Featured Illustration: Audrea Pereira It is a plague that feisty travellers have dodged for decades; a serious illness that has befallen man in the 21st century. A dispassionate way of travel, watchin…
Explore The Enchanting Land Of Red Pandas & Serenity: Sikkim
The weather in Sikkim is as varied as its exquisite orchids. In a single day one can witness glittering rain, floating clouds, a beaming sun and a howling wind. Sikkim became the 22nd Indian state in …
Beyond The Malls: 5 Offbeat Ways To Explore Dubai
The biggest, the tallest and the richest- Dubai’s never-ending tryst with superlatives makes it a sought after destination. More than one million people visit the Burj Khalifa every year. With its mam…
Travel Etiquette: Are You Guilty Of These Annoying Travel Habits?
Travelling is at the top our lists during the summer. Who doesn’t want to board a plane, fly to Hawaii, laze on the beach and sip on cocktails/mocktails? Now, in an ideal world, we’d all have a …
Unveiling UAE’s Best Kept Travel Secret: Sir Bani Yas Island
Palm Jumeira, Palm Jebel Ali, the World Islands; when it comes to islands, Dubai has a long list to boast of. However, the archipelago of artificial islands has, for years, overshadowed what appears t…
Bustling Bangladesh: Find Dhaka’s Best-Kept Food Secrets, Local Festivals & More
This land is known for the threatening extinction of the Sunderbans and for erosion of the longest shoreline (Cox’s Bazaar) and political instability; but looking past that, Bangladesh is a treasure t…
What’s The Ideal Destination To Travel To This April?
The scent of freshly mowed grass is in the air mixed with a whiff of ‘I need a holiday’ and an overpowering tinge of ‘It’s time to get out of here’. You know exactly what…
Groove & Feast At the Latino Art Fest This Weekend
Move your hips to some Samba, get intimate with Salsa, and sway to Tango this Friday, Jan 30, at the Latin Art Fest at the Artissima Gallery in Al Quoz from 6pm to 11pm. It’s going to be an awe-…
Dubai International Kite Fest 2015: Be There With Your Flying Square!
Not a sign of rain [unless you’re reading this on January 19th, it’s pouring] and yet the sky is brimming with more than the colours of the rainbow. Fascinating movements, trance-worthy de…
7 things to do this New Year’s Eve in Dubai: What’s Happening Where? #2015
It’s that time of year again – the beginning. Common to see people scrambling to have their NYE plans in order to bring in the new year with a bang or a quiet cheer. We’ve got something for all …
Christmas in Dubai: Two Places You Can HO! HO! HO!
It’s that best time of the year. Christmas is finally here! Apparently, Santa rewards only “good” kids, I have the perfect way the not-so-good ones (like you and I) can enjoy ourselves this Christmas…
Here’s Why You Really Need to Come Down To Ripe Market, Dubai on Friday
Red velvet pancakes, cute babies, young and old couples, handicrafts, hand-crafted jewelry, room decor items, crafty gifts, hand-embroidered clothes, hand-made cards, home-made organic soaps, pickles,…
5 Very Good Reasons You Should Try Fishing This Weekend
Let’s go to the mall. Let’s go to the café. Let’s meet for shisha. Let’s hit the movies. Our sources of leisure have become largely consumer-based. If we go somewhere with friends, it has to be to buy…
The International Coffee and Tea Festival 2014: We’re Still Buzzing
The International Coffee and Tea Festival, taking place between 12-14th November, is the most reputed caffeine expo in the Middle East, showcasing different tea and coffee brands. The agenda also incl…
Cats, Dogs and.. Do You Need a Third?
It was all smiles, purrs and growls this afternoon, on 8th November, at Dubai Sports City during the Pet Festival 2014 as pet-owners and their adorable companions soaked in the sunshine and lounged in…
3 Days to Meeting Dan Brown at SIBF
With an unrivalled knowledge of Western art, a brave persona, tweed jackets and turtle-necks [let’s not forget the Mickey Mouse watch], few have been spared by Robert Langdon’s charm. Uncovering…
Autumn in London: Sweaters, Gold Leaves & Rain
Ah, fall. Just as I type ([or even think] these words, I am reminded that I am in Britain and it’s actually autumn, and fall is just a verb. However, just the thought of the season brings images of go…
Travel to These 5 Destinations & Do the Unusual
Every couple of months the hippie inside nudges me, whispers in my ear and tells me to fulfil my wanderlust wishes. I’m sure you can relate – there is no excitement greater than the joy of trave…
9 Invaluable Lessons I Learnt in Palo Alto, California
We will all have encounters in life when we need to spend a couple of days – maybe weeks or months, even – alongside people we aren’t acquainted with; it can be at workshops, camps, off-the-job traini…
3 Cultural Things to Know If You’re Traveling to Japan
What with the summer rolling around, many people are looking to travel in order to beat the heat, while some prefer sandy beaches with the cool temperature, others like to stay in the middle of the ur…