This Christmas Eve, like the previous one, is unusually silent around the world, with the trauma of the pandemic weighing us down. Two hundred years ago, war, natural catastrophes and poverty were what drove an Austrian priest to pen the…
Travel, Travel Stories
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A Trip to Mayan Riviera – Memories
There is a general perception that all-inclusive trips, mostly to the Caribbean, are meant for those wishing to hang around in the beach, make use of the copious amounts of the free alcohol and food available. But it does not…
Photo Stories, Photography
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Havana in Photos in 2004
In 2004, almost twenty years ago, I was in Cuba for a week. It was my first ever all-inclusive trip and I was in Varadero. And during the week, I undertook a day journey to the capital Havana and took…
Musings
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Wabi Sabi – A Japanese Philosophy for Life
I recently came across the Japanese term Wabi Sabi and have been thinking about it a lot. Wabi-Sabi, I have read, is multi-faceted concept and as always with linguistic terms, there is no direct translation of it into English. What…
Da Lazy Chef
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Sri Lankan Spicy Chicken Curry
Sri Lankan spicy chicken curry is one of my favourite dishes. First of all, in Sri Lankan style chicken curry, one has to have the bones (not the feet, of course). Having a curry with just the flesh without the…
Hotels, Travel, Travel Stories
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A Stay in 9h Capsule Hotel in Narita Japan
A few years ago, I was in Japan and had to experience one of the items in my bucket list – staying at a capsule hotel. What is a Capsule Hotel In short, these are basically sleeping pods, looking like…
Photo Stories, Photography
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The Life of an Asiatic Lily – a Timelapse Video
As I have mentioned before, timelapse movies fascinate me and one of my latest projects was about recording the life (and death) of an (Orange Ton) Asiatic Lily in the summer of 2021. The allure of a timelapse movie, or…
Da Lazy Chef
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Loloan Lobby Bar in Waterloo, Ontario
During a recent trip to Waterloo, Ontario, I had the opportunity to have dinner at the Loloan Lobby Bar. A little about the Waterloo-Kitchener twin city region. This area, about 100 km west of Toronto, hosts one of the largest…