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An Adventurous Rickshaw ride to Ajmer Dargah
RajasthanTravel

An Adventurous Rickshaw ride to Ajmer Dargah

WannabemavenMay 27, 2014

On our 3 day backpacking trip to Jaipur, we decided to quickly cover Ajmer Dargah. One, the Dargah is extremely…

Bhau Daji Lad Museum – Go there for the Renaissance Revival Architecture
Mumbai Travel GuideMuseums in MumbaiTravel

Bhau Daji Lad Museum – Go there for the Renaissance Revival Architecture

WannabemavenMay 16, 2014

Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City museum is an integral part of Mumbai’s museum scene. It is the oldest museum…

Karla Caves, Lonavala – Architecture and Blind Faith Sightings
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Karla Caves, Lonavala – Architecture and Blind Faith Sightings

WannabemavenMay 4, 2014

I have visited Lonavla a couple of times before, and hence, had already seen popular tourist spots like Bhushi Dam…

Work for a Cruise line – Travel the World
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Work for a Cruise line – Travel the World

WannabemavenApril 28, 2014

Ever thought of a career that took you around the world? Do you think your education (or the lack of…

The Goan Odyssey – 5 Things to do in Goa
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The Goan Odyssey – 5 Things to do in Goa

WannabemavenApril 23, 2014

Most tourists have heard of Goa as a popular Indian holiday destination. Goa sees millions of tourists each year and…

Celebrity Wax Museum, Lonavala: A Poor Man’s Madame Tussauds
MaharashtraTravelWeekend Getaways from Mumbai

Celebrity Wax Museum, Lonavala: A Poor Man’s Madame Tussauds

WannabemavenApril 5, 2014

Karla Caves and Celebrity Wax Museum have ranked high on my list of must see places in Lonavla. The latter had…

Prince of Wales Museum – The Best Museum Mumbai has to Offer
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Prince of Wales Museum – The Best Museum Mumbai has to Offer

WannabemavenMarch 31, 2014

I took a break from my Gujarat posts and visited Prince of Wales Museum two weeks back. This is my…

Laxmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara – Of Royals and Royalty
GujaratTravel

Laxmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara – Of Royals and Royalty

WannabemavenMarch 19, 2014

The last time I visited a royal palace was the Buckingham palace in London in the summer of 2010. Cut…

Sewri Fort and Sion Fort in Mumbai – Sorry State of Affairs
Mumbai Travel GuideOffbeat MumbaiTravel

Sewri Fort and Sion Fort in Mumbai – Sorry State of Affairs

WannabemavenMarch 13, 2014

As a 9 to 5 corporate slave, the only free time I get to explore new places is on weekends.…

Passive Observations in Gujarat
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Passive Observations in Gujarat

WannabemavenFebruary 25, 2014

I have been a happy traveler since my road trip in Gujarat. Not only did I see some interesting off-beat…

B.Merwan – Mawa Cakes and more….
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B.Merwan – Mawa Cakes and more….

WannabemavenFebruary 22, 2014

[Last updated: 9 April 2017] The other day, I read an article carried out in a local newspaper about a…

Maharashtra Nature Park – From Dumping Ground to a Nature Pleasing Space
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Maharashtra Nature Park – From Dumping Ground to a Nature Pleasing Space

WannabemavenFebruary 17, 2014

It doesn’t take an expert to know that Mumbai is synonymous with congestion, noise and pollution. And yet in all…

Bird Watching at Sewri Jetty – Flamingos in Mumbai
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Bird Watching at Sewri Jetty – Flamingos in Mumbai

WannabemavenFebruary 9, 2014

Nature lovers and those complaining about Mumbai’s congestion have something to rejoice! Sewri – a neighbourhood towards South Mumbai, has…

Sahara Cricket Gaurav Point – Cricket Museum for a Cricket Crazy Nation
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Sahara Cricket Gaurav Point – Cricket Museum for a Cricket Crazy Nation

WannabemavenJanuary 28, 2014

UPDATE: THIS MUSEUM IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED Brihanmumbai Muncipal Corporation gives cricket enthusiasts a reason to smile. BMC along with Sahara…

Indian Theatre: The Vagina Monologues Review
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Indian Theatre: The Vagina Monologues Review

WannabemavenJanuary 23, 2014

Vagina Monologues was a play originally conceived by Eve Ensler in 1996. Since its premier in New York city, the…

How To Tackle Travel Sickness – My Inexpensive Tricks
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How To Tackle Travel Sickness – My Inexpensive Tricks

WannabemavenJanuary 21, 2014

I come across a lot of people who suffer from Motion Sickness aka Travel sickness. Traveling by bus in particular,…

Ancestral Goa museum and Big Foot– Victim of its own concept
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Ancestral Goa museum and Big Foot– Victim of its own concept

WannabemavenJanuary 15, 2014

If you are bored of visiting Goa’s infinite beaches or if you are the type of person who enjoys visiting…

Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Kanheri Caves – Among Asia’s most visited parks
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Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Kanheri Caves – Among Asia’s most visited parks

WannabemavenJanuary 11, 2014

[Last updated: 27 April 2017] Sanjay Gandhi National Park or Borivali National Park is among the most visited parks in…

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  • Sometimes I think about this plate of rabo de toro we had in Spain's Andalusia's region.

We stopped in a town called Setenil de las Bodegas on our way from Málaga to Seville in southern Spain. The town is famous for its houses and cafés built beneath huge rock overhangs, so stopping for lunch there felt like part of the experience.

We ordered rabo de toro - oxtail slow cooked for hours in red wine, vegetables, and spices until the meat falls off the bone and the sauce becomes rich and velvety. Add a glass of vermouth, and that's a lunch I still remember.

The dish traces its roots to Córdoba, where it was traditionally made with the tails of fighting bulls after a corrida, though today it's almost always made with beef oxtail. 

Four days later, we drove down to Córdoba and ordered rabo de toro all over again.

#Spain #spanishfood
  • Professional meowxologists🍸. Accepting bookings for cat parties.
  • Twelve years back, somewhere near Jodhpur in a village called Chotila, I came across Om Banna Temple along a highway. It was dedicated to a motorcycle. Truck drivers stopped to pray before it. Bottles of alcohol were left as offerings for its dead owner, Om Banna.

At the time, I enjoyed the weirdness of finding something like this on the road. Rural India is full of these strange discoveries intersecting faith, folklore and superstition.

Then this week, I watched Dug Dug, a small indie film, inspired by that very legend. A dead man’s bike keeps returning to the site of his accident until it slowly turns into a roadside deity. Nobody questions it enough, everyone believes it's miraculous. 

I went back to my Rajasthan album to see the photos and imagined the stories — the mysterious motorcycle (in the film, it's a Luna), the drunk rider who became a local god, how alcohol became an offering for him, how the shrine has a full time priest, how commerce grew surrounding it, and just how one roadside incident in 1988 spiralled into blind faith and a full blown temple.
  • I just came to say Hello
  • I've preferred words over being on camera, and for the longest time, I hid behind the lens. But at the start of 2026, I made a personal goal - to do a video with voiceover and put my face in it. We're four months into this year, and I'm finally checking that box ✅.

Now tell me, do you want to see more videos like this? 

#travel #thailand #thailandfood
  • I love it when I watch a movie and it references a historical event or incident at a place that I might have visited, bridging the gap between the screen and my own memories.

Last week I saw Evan Almighty, where Steve Carell is chosen as a modern-day Noah to build an ark and save the animals from a localised flood. The film immediately reminded me of my time in Armenia🇦🇲.

From the capital city, Yerevan, the silhouette of Mount Ararat dominates the horizon. It is a mind-blowing fact to stand there and realize that both biblical scholars and ancient traditions identify the "mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4) as the final resting place where Noah's Ark landed after the Great Flood.

Mount Ararat remains deeply sacred and dear to the Armenian people, even though the mountain was lost to Turkey in 1921 following the Treaty of Kars. Even behind a border, it stands as a towering symbol of their heritage and an ancient beginning.

#Armenia #yerevan #travel
  • When you plan a trip on Tuesday and fly out on Friday 🇹🇭
  • Next destination: Ocean

#travel #beachlife #islandgirl
  • At 28, I bought myself an RE Classic 350 as a birthday gift, not knowing it would change how I travel. What began as occasional city rides in Mumbai turned into long distance road trips across Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala during the pandemic. That eventually led me to adventure touring on the RE Himalayan through Nepal’s Himalayas and across Tibet, the roof of the world. Most recently, I rode through North East India’s rugged heartland on the RE Scram 440. It’s been quite a ride! 

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Sometimes I think about this plate of rabo de toro we had in Spain's Andalusia's region.

We stopped in a town called Setenil de las Bodegas on our way from Málaga to Seville in southern Spain. The town is famous for its houses and cafés built beneath huge rock overhangs, so stopping for lunch there felt like part of the experience.

We ordered rabo de toro - oxtail slow cooked for hours in red wine, vegetables, and spices until the meat falls off the bone and the sauce becomes rich and velvety. Add a glass of vermouth, and that's a lunch I still remember.

The dish traces its roots to Córdoba, where it was traditionally made with the tails of fighting bulls after a corrida, though today it's almost always made with beef oxtail. 

Four days later, we drove down to Córdoba and ordered rabo de toro all over again.

#Spain #spanishfood
Sometimes I think about this plate of rabo de toro we had in Spain's Andalusia's region.

We stopped in a town called Setenil de las Bodegas on our way from Málaga to Seville in southern Spain. The town is famous for its houses and cafés built beneath huge rock overhangs, so stopping for lunch there felt like part of the experience.

We ordered rabo de toro - oxtail slow cooked for hours in red wine, vegetables, and spices until the meat falls off the bone and the sauce becomes rich and velvety. Add a glass of vermouth, and that's a lunch I still remember.

The dish traces its roots to Córdoba, where it was traditionally made with the tails of fighting bulls after a corrida, though today it's almost always made with beef oxtail. 

Four days later, we drove down to Córdoba and ordered rabo de toro all over again.

#Spain #spanishfood
Sometimes I think about this plate of rabo de toro we had in Spain's Andalusia's region.

We stopped in a town called Setenil de las Bodegas on our way from Málaga to Seville in southern Spain. The town is famous for its houses and cafés built beneath huge rock overhangs, so stopping for lunch there felt like part of the experience.

We ordered rabo de toro - oxtail slow cooked for hours in red wine, vegetables, and spices until the meat falls off the bone and the sauce becomes rich and velvety. Add a glass of vermouth, and that's a lunch I still remember.

The dish traces its roots to Córdoba, where it was traditionally made with the tails of fighting bulls after a corrida, though today it's almost always made with beef oxtail. 

Four days later, we drove down to Córdoba and ordered rabo de toro all over again.

#Spain #spanishfood
Sometimes I think about this plate of rabo de toro we had in Spain's Andalusia's region.

We stopped in a town called Setenil de las Bodegas on our way from Málaga to Seville in southern Spain. The town is famous for its houses and cafés built beneath huge rock overhangs, so stopping for lunch there felt like part of the experience.

We ordered rabo de toro - oxtail slow cooked for hours in red wine, vegetables, and spices until the meat falls off the bone and the sauce becomes rich and velvety. Add a glass of vermouth, and that's a lunch I still remember.

The dish traces its roots to Córdoba, where it was traditionally made with the tails of fighting bulls after a corrida, though today it's almost always made with beef oxtail. 

Four days later, we drove down to Córdoba and ordered rabo de toro all over again.

#Spain #spanishfood
Sometimes I think about this plate of rabo de toro we had in Spain's Andalusia's region.

We stopped in a town called Setenil de las Bodegas on our way from Málaga to Seville in southern Spain. The town is famous for its houses and cafés built beneath huge rock overhangs, so stopping for lunch there felt like part of the experience.

We ordered rabo de toro - oxtail slow cooked for hours in red wine, vegetables, and spices until the meat falls off the bone and the sauce becomes rich and velvety. Add a glass of vermouth, and that's a lunch I still remember.

The dish traces its roots to Córdoba, where it was traditionally made with the tails of fighting bulls after a corrida, though today it's almost always made with beef oxtail. 

Four days later, we drove down to Córdoba and ordered rabo de toro all over again.

#Spain #spanishfood
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Sometimes I think about this plate of rabo de toro we had in Spain's Andalusia's region. We stopped in a town called Setenil de las Bodegas on our way from Málaga to Seville in southern Spain. The town is famous for its houses and cafés built beneath huge rock overhangs, so stopping for lunch there felt like part of the experience. We ordered rabo de toro - oxtail slow cooked for hours in red wine, vegetables, and spices until the meat falls off the bone and the sauce becomes rich and velvety. Add a glass of vermouth, and that's a lunch I still remember. The dish traces its roots to Córdoba, where it was traditionally made with the tails of fighting bulls after a corrida, though today it's almost always made with beef oxtail.  Four days later, we drove down to Córdoba and ordered rabo de toro all over again. #Spain #spanishfood
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Twelve years back, somewhere near Jodhpur in a village called Chotila, I came across Om Banna Temple along a highway. It was dedicated to a motorcycle. Truck drivers stopped to pray before it. Bottles of alcohol were left as offerings for its dead owner, Om Banna.

At the time, I enjoyed the weirdness of finding something like this on the road. Rural India is full of these strange discoveries intersecting faith, folklore and superstition.

Then this week, I watched Dug Dug, a small indie film, inspired by that very legend. A dead man’s bike keeps returning to the site of his accident until it slowly turns into a roadside deity. Nobody questions it enough, everyone believes it's miraculous. 

I went back to my Rajasthan album to see the photos and imagined the stories — the mysterious motorcycle (in the film, it's a Luna), the drunk rider who became a local god, how alcohol became an offering for him, how the shrine has a full time priest, how commerce grew surrounding it, and just how one roadside incident in 1988 spiralled into blind faith and a full blown temple.
Twelve years back, somewhere near Jodhpur in a village called Chotila, I came across Om Banna Temple along a highway. It was dedicated to a motorcycle. Truck drivers stopped to pray before it. Bottles of alcohol were left as offerings for its dead owner, Om Banna.

At the time, I enjoyed the weirdness of finding something like this on the road. Rural India is full of these strange discoveries intersecting faith, folklore and superstition.

Then this week, I watched Dug Dug, a small indie film, inspired by that very legend. A dead man’s bike keeps returning to the site of his accident until it slowly turns into a roadside deity. Nobody questions it enough, everyone believes it's miraculous. 

I went back to my Rajasthan album to see the photos and imagined the stories — the mysterious motorcycle (in the film, it's a Luna), the drunk rider who became a local god, how alcohol became an offering for him, how the shrine has a full time priest, how commerce grew surrounding it, and just how one roadside incident in 1988 spiralled into blind faith and a full blown temple.
Twelve years back, somewhere near Jodhpur in a village called Chotila, I came across Om Banna Temple along a highway. It was dedicated to a motorcycle. Truck drivers stopped to pray before it. Bottles of alcohol were left as offerings for its dead owner, Om Banna.

At the time, I enjoyed the weirdness of finding something like this on the road. Rural India is full of these strange discoveries intersecting faith, folklore and superstition.

Then this week, I watched Dug Dug, a small indie film, inspired by that very legend. A dead man’s bike keeps returning to the site of his accident until it slowly turns into a roadside deity. Nobody questions it enough, everyone believes it's miraculous. 

I went back to my Rajasthan album to see the photos and imagined the stories — the mysterious motorcycle (in the film, it's a Luna), the drunk rider who became a local god, how alcohol became an offering for him, how the shrine has a full time priest, how commerce grew surrounding it, and just how one roadside incident in 1988 spiralled into blind faith and a full blown temple.
Twelve years back, somewhere near Jodhpur in a village called Chotila, I came across Om Banna Temple along a highway. It was dedicated to a motorcycle. Truck drivers stopped to pray before it. Bottles of alcohol were left as offerings for its dead owner, Om Banna.

At the time, I enjoyed the weirdness of finding something like this on the road. Rural India is full of these strange discoveries intersecting faith, folklore and superstition.

Then this week, I watched Dug Dug, a small indie film, inspired by that very legend. A dead man’s bike keeps returning to the site of his accident until it slowly turns into a roadside deity. Nobody questions it enough, everyone believes it's miraculous. 

I went back to my Rajasthan album to see the photos and imagined the stories — the mysterious motorcycle (in the film, it's a Luna), the drunk rider who became a local god, how alcohol became an offering for him, how the shrine has a full time priest, how commerce grew surrounding it, and just how one roadside incident in 1988 spiralled into blind faith and a full blown temple.
Twelve years back, somewhere near Jodhpur in a village called Chotila, I came across Om Banna Temple along a highway. It was dedicated to a motorcycle. Truck drivers stopped to pray before it. Bottles of alcohol were left as offerings for its dead owner, Om Banna.

At the time, I enjoyed the weirdness of finding something like this on the road. Rural India is full of these strange discoveries intersecting faith, folklore and superstition.

Then this week, I watched Dug Dug, a small indie film, inspired by that very legend. A dead man’s bike keeps returning to the site of his accident until it slowly turns into a roadside deity. Nobody questions it enough, everyone believes it's miraculous. 

I went back to my Rajasthan album to see the photos and imagined the stories — the mysterious motorcycle (in the film, it's a Luna), the drunk rider who became a local god, how alcohol became an offering for him, how the shrine has a full time priest, how commerce grew surrounding it, and just how one roadside incident in 1988 spiralled into blind faith and a full blown temple.
Twelve years back, somewhere near Jodhpur in a village called Chotila, I came across Om Banna Temple along a highway. It was dedicated to a motorcycle. Truck drivers stopped to pray before it. Bottles of alcohol were left as offerings for its dead owner, Om Banna.

At the time, I enjoyed the weirdness of finding something like this on the road. Rural India is full of these strange discoveries intersecting faith, folklore and superstition.

Then this week, I watched Dug Dug, a small indie film, inspired by that very legend. A dead man’s bike keeps returning to the site of his accident until it slowly turns into a roadside deity. Nobody questions it enough, everyone believes it's miraculous. 

I went back to my Rajasthan album to see the photos and imagined the stories — the mysterious motorcycle (in the film, it's a Luna), the drunk rider who became a local god, how alcohol became an offering for him, how the shrine has a full time priest, how commerce grew surrounding it, and just how one roadside incident in 1988 spiralled into blind faith and a full blown temple.
Twelve years back, somewhere near Jodhpur in a village called Chotila, I came across Om Banna Temple along a highway. It was dedicated to a motorcycle. Truck drivers stopped to pray before it. Bottles of alcohol were left as offerings for its dead owner, Om Banna.

At the time, I enjoyed the weirdness of finding something like this on the road. Rural India is full of these strange discoveries intersecting faith, folklore and superstition.

Then this week, I watched Dug Dug, a small indie film, inspired by that very legend. A dead man’s bike keeps returning to the site of his accident until it slowly turns into a roadside deity. Nobody questions it enough, everyone believes it's miraculous. 

I went back to my Rajasthan album to see the photos and imagined the stories — the mysterious motorcycle (in the film, it's a Luna), the drunk rider who became a local god, how alcohol became an offering for him, how the shrine has a full time priest, how commerce grew surrounding it, and just how one roadside incident in 1988 spiralled into blind faith and a full blown temple.
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Twelve years back, somewhere near Jodhpur in a village called Chotila, I came across Om Banna Temple along a highway. It was dedicated to a motorcycle. Truck drivers stopped to pray before it. Bottles of alcohol were left as offerings for its dead owner, Om Banna. At the time, I enjoyed the weirdness of finding something like this on the road. Rural India is full of these strange discoveries intersecting faith, folklore and superstition. Then this week, I watched Dug Dug, a small indie film, inspired by that very legend. A dead man’s bike keeps returning to the site of his accident until it slowly turns into a roadside deity. Nobody questions it enough, everyone believes it's miraculous.  I went back to my Rajasthan album to see the photos and imagined the stories — the mysterious motorcycle (in the film, it's a Luna), the drunk rider who became a local god, how alcohol became an offering for him, how the shrine has a full time priest, how commerce grew surrounding it, and just how one roadside incident in 1988 spiralled into blind faith and a full blown temple.
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I've preferred words over being on camera, and for the longest time, I hid behind the lens. But at the start of 2026, I made a personal goal - to do a video with voiceover and put my face in it. We're four months into this year, and I'm finally checking that box ✅. Now tell me, do you want to see more videos like this? #travel #thailand #thailandfood
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I love it when I watch a movie and it references a historical event or incident at a place that I might have visited, bridging the gap between the screen and my own memories.

Last week I saw Evan Almighty, where Steve Carell is chosen as a modern-day Noah to build an ark and save the animals from a localised flood. The film immediately reminded me of my time in Armenia🇦🇲.

From the capital city, Yerevan, the silhouette of Mount Ararat dominates the horizon. It is a mind-blowing fact to stand there and realize that both biblical scholars and ancient traditions identify the "mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4) as the final resting place where Noah's Ark landed after the Great Flood.

Mount Ararat remains deeply sacred and dear to the Armenian people, even though the mountain was lost to Turkey in 1921 following the Treaty of Kars. Even behind a border, it stands as a towering symbol of their heritage and an ancient beginning.

#Armenia #yerevan #travel
I love it when I watch a movie and it references a historical event or incident at a place that I might have visited, bridging the gap between the screen and my own memories.

Last week I saw Evan Almighty, where Steve Carell is chosen as a modern-day Noah to build an ark and save the animals from a localised flood. The film immediately reminded me of my time in Armenia🇦🇲.

From the capital city, Yerevan, the silhouette of Mount Ararat dominates the horizon. It is a mind-blowing fact to stand there and realize that both biblical scholars and ancient traditions identify the "mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4) as the final resting place where Noah's Ark landed after the Great Flood.

Mount Ararat remains deeply sacred and dear to the Armenian people, even though the mountain was lost to Turkey in 1921 following the Treaty of Kars. Even behind a border, it stands as a towering symbol of their heritage and an ancient beginning.

#Armenia #yerevan #travel
I love it when I watch a movie and it references a historical event or incident at a place that I might have visited, bridging the gap between the screen and my own memories.

Last week I saw Evan Almighty, where Steve Carell is chosen as a modern-day Noah to build an ark and save the animals from a localised flood. The film immediately reminded me of my time in Armenia🇦🇲.

From the capital city, Yerevan, the silhouette of Mount Ararat dominates the horizon. It is a mind-blowing fact to stand there and realize that both biblical scholars and ancient traditions identify the "mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4) as the final resting place where Noah's Ark landed after the Great Flood.

Mount Ararat remains deeply sacred and dear to the Armenian people, even though the mountain was lost to Turkey in 1921 following the Treaty of Kars. Even behind a border, it stands as a towering symbol of their heritage and an ancient beginning.

#Armenia #yerevan #travel
I love it when I watch a movie and it references a historical event or incident at a place that I might have visited, bridging the gap between the screen and my own memories.

Last week I saw Evan Almighty, where Steve Carell is chosen as a modern-day Noah to build an ark and save the animals from a localised flood. The film immediately reminded me of my time in Armenia🇦🇲.

From the capital city, Yerevan, the silhouette of Mount Ararat dominates the horizon. It is a mind-blowing fact to stand there and realize that both biblical scholars and ancient traditions identify the "mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4) as the final resting place where Noah's Ark landed after the Great Flood.

Mount Ararat remains deeply sacred and dear to the Armenian people, even though the mountain was lost to Turkey in 1921 following the Treaty of Kars. Even behind a border, it stands as a towering symbol of their heritage and an ancient beginning.

#Armenia #yerevan #travel
I love it when I watch a movie and it references a historical event or incident at a place that I might have visited, bridging the gap between the screen and my own memories.

Last week I saw Evan Almighty, where Steve Carell is chosen as a modern-day Noah to build an ark and save the animals from a localised flood. The film immediately reminded me of my time in Armenia🇦🇲.

From the capital city, Yerevan, the silhouette of Mount Ararat dominates the horizon. It is a mind-blowing fact to stand there and realize that both biblical scholars and ancient traditions identify the "mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4) as the final resting place where Noah's Ark landed after the Great Flood.

Mount Ararat remains deeply sacred and dear to the Armenian people, even though the mountain was lost to Turkey in 1921 following the Treaty of Kars. Even behind a border, it stands as a towering symbol of their heritage and an ancient beginning.

#Armenia #yerevan #travel
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I love it when I watch a movie and it references a historical event or incident at a place that I might have visited, bridging the gap between the screen and my own memories. Last week I saw Evan Almighty, where Steve Carell is chosen as a modern-day Noah to build an ark and save the animals from a localised flood. The film immediately reminded me of my time in Armenia🇦🇲. From the capital city, Yerevan, the silhouette of Mount Ararat dominates the horizon. It is a mind-blowing fact to stand there and realize that both biblical scholars and ancient traditions identify the "mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4) as the final resting place where Noah's Ark landed after the Great Flood. Mount Ararat remains deeply sacred and dear to the Armenian people, even though the mountain was lost to Turkey in 1921 following the Treaty of Kars. Even behind a border, it stands as a towering symbol of their heritage and an ancient beginning. #Armenia #yerevan #travel
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At 28, I bought myself an RE Classic 350 as a birthday gift, not knowing it would change how I travel. What began as occasional city rides in Mumbai turned into long distance road trips across Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala during the pandemic. That eventually led me to adventure touring on the RE Himalayan through Nepal’s Himalayas and across Tibet, the roof of the world. Most recently, I rode through North East India’s rugged heartland on the RE Scram 440. It’s been quite a ride! @royalenfield @royalenfieldrides #travel #royalenfield #bikeride #roadtrip
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