This is a blog on the second leg of a two week holiday in Spain. The first leg that included Barcelona and Gerona can be reached by clicking the ...
Hola Spain! – Barcelona and Gerona
The majority of our holidays abroad have been dictated by family occasions. In September 2023 it was the wedding of my nephew in Toronto that ...
The Curious Case of the Reappearing Owlet
With due apologies to Mr. E. S. Gardner, this particular blog has all the ingredients of a masonic whodunit. Way back in the 19th century, there ...
Carpe Diem!
Friday, 12, May, 2023. Calangute, Goa. 7.30am. A short while ago I had brewed my coffee, unlocked the door leading to the backyard, ...
Pancheshwar- Quest for Gold
"There he met the mahseer of the Poonch, beside whom the tarpon is as a herring, and he who lands him can say that he is a fisherman." - ...
Birding in Kashmir
Spectacular scenery... territorial disputes... pashmina shawls... Wazwan cuisine ... walnuts. These are some of the things that most people would ...
Snapshots of 2022
Wow... What a year!! As I go through the photographs of the past 12 months I realise that there was so much happening that a lot of nice images ...
‘Timeline’: Exhibition Guide
I’m a Mumbai-based cancer surgeon by profession. By the time you read this that opening sentence will have to be read in the past tense! ...
Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve
When it comes to Indian wildlife, the one name that automatically comes to most minds is 'tiger'. I consider myself a very passionate, though ...
Mishmi
In February 2019 a couple of birders and I did an amazing, 1500Km long birding trip to the North East of India. Covering the States of Assam and ...