Aug 072015
 
Top 10 Singapore Food Experiences For All Budgets and Tastes

Discovering The  Top 10 Food Experiences In Singapore A modern world city like Singapore automatically attracts visitors from around the world both for business as well as tourism and offers  lots of shopping and food choices.  A city buzzing with global voices is bound to be a hub of world cuisine and Singapore offers you every cuisine under the sun from desi Aloo Parathas to Japanese Sushi, Chinese Street Food to Mexican Tapas. From nano technology fuelled molecular gastronomy to Chinese street food and faux meat for vegetarian we tried everything during our visit to Singapore. To be honest I was [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Aug 032015
 
SEA Aquarium Sentosa Island Singapore

Try Singapore If You Want To Sleep With Fishes : SEA Aquarium Sentosa Scientists believe life originated in the abyss of deep blue Oceans and it took 200 million years before it made a great leap forward towards Terra firma. Even today most of the Oceans remain unexplored. All our journeys so far were on the surface of Ocean in search of new lands, fortunes and above all, to find India the source of all spices till a few centuries ago. All other pursuits of Oceans by mankind (or should we call ourselves Man Unkind?)were to exploit the infinite bounties the dark [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Aug 022015
 
Why We need World Tiger Day

World Tiger Day Celebrations on 29th July A few days back I wrote about attending the launch of Tigoji App by Telecom Company Aircel. The app lets you fun tiger themed sticker and share them on social network. If you have not read my post you may say  ? So what ?  Well the special thing is that for every download Aircel is pledging Rs 1 for tiger conservation and protection.  You can read the earlier post here:    How  Tigoji App is contributing to  Save Our  Tigers But that was just one of the events for Tiger Conservation; this [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jul 312015
 
Madame Tussauds : Clicking Pictures With Celebrities In Singapore

Some fun pictures at Madame Tussauds Singapore I first visited Madame Tussauds in 2001 with Wife jee in London and ever since it has been a must visit in any city that has a Madame Tussauds. So Singapore Madame Tussauds was on the wish list as it is one of the major attractions on the Sentosa Island just like the Waterworld show and S.E.A. Marine Museum.  It is one of the reasons among many that I consider Singapore to be a complete family vacation destination, with some great souvenir shopping in Chinatown Singapore. Those of you know about Madame Tussauds [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jul 312015
 
August 2015 Calendar - Download Desktop Wallpaper

August 2015 calendar desktop wallpaper: Kathakali Dancers from God’s Own Country   So August is here and so is our August 2015 Calendar desktop wallpaper for download,  from your friendly neighborhood desi Traveler.  This picture was clicked in the birth place of Kathakali, or God’s Own Country Kerala during a performance I witnessed at Vivanta by Taj Kovalam in Trivandaraum or Thiruvananthapuram ( and you wonder how come desi Kids win all spelling Bee competitions in US ). I had seen Kathakali earlier but it was my first live performance of Kathakali in the birthplace of Kathakali. Needless to [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jul 302015
 
Cleartrip App For Android: Video Review & Step By Step Guide

 A Step By Step Video Review & Guide to Cleartrip App for Android Phones In the last post I had reviewed the Cleartrip App with help of the screen shots that I captured while booking tickets to Goa and hotels in Singapore and Goa. So let us move one step further and show you the process with help of a video that I captured while booking the tickets on Cleartrip app. The process followed was exactly the same except this time since I had already downloaded the Cleartrip app from Google Play store there was no need to download [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jul 292015
 
Cleartrip App Review

How to use Cleartrip Mobile app for Air tickets and Hotel Bookings I have been an early adapter of internet and all the magic, and convenience it brings to our life. I moved to online payments in 2000 when there was only one third party utility to do the same.  Now in the age of smart phones things are even better as now your computer travels with you in your pocket.  Yes you read it right the modern smart phones are more powerful than most computers even 5 years ago. I think voice calls is only 5 % of my [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jul 252015
 
World Tiger Day July 29th- Aircel shows how you can help

Aircel Shows how you can help save tigers & launches Tigoji App   29th July is World Tiger Day and we have a little bit to celebrate. If the media reports are to be believed the tiger numbers in India are 2226, up from 1411 in 2006. This is a healthy increase considering the threats to long tern success of Panthera Tigris or Royal Bengal Tiger remain intact and are only increasing. Last evening I attended an event by Aircel one of the major players in mobile telephone sector in India. If you watch you must have seen some heartwarming [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jul 252015
 
Ranthambore National Park and Fort in Rajasthan

Ranthambore  Where Time Stands Still & Tigers Roam Free  Trinetra Ganesha Temple Ranthambore Fort   I started writing this post while packing to visit Tal Chapar Sanctuary in Rajasthan. I have scheduled it to get published when I will be on a Train to Rajasthan. Preparation for the trip reminded me of my visit a few years ago to Ranthambore national park and fort in Rajasthan; initially, I was reluctant to write as many things may have changed. But then Wife jee chided me if not much has changed in a thousand years in Ranthambore, what would have changed [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jul 182015
 
Mirza Ghalib Ki Haveli Ballimaran Old Delhi 6

 desi pays homage to favorite poet of Delhi at Mirza Ghalib Ki Haveli  This post is dedicated to  Mirza Ghalib and his fans. A recent visit to Mirza Ghalib’s Haveli in Gali Qasim Jan, Ballimaran,  near Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi took me back to centuries and to an era when poets ruled hearts of people, while the Emperors struggled to save their fading glory. We were introduced to Ghalib in childhood form movie songs from Black and White era like Nuktachi Hai Gham-E-Dil Usko Sunaye Na Bane Kya Bane Baat Jahan Baat Banaye Na Bane Maein Bulata To Hun Usko [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]