Tag: solo travel

• City of Joy – Life of P

  

  Saudade (n.) Origin: Portuguese Definition: A nostalgic longing to be near something/ someone who is distant The Howrah Bridge in the distance, putting up a show with its lights! Calcutta, or Kolkata, has always held a place in my heart. I’d traveled to KOL a few times but always for work or when passing by. […]

  An Ordinary Girl

  July 28, 2022

  Travel

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• A Girl Who Travels

  

  I was nine when I went on my first school trip. More such school/ college trips happened when I was 15 & then 20. I traveled alone to attend my friends’ weddings in Kerala, Tamil Nadu & Uttar Pradesh when I was 25-26. Those same years, I visited Thailand & to Bordi with just my […]

  An Ordinary Girl

  November 8, 2019

  Travel

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• My Gangtok Chronicle – Chapter 6

  

  I’d expected more grandeur from one so famous.

  An Ordinary Girl

  February 9, 2018

  Travel

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• My Gangtok Chronicle – Chapter 5

  

  any sight different from the usual is worth seeing…

  An Ordinary Girl

  February 2, 2018

  Travel

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• My Gangtok Chronicle – Chapter 4

  

  Faith surely makes us do unimaginable things!

  An Ordinary Girl

  January 30, 2018

  Travel

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• My Gangtok Chronicle – Chapter 3

  

  Indians are such a curious bunch. They wanted to know if I worked, if I was married, if I had children, why I had moved to their car…

  An Ordinary Girl

  January 19, 2018

  Travel

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• My Gangtok Chronicle – Chapter 1

  

  I had one more desire which I wanted to fulfill but was unable to draw adequate courage for…

  An Ordinary Girl

  January 5, 2018

  Travel

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