I'd covered the annual IIJS jewelry trade fair in Goa, for this story.
Recall much dazzle, being blinded by bling and the easy-breezy fun of Panaji
But I have to say, the most vivid memory was yummy spa at the Park Hyatt most!:-)
Friday, April 29, 2011
A story on a natural peacock habitat in rural Maharashtra - for Travel Plus
HIGHLIGHTS
Hideously shrill mating calls (of peacocks)
Wholesome lunches of alarmingly fresh vegetables, bhakri and buttermilk
Open air bathrooms. They provide modern a/c cottages now...gaah!
The most curious and friendly bunch of teenage girls, all first-year agriculture students
Chancing upon a greenhouse bursting with gerberas
A story on Cagliari, Italy - for Travel Plus
Have Managed to preserve merely one page of this 4-pages story.
Hence, pasted self appearance on the Travel Plus Contributors' page
Venting Narcissism
Kangaroo Island OZ - for Femina Pune
HIGHLIGHTS
Picnic lunch - An Australian Rosé with sultana-sprinkled saffron rice, cheese and crackers, chicken, fish and a the sweetest elderly Brit couple for company
Wild-eyed, suspicious roos, ready to attack at the drop of a camera
Sunset hamper coffee on an almost deserted beach
Oyster Opera in Kerela - for Lonely Planet India 2011
HIGHLIGHTS
Bob-bathing and volleyball in the backwaters under a ferocious sun. Worth every inch of burnt, peeling skin
Mistaking a prawn picker lady for a potential suicider
Lazy lunches and starry dinners with unlimited supplies of plump karimeen (Kerela's fishy superstar) prawn, snapper, quail and squid.
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