Sighting Jaguars of Pantanal

Arrived into Sao Paulo, overnight from Dallas TX, red-eyed, stayed right in the middle of the city, to turn my eyes into beige color, a block away from Avenue Paulista, great restaurants and museum scene. Next day, flew into Cuiaba, capital of Moto Grasso state in the south central part of Brazil, landed around 10am. … Continue reading Sighting Jaguars of Pantanal

Boquete – A banquet amid the highlands of Panama

Panama, the only country I have been to that has everything - Ultra modern skyline, dense jungles, beaches, global trade, multi culture, deep rooted tribes and bad local food. Panama does not have a good local food scene, except fresh grilled fish with lime at few little coastal towns. Food was not the reason I … Continue reading Boquete – A banquet amid the highlands of Panama

Island Hopping in Okavango

Remoteness, conservation and wilderness are 3 elements that defines Okavango Delta visit. It is extremely remote, lodges are severely conservation conscious and experiences are unfathomably wild; filled with encounters that you will never get anywhere in any organized African Safari. There is a difference between staying "By Okavango Delta" vs "In Okavango Delta" and I … Continue reading Island Hopping in Okavango

A day spent on Silk Road in central Anatolia, Turkey

Silk roads are actually network of roads about 4000 miles long stretching from China/India to Europe (Vienna, Italy to be precise), there wasn't just one Silk Road linking Asia to Europe, there were many tributaries of it and I always wanted to travel on one of those roads. While planning my vacation in Turkey, I found two … Continue reading A day spent on Silk Road in central Anatolia, Turkey