IMPORTANT FOR 2026 MONSOON SEASON: Maharashtra receives some of India’s heaviest rainfall — certain waterfall zones receive over 3,000mm annually. Swimming near waterfalls during peak monsoon (July–August) is genuinely dangerous — flash floods, sudden surge in water level, and slippery…
A NOTE FOR 2026 TREKKERS: Maharashtra has more than 160 fort treks across the Sahyadri range. Most were built by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his generals as military strongholds watching over the trade routes and passes of the Western Ghats.…
A QUICK NOTE ON 2026 REGULATIONS: As of April 2023, Nepal mandates licensed guides for all foreign trekkers in national parks and most trekking regions. Solo foreign trekking in these areas is no longer permitted. Nepal has also fully transitioned…
A NOTE BEFORE YOU START: India is not a destination. It is an experience that happens to have borders. It will overwhelm you, enchant you, frustrate you, feed you better than anywhere else on earth, and send you home fundamentally…
I didn’t expect Kerala to stay with me the way it did. I’ve done the Rajasthan circuit. I’ve navigated Bangkok solo at midnight. I’ve eaten my way through Penang and pretended to understand wine in Tuscany. But there was something…
Let me be straight with you: Thailand is not as cheap as it was in 2015. The cat’s out of the bag. Instagram happened. Digital nomads happened. Post-COVID “revenge travel” happened. And yet — Thailand is still one of the…
Every time someone says “I want to go to Goa,” at least three people around them go “oh bhai, Goa is so expensive now.” And honestly? Those people are not entirely wrong. Goa has gotten pricier — especially if you’re…
