A lone windmill, slumbering during sunset.A remote farming town in Groningen, the northeastern most province of Netherlands. A late afternoon spent watching the sun set, and sheep as they lazily stroll by the dikes. TweetShare This page was viewed times.
Author: Gay Mitra
North Burleigh, Gold Coast: The Search For Summer
The warmth of the midday sun’s rays pierced through my skin. I was way pleased to finally shed off my extra layer of garb. Australia’s halfway through winter, and there we were striding towards the beach in North Burleigh, searching for summer… Or its vibe at least. I surveyed the vast expanse of the shore,…
Snapshot Saturday: Boys On The Bridge
The Kandy House
We shooed taxi drivers off our backs upon exiting Bandaranaike International Airport. Shervin and I just arrived at Katunayake, Sri Lanka past seven in the morning on a hot April day. The country’s lone international airport sits in this town located more than 30 kilometers north of Colombo. There was one driver who persistently followed…
Meet My Backpacking Folks
I herded them past the terminal fee ticketing booth with much tribulation. They were fussing about the immigration form they had to fill out (and whinging about the travel tax and terminal fee even if they did not pay themselves). It was not my sister’s first time to fly overseas and she patiently assisted my…
Snapshot Saturday: Behind Barbs
Out Of Boxes And Backpacks
Is how we intend to live from this day on. Until when? We have not thought about it yet. Our destinations? Unknown. What I can tell you though is that we have just stepped on the land down under this morning. Australia is where this epic family vagabonding begins. Why a nomadic lifestyle? We’ve been…
Snapshot Saturday: Cure-Dillera
Mt. Pinatubo: A Geologist’s Dream Trek
She was four years old and on a different continent when the cataclysm of the Philippines’ Mt. Pinatubo occurred in 1991. She was already fascinated with rocks, and unbeknownst to her, she was about to become a huge Spice Girls fan. Fast forward to 2011, her fascination with rocks and earth grew to an obsession…
Snapshot Saturday: Morning Monkey Business
Man, ain’t that the cutest nose ever?!I shrieked as we chanced upon a bunch of proboscis monkeys, freely wandering and having brekkie by the beach. We were then striding towards our chosen forest trail for a morning hike in Bako National Park, Sarawak’s oldest national park, Borneo. I shrieked some more, and jumped, and sobbed…