Welcome to the Travel Section!

My blog’s home page features one of my favorite quotes: “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” Travel is an incredible journey: one that enriches our lives more than any other activity. I admit that traveling is often seen as a luxury that only the richest can afford.

I am a strong believer that it doesn’t have to be this way!

Traveling can take many forms: It doesn’t have to mean taking a big international trip to the other side of the world, staying in expensive hotels or paying for extravagant excursions. It could also look like taking a road trip, visiting a friend in a new city, even visiting a neighborhood you have already been to a hundred times with a fresh perspective.

Traveling is a mindset, one which can allow us to discover ourselves and others. It is something which connects us to the fabric of humankind and binds us together with those who come from different backgrounds. It is exhilarating and enlightening, but sometimes thrusts us outside of our comfort zones. It allows us to live life the way it was meant to be lived, and it truly does allow us to bestow meaning to every single moment.

Glowing World map made of bright sparks. EPS10 vector. (Source: Google)

This section will contain a series of deep and moving, comedic and exotic, quirky and fun travelogues. These are personal stories, and meant for entertainment purposes only. Travel is a great passion of mine, and I have always wanted a place to collect all of my travel memories. Therefore, this section will serve as a place to keep my travel stories alive, so that I can revisit them and share them with you. I hope you will enjoy perusing these stories of wanderlust, as much as I enjoy penning them! And I hope they will inspire you, too, to travel and explore more of our incredible world! (Of course, make sure you are being safe during the COVID-19 pandemic!)

Below, you will find links to some of my travel stories, divided by country:

Italy

Gelato Glitz Series: Welcome

Gelato Glitiz Series: Florence’s Great Duomo

Gelato Glitz Series: Rome Photo Story

Gelato Glitz Series: Napoli and Pompeii Await

Spain

Guest Post: A Guide to Spending 6 Days in Barcelona, Spain

India

India Study Abroad Series: Welcome

India Study Abroad Series: My First Few Days Abroad

India Study Abroad Series: A New Research Project and Family Time

India Study Abroad Series: Hello Monsoon Season

India Study Abroad Series: Lights, Camera, Action! Learning about Raman Spectroscopy

India Study Abroad Series: Adventures at Sinhagad

India Study Abroad Series: The Perspective of an ABCD

India Study Abroad Series: A Glass Half Full

India Study Abroad Series: K.E.M. Hospital Volunteering

India Study Abroad Series: Wanderlust: Through the Money Capital of India (Part I)

India Study Abroad Series: Cinematic Train Adventures and Photo Story (Part II)

India Study Abroad Series: Research Updates

India Study Abroad Series: Memories of Sadashiv Peth

India Study Abroad Series: A Bittersweet Parting with Pune

Kashi Stories Series: The Shining City

Mexico

Cruising Cozumel Series: Welcome

Cruising Cozumel Series: Brilliance of the Seas

Cruising Cozumel Series: Grand Cayman Islands

Cruising Cozumel Series: Setting Sail

Cruising Cozumel Series: Cruising Along the Atlantic and Other Ship Attractions

North America

Guest Post: A Guide to Spending a Day in Washington DC during the Cherry Blossom Festival