A tour through Northeast India is often overlooked by travellers because of the distance and expense of travel to this remote part of India. Secondly, unlike Rajasthan, the sightseeing highlights of this region are scattered over a large area making the trip a larger investment in time and effort. However it is such a fascinatingly…
This article first appeared in print on March 2, 2003 in the Travel Section of the New York Times with the headline: RIDING THE WILD BRAHMAPUTRA. You can check out the original article here. It happened in an instant. One second we were riding a huge wave on the Brahmaputra River, our raft angled sharply upward. The…
If you love enjoying your single malts in these days of self-isolation, follow this virtual trail of distilleries in Speyside. Check out the full article on Travel+Leisure here.
Norway ’s tumultuous relationship with the sea has written some of the most defining chapters in maritime history. We learnt these on a tour of Oslo’s museums. Check out the complete article on Travel+Leisure here. When I visited Norway last summer, I didn’t know how important the sea was to this small nation so close to the…
Resort owner Samit Sawhny talks about founding Barefoot at Havelock in the Andamans and the challenges facing the islands as they open up. This article originally appeared in the July/August 2019 edition of Action Asia magazine featuring Barefoot Havelock, Andamans. What first brought you to Havelock Island? I came to Havelock as a backpacker, in…
This article has originally appeared in the March 2020 edition of National Geographic Traveller India.
Travel often leads to interesting encounters with strangers some of which turn into lasting friendships. So it was when I arrived in Warsaw on my first FAM trip in September 2015. On my first night out, I struck up a conversation with a quirky but charming Iranian émigré, Nima Moghaddam, sitting at a table next…
A SCOUTING VIEW OF THE DREADED RAPID CALLED THE WALL At the ATOAI annual convention in January this year, I was lucky enough to win a two-night stay at Bull’s Retreat, the home base camp on the Ganga of Mercury Himalayan Explorations, founded by my friend Akshay Kumar. I cut my teeth white-water rafting on…
Be it adventure sports in Trøndelag or scenic landscapes in Stokkøya—Norway is an experience you won’t ever forget. This article was originally published in the “National Geographic Traveller India” in November 2019 edition. Check it here. I am crouched down behind a large granite boulder, just out of sight of a giant shaggy creature that looks like…
In July 2019 I spent a month in a Summer Chinese Program, co-held by the College of Intensive Chinese Studies, Beijing Language and Culture University and the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Hong Kong, as my first initiation into my MBA Program at HKU. The only trip that I had previously made to…
