Bengaluru, India
Mary Murphy
January 12, 2026
This was my fourth visit to Bengaluru (formerly known as Bangalore), and again, the city has changed. My last visit was 10 years ago, when
This was my fourth visit to Bengaluru (formerly known as Bangalore), and again, the city has changed. My last visit was 10 years ago, when
Sunday dawned. We decided to catch up with the world outside and stay put for the morning. After himself had his first-ever ayurvedic massage (he’s
We’d arranged with Deepak to pick us up at 9 am from our hotel to head up to the Chamundi Hills to the Chamundeshwari Temple where
The 5-hour train journey from Chennai to Mysuru (formerly Mysore) was pretty uneventful. We were travelling in executive class, a far cry from what I’d
From what I recall (it was in my pre-blogging days), the last time I was in Chennai was 2005, 20 years ago. It was a
So many visitors to Istanbul, some enjoying the free overnight stay courtesy of Turkish Airlines, stick to the main attractions – the Blue Mosque, the
The lovely IM of Wandergirls fame was visiting this past weekend. I suggested going for a walk in the hills, the second half of the
Having fully recovered from my first foray into the hills, I was keen to keep the momentum going and complete another stage of the Kéktúra.
I was never a great one for walking for the sake of walking. I’d happily walk to a pub or a shop or a church
Was I really seeing this? A man with a leafblower in a forest? That the noise disturbed my peace took a backseat to the seeming stupidity
