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May 152018
 
desi Traveler Digest  Lazy Traveler Edition for Feb March & April 2018

The LAZY TRAVELER DIGEST for February March & April 2018   So the desi Traveler lazy Traveler digest is back after a break. After it has been renamed as ” THE LAZY TRAVELER DIGEST“, I don’t think I need to give any reason why the digest took a break.  But in all honesty, I owe an apology to all the wonderful travelers and photographers who have been sharing their images on Instagram for the desi Traveler digest. If you go and search for #desiTraveler hashtag on Instagram you will find more than 2000 images, and this when I have [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Mar 302018
 
An Ode To The Great desi Bicycle

  Some Pictures of The Great desi Cycle – For The Love OF Cycling   When I was a kid a bicycle was a big deal. There were very few cars in the country and most of them were of Ambassador or Fiats unless you were a movie star then you had an imported Impala. The now discontinued Bajaj Chetak Scooter was available on payment of foreign exchange or waiting for 3 or more years. Metro was a concept that was still decades away and OLA and Uber founders were yet to be born. So most of the normal [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Feb 072018
 
January 2018 desi Traveler Digest Crowd Sourced From  Instagram

 January 2018 desi Traveler Digest: Inviting You To Incredible India Hello travelers? How is the new year, which is already the old year treating you? Are you sticking to your travel plans or are you still working on your boss to sanction your leaves? Well, whatever your plans are you have my best wishes because if you will travel only then you will share your images for desi Travel digest :), like some of these fabulous travelers who have shared their images from around the world. While we had images from around the world like from Turkey, New Zealand, [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jan 312018
 
Narendra Bhawan Experience: A Luxury Heritage Hotel in Bikaner Rajasthan

My Royal Experience At Narendra Bhawan Bikaner Rajasthan I am not an early riser, so I checked with my hosts at Narendra Bhawan Bikaner ” So what time is the breakfast tomorrow?” He just smiled said ” Whenever you want to have it” Puzzled, I looked at him and said, ” But there must be some breakfast time you follow?“ His smile got a bit wider and he said ” Yes, the time for Breakfast here at Narendra Bhawan is when the Guest wants to have the breakfast” That dear reader is the essence of my personal luxurious experience [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jan 172018
 
Taron Bharee Raat - Clicking Star Trails At Lakshman Sagar Rajasthan

A Billion Star Hotel – Lakshman Sagar Rajasthan   Yes, I have been to Lakshman Sagar Heritage Luxury Hotel in Pali Rajasthan earlier, but that was a short visit and I could not fulfill one of my wishlists on that visit to Lakshman Sagar. I wanted to click the stone-cut pool, next to the Zanana Mahal of Lakshman Sagar. I had a feeling that the Zanana Mahal ( Palace for the Royal Ladies ) will look really good against a billion stars in the background. But when I was first there due to many reasons ( though I was [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jan 082018
 
December 2017 Travel Digest Crowd Sourced from Instagram

Around The World With desi Travelers-December 2017 Travel Digest  The first desi travel digest of 2018 is also the last travel digest of 2017 as we go live after the month has ended. So in January, we share the December 2017 travel digest. Most of the images in this digest were shared by travelers in the month of December. This month I have tried to do a balance between images from India and abroad. We have images from various places ranging from Hawamahal in Jaipur to Zurich in Switzerland, from Dzong in Arunachal Pradesh to all the way down [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Oct 172017
 
September 2017 desi Travel Digest From Instagram

The September 2017  Instagram Images From desi Travelers Around The World   I think the challenge is that I have never declared a  specific date to come out with the monthly travel digest, unlike the monthly travel calendar, hence the delay every month. Plus this iconic trust we desis have on the 5 letter word “Sorry”. But more than sorry dear reader and photographers who are supporting this little desi Traveler digest on Instagram, let me promise you something, from coming month I promise to publish the desi Traveler digest on or before 7th of every month. In spite [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Oct 112017
 
How To Plan A Honeymoon To Remember With Expedia Honeymoon Planner

How To Choose Best Honeymoon Destinations With Expedia Most countries have four seasons,  Spring, Summer, Rains, and Winter, but our great country of India has the 5th season, it is called the Wedding Season. The main wedding season in most parts of India is from October to February during the winters. There are many reasons for this wedding season, as earlier our ancestors were mainly farmers and the winters after the sowing season was a relatively free time. As the weather is also much pleasant during winters in most parts of India, this makes perfect sense to plan a wedding [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Oct 022017
 
7 Travel Blogging Lessons I Learned From Mahatma Gandhi

If Mahatma Gandhi Was a Travel Blogger? We are all celebrating Gandhi Jayanti today on 2nd October. in memory of the father of the nation who led the freedom struggle from the front. There is an old saying we try to correlate things with our own little world and try to interpret them in our own ways so that we can understand them better.  While the political climate of the country has changed over the decades  I think Bapu Gandhi not only relevant today also but we all need to learn so many things from him as we remember him [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Sep 162017
 
August 2017 desi Travel Digest

Presenting the August 2017 desi Travel Digest From Instagram I think an apology is long overdue to all the regular readers of desi Traveler blog as well as the fabulous photographers who have shared their images for the desi Travel Digest regularly. I only have my sloth to be blamed. But as they say better late than never. So dear reader and participating photographers may I present to you the August 2017 desi Travel digest with due apologies for the delay. Let me begin with the first image that comes from Guwahati and has been shared by passionate photographer [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]