Recreation Vedic Style Subhasish Chakraborty January 21, 2014 Asia, Feature, India, Resorts, Spas During my frequent trips to the Vedic Village Resort & Spa, I had the opportunity to appreciate what “Wellness” was all about. The manner in which the entire resort is designed, offers the very...
Bhubaneswar and The Golden Triangle, Must-See in India Barbara Kingstone December 28, 2013 Asia, Feature, India, India Bhubaneswar is the sort of city you expect to find in India- a developing, progressive city that doesn’t forget its past and does it efficiently. The capitol of the state of Orissa and a city of temples...
Have a love affair with Toronto. A tryst, you’ll never forget. Barbara Kingstone November 11, 2013 Canada, Cuisine, Feature, Hotels, Indulgences, North America, Shopping, Spas, Top 10 With monikers like Hogtown and Toronto the Good, it’s a surprise to see this city from either Lake Ontario or from the air. It’s majestic. Toronto is a city that has grown with a population of just under 3...
Post Hurricane Katrina, Biloxi, Mississippi, Still Luxurious Barbara Kingstone November 4, 2013 Feature, Hotels, North America, United States Biloxi, Mississippi, isn’t on the mind of most people when they think of where to go for a vacation or an easy getaway. This area is filled with so many small charming towns which many out of towners...
Mongolia: A Remarkable Land Locked Safari in the Sand Barbara Kingstone October 6, 2013 Asia, Feature, Mongolia Even through my dazed , semi-conscious state, after various flights which took 30 hours to get to Chinggis Khaan airport (now New Ulaanbaatar International Airport), in Mongolia, when I looked down from the...
Canal Barging in France. So Easy, So Special. Barbara Kingstone September 18, 2013 Cruises, Europe, Feature, France When I mentioned to our friends that for our anniversary, my husband and I had decided to take an ultra deluxe French canal river barge trip on one of European Waterways’ barges, this one being, The...
American Colony Hotel, a luxurious and ancient Jerusalem landmark Barbara Kingstone May 7, 2013 Feature, Hotels, Israel, Middle East It’s not often that on a hotel elevator going up or down a few floors, can one get some quotes and also get to know the demography of the guests. Here’s one example. A beautiful young New York based,...
Compelling, Captivating Chattisgarh, the youngest state of the Indian republic Subhasish Chakraborty May 3, 2013 Asia, Feature, India, India Chattisgarh – the youngest state of the Indian republic is also the most attractive in terms of tourism resources. The beautiful state of Chattisgarh was carved out of one of India’s largest state –...
Musings in Mizoram, North East India Subhasish Chakraborty April 25, 2013 Asia, Feature, India, India During my high school years spent at the residential (Baptist) Carmel Residential School in Tezpur, Assam, I had the opportunity to make friends with many boarders who hailed from the state of Mizoram. Since...
Bandhavgarh National Park: Wilderness and History Entwined Subhasish Chakraborty April 19, 2013 Asia, Feature, India, India Many of us marvel at the exciting wilderness oriented things that other people do, but we have lots of excuses for not attempting them ourselves. No time. Not fit enough. Too risky, etc. etc…… The truth is...
