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Seeing the world’s largest helicopter ever built

May 6, 2021 / Ameya / Leave a comment

Over the last weekend I happened to see this video which talked about the Mil V-12 - the largest helicopter ever built. This was the exhibit which welcomed me at Central Air Force Museum, Monino on the outskirts of Moscow - a pilgrimage site for all aviation enthusiasts! I started reading more about it and … Continue reading Seeing the world’s largest helicopter ever built

Monaco at lightening speed

June 2, 2020June 4, 2020 / Ameya / Leave a comment

When the Principality of Monaco is termed as the home of the wealthiest and richest in the world, more often than not the reason being cited is that Monaco is a tax heaven. I wonder if these ultra rich folks would have been termed poor had they paid 30% of their income to the state! … Continue reading Monaco at lightening speed

Silk road diaries – O’zbekistan – Part 2

November 11, 2018November 11, 2018 / Ameya / Leave a comment

Read: Silk road diaries - O'zbekistan - Part 1 As the explanation on why to visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan fell on deaf ears, it was time to give another explanation. This was convincing enough. We are traveling to Kazakhstan in $1 and adding two more countries to our list of countries visited 🙂 The main … Continue reading Silk road diaries – O’zbekistan – Part 2

The Hospitable Steppe – Uzbekistan

September 8, 2018September 9, 2018 / Priyanka / 1 Comment

Tashkent: Our second stop on the circuit was Tashkent. All I knew about the city, was that India’s Late PM L B Shastri passed away there while on an official visit under mysterious circumstances. Bukhara and Samarkand were vaguely familiar as ancient towns on the Silk Route. We landed in Tashkent in the afternoon and … Continue reading The Hospitable Steppe – Uzbekistan

The Hospitable Steppe – Kazakhstan

September 8, 2018September 9, 2018 / Priyanka / Leave a comment

The fact that I am geographically challenged is well known within my family and friend circle as well as few of you who follow our blog. Even a year-long course in geo-politics and international relations has not helped me grasp how the world is shaped. I have even presented a research paper on Central Asia … Continue reading The Hospitable Steppe – Kazakhstan

“To Health, Happiness and Friendship!!”

July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 / Priyanka / 1 Comment

Our love for Pasta took us to Italy and passion of Vodka took us to Russia. When your travel is dictated by the food and drink choices, you sometimes sit down in the balcony, overlooking the rainy city and reminisce the times when you had the best drinks in every country you have visited. All … Continue reading “To Health, Happiness and Friendship!!”

When henna on hand helped us call home

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 / Ameya / Leave a comment

The year was 2011 and we were in Istanbul on our honeymoon. Those still were early days of mobile affordability and we were to rely on the calling cards to make a call home and communicate our safety. This sounds ancient but we are talking of 2011, this very decade. This still sounds a different … Continue reading When henna on hand helped us call home

Visa Chronicles: Wary Travellers

June 21, 2018 / Priyanka / 1 Comment

TH’s (The Husband) love for all things communist took us to Vietnam in 2017. The visa process was just as confusing as the Russian one. And we for sure need to appease the Visa Gods to straighten out our visa luck! Vietnamese visa process for Indians is crooked. One has to find an agency in … Continue reading Visa Chronicles: Wary Travellers

Bollywood music on the equator in Pontianak

May 31, 2018May 31, 2018 / Ameya / Leave a comment

In 2017, I spent a month and half in Indonesia for work. I utilized the weekends to explore new regions in Indonesia, fly new airlines and add more airports to my list of airports visited. On my list for a while was visiting the equator. Twelve countries the world over are on the equator and … Continue reading Bollywood music on the equator in Pontianak

Timeless Tallinn

May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 / Ameya / Leave a comment

My first brush with Tallinn was when I read about the ex-KGB station being discovered few years after the soviets left (more on that in another blog), the next was when I came to know that Skype was invented in Tallinn and the third was just before the trip when I came to know that … Continue reading Timeless Tallinn

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