W o r d l e s s n e s s

We had the first chai in the morning today at @chai_point in Bangalore airport. Last night went in a haze - returned late from work, had hasty dinner, packed last moment, booked an Uber and off we went for the airport. The Diwali rush was expected though. (at Kempegowda International Airport Lounge, Bengaluru)

Durga pujo days - 3. Durga pujo is more of a bong statement than a mere celebration.

Portrait from the pujo days - 2. Even with quite a lot of friends and family away from the city, and ourselves away from our home towns, we made the best out those few days.

We tried to make the best out of pujo this time at Hyderabad since we weren't visiting our home towns. Pujo away from home, away from parents is never really a true pujo. But when you have a 'home' of your own in this city, you can at least take the effort to make pujo worthy. We did the same. And this time, it was quite good an experience, juggling work in the morning and visiting the pandals at night. Pujo 2017 - Ashtami times.

Pujo'r portrait. (Portrait from the pujo days)

Neon sign from inside. It reads 'Open'. (at Urban Asia - Kitchen & Bar)

Bright, sunny day at the Karon beach. (at Karon Beach)

Karon was so beautiful. We spent an hour on the beach and spent the rest of the time wandering around the small town that it is. The beach was clean, the water clear as crystal, the roads so we'll maintained that you might want to take a nap on them, the gardens immaculate. (at Karon Beach)

We stayed in Patong and visited Karon for a day. The beauty and serenity of the place moved us. (at Karon Beach)

While Patong was filled with people of all types and from everywhere in the world, Karon was a leisure traveller's paradise. (at Karon Beach)

Another shot of the fire performance - baton twirling. (at Patong Beach)

The fire juggler on the beach started early in the evening. His skills were mostly juggling, baton twirling, spinning. We sat for some time to watch the show. The atmosphere, with music playing in the background with high beats and the sound of gentle waves reaching the shore behind us made it all worthy. (at Patong Beach)

Get your snorkelling suite on and walk straight into the Andaman sea. This side of the Khai Nok island has a rocky shore which wasn't suitable for swimming. But it was brimming with colourful fishes. We walked straight into the water and submerged the head and voila! You see yellow and black striped fishes all around you, few touching your legs while they swim past. (at Koh Khai Nai)

The building blocks for ideal holiday. No points for guessing what is there to the right. (at Koh Khai Nai)

Started canoeing in this lagoon not far from Ko Phi Phi Don. Absolutely loved the cave-like entrance to it. (at Phang Nga Province)

On the way back to the Phuket mainland, we stopped at the beautiful Khai Nok island for an hour for swimming and snorkelling. One side of the island was open for swimming and the other, rockier side was a heaven for shallow water snorkelling. (at Koh Khai Nui)

Ko Phi Phi Don. Guess where the sea merged into the sky. (at Ko Phi Phi Don)