My week in Washington started off quite slow. I stayed in a small suburb of DC called Arlington (yes, the place with the cemetery is close by!) Since I was couchsurfing with a very nice host, he drove me to the metro station every day. After the confusion of the NYC metro system with its …
By the time you read this, I will be in the UK, probably in a cafe somewhere, sitting and watching the world go by. If I’m lucky, I’ll have more good than bad experiences over my travel the next year. Whatever happens, though, one thing is for sure: I will have learned and lived more …
Not voting in an election is the most apathetic thing you can do. If you don’t vote, you can’t complain about the state of things. There’s something worse than not voting, though. It’s this new concept of protesting the choices offered by voting for no-one and then trying to have that ballot counted. It’s called …
This is a metaverse: Imagine a single geometric point. This is the Big Bang. Before this point, there was no time. It is the beginning of time itself. From this point, there extend out an infinite number of rays, each ray is a universe, as seen along a timeline. The further out on the ray …