A land of fire and ice. And water. Lots of water.
Elizabeth Soule
Iceland is nicknamed the land of fire and ice for it’s volcanoes and glaciers. So far our impression has been one of water. Along the coast there are ocean views,…
Places
A Snaefellsnes Soaker
A different day brought drastically different weather! A steady rain when we woke up led us to change our plans for breakfast downtown in favor of the buffet at the…
A walk around Reykjavik
After a smooth flight over Canada and Greenland, we arrived in Iceland at ten in the morning local time. The previous night had seen yellow weather warnings for high winds…
Kerala Spice Garden Tour
On the last day of our Kerala trip, we travelled from the resort near Periyar back to the airport, which is about a four and a half hour drive. The…
A Pause Amidst the Cardamom
Part of the adventure of travel is how the best laid plans can be thwarted by an unexpected twist. In our case, the twist was a nasty round of norovirus.…
Alappuzha Houseboat Tour
The waterways of Alappuzha (also known as Alleppey) are a series of canals, backwaters, and lagoons that stretch from the Arabian Sea inland toward Kottayam. These waterways are central to…
Fort Kochi
With jet lag still waking us up in the early morning hours, our 5am trip to the airport to catch our flight to Kerala didn’t even seem that early. The…
Bandipur Tiger Reserve
July 30 – August 2 Bandipur Tiger Reserve was once a private hunting reserve for the Maharajas of Mysore. Today, it is a national park protecting many species of Indian…
Exploring Bangalore
We set out to explore Bangalore on Friday morning. There is no perfect time to brave the traffic of Bangalore, but things were fairly reasonable in the tail end of…
Bangalore Palace
On Friday, Mervin took me to see a few places around Bangalore. I have a lot of pictures, so I am splitting the post into two parts. This first one…