By Vahishta Mistry
Before I started traveling, I really didn’t think about how much my food costs. A $100 meal once a week was probably an average – and even regular meals at home were on the expensive side. Not to mention the fact that I’d cook huge amounts and invariably end up wasting some as well. There’s …
I’ve been using CouchSurfing for a long time now. Initially to host people as they came in to Mumbai and now that I’m on my own travel adventure, I’m using it to meet and stay with people in the towns and cities I pass through, so that I have a more wholesome experience at each …
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 …
On my way to Manchester, I had the good fortune to spend a night and two days in Oxford. In many ways, this was a part of my adjusting to living in a western city. I had gone from Gloucester, which was rather small, to Oxford, which was rather large just before tackling Manchester, which …
There’s an old television saying that urges producers never to work with children or animals. The same holds true for photographers. Except, of course, there’s one class of subject that’s even more painful to take pictures of. Birds. They never hold still, they’re notoriously shy and yet, when captured right, they provide the most beautiful …
The UK ought to be a great first destination for someone traveling westwards, especially for a first-time traveler like me. As the wheels of my airplane came unstuck from the ground in Mumbai, I tried to fix the moment in my memory, recording the emotions I felt – they were dominated by trepidation …
Manchester is a gloomy city when the sun hides behind the clouds, but let there be light for just 15 minutes and you’ll see the city with new eyes. I spent a week in the Northern Quarter, which is probably the best place in the city to stay. It’s the throbbing cultural heart of Manchester, …
It’s so easy to do a day trip in the UK – it’s literally as easy as deciding the night before and doing 45 minutes’ research on train timings. On my last day in Gloucester my brother and I decided to go off and spend some time in Bath. Bath is a small town with …
When I set off from London, I had no idea what to expect from Gloucester. It’d been a long day of travel, wracked with emotional ups and downs, my bones were sore and I wasn’t exactly in a great mood. A three hour bus ride did little to improve matters and when I finally arrived …