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I was in Amritsar in January 2018 with my cousin, and while researching the many activities that we wanted to undertake, visiting the Wagah Border and witnessing the flag ceremony between India and Pakistan was something she definitely wanted to do, and I thought, 'Well why not?'. While hunting around for the best way to … Continue reading Visiting the Wagah Border from Amritsar, India
I visited New York, Boston and Washington DC for the first time through March-April 2016, and here's a few things I picked up during my two weeks there - if you haven't been before, hopefully this might help! Before I forget: if you're interested in purchasing a mobile SIM while you're there, I bought a T-Mobile SIM … Continue reading Travel tips: New York
In this technological age, is it possible to roam a completely new and alien city without access to the internet or phone, or with maps? Yes. As I stood inside Grand Union Station, Chicago, watching my carefully laid plans crash and tumble all around me, I knew I was in trouble. I had carefully planned … Continue reading Travel around Chicago without technology
Mom's old car was sold 10-12 days ago. A new one came less than a week back. Rather than get upset with the change, he absolutely adored the new car. It's big, spacious and high enough for him to peer out the window when we're cruising on the hot Dubai roads, just like the previous … Continue reading Our big boy loves big cars
Guest post by Adita Divecha, Karan's mother Once we had to go to Madhavi's (Rajiv's sister) place by cab since the car wasnt available. So we we left our house and went downstairs to get a cab. Luckily, there's always a long line of Fiat taxis - the black and yellow ones - just below … Continue reading The One with the Taxi: Karan’s Big Adventure Part 4
I think this is a brilliant initiative, and I urge authorities in the UAE to look into the same. PHILADELPHIA - At 8 p.m. on a recent Saturday, Southwest Airlines Flight 2149 was poised to push back from the gate. Flight attendants gave fasten-seat belt instructions, and First Officer Peter Hayes announced, "There's 25 … Continue reading Autistic children get trial run for air travel
Guest post by Adita Divecha, Karan's mother Both Karan and I have not been out of Dubai for the past eight years. Sometimes because I did not want to go and sometimes because there was no one to travel with me as I felt it was a bit difficult travelling with Karan alone. Most of … Continue reading Karan’s big adventure – Part 1
I was lucky to be an editorial intern at INK Publishing during the coming together of the November 2010 issue of easyJet's inflight magazine, Traveller. I was able to interview Freeride World Champion Aurelien Ducroz and Grammy award winning producer, musician and DJ Paul Van Dyk and write their stories up. In addition, I compiled … Continue reading 29 countries, 15 years and two interviews
52-57.pdf Download this file The way I got this story was interesting and a lot of fun. I'm on Twitter (a lot) and someone on my timeline retweeted a story about a man who used Twitter to travel across continents. I was immediately intrigued. In Transit needed an interview or first-person account for its … Continue reading The Twitchhiker – an interview with @paul_a_smith
34-38_low_res.pdf Download this file For the Travel section of In Transit, we decided to have a section dedicated to photographs, an interview with a photographer, an out-and-out travel piece and a piece on wacky vacations. I remembered Catalin from Twitter (that bountiful source of information), and contacted him immediately. He was extremely helpful and agreed … Continue reading Shoot and Stay – an interview with Catalin Marin
Devina Divecha's Journals 