Towards the early dusk hours with sun still up and our second day in Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya, we were looking for some more excitement - may be a rarer game, a bigger pack of lions, wildebeest crossing the Mara river again, or a killer's chase - and we got lucky - our guide Erick, … Continue reading Cheetah day in Masai Mara
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
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
This modern day, in 21st century, I saw bullet holes, crevices, cavities, posters, flags, graffitis and paintings splattered on the walls of a modern metropolitan city that defined, we human beings have out grown ourselves; we have reached a point in our being that does not define our humanity. This was in 2018 and I … Continue reading Observing the walls of Sarajevo, Bosnia.
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
Except for finding a parking spot, you will not go wrong anywhere else in this town; situated in the southern most edge of Croatia's Dalmatian Coast, it's a 11th century walled city preserved to perfection; a port-of-call by many cruise ships and a prime Balkan destination for all other travelers. We hopped all around Balkans … Continue reading Story Book Town of Dubrovnik
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
Phi Phi Island Photo and the Weather
Maven Voyager 