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In this blog I intend to tell in a more or less precise and enjoyable way, the experience of our trip to the Amalfi Coast. We take a flight to Rome. The flight arrived promptly at 3.30 pm at Ciampino and the bus departed promptly at 4.30 pm on the way to Termini. We arrived in 40 minutes and once there we took the first train to Naples, at 5:45 pm. In about two hours we got to Naples (Piazza Garibaldi). Our hotel in Naples was right next to the Naples train station in Piazza Garibaldi. The hotel, had spacious rooms, as well as the bathroom. Well, once in the hotel, we left the things and we got ready to have dinner. We head to a restaurant in the Piazza Garibaldi. We tried a few linguine frutti di mare, chicken wings and a pizza. It would not be the only dinner on the site. One of the waiters, a big man with a mustache talk with us for a long time. At 9:00 pm we went for a walk along Corso Umberto I Avenue. The streets are full of papers, bottles and crap. After about a 15 minute walk,...

Pilgrims travel through impassable roads to get to the cave of Shiva lingam during the Amarnath Yatra. Situated at 4000 meters in the snowy mountains of Kashmir, Amarnath is among the most sacred sites in India. People climb right up to the Amarnath cave to worship an ice stalagmite that is formed around the month of July from the dripping of water that falls well within the 40 meters high cave. It is worshiped as a lingam of Shiva, the phallic symbol of devotion to this deity. The Amarnath cave is 145 km from Srinagar. The earliest reference is in Rajatarangiri, an epic of the twelfth-century poem. It recounts the exploits of the Kashmiri rulers. The cave is called Amareshwara, or Amarnath and was the place where the legendary King Arya Raja worshiped an ice lingam. Queen Suryamathi decorated the cave with tridents and Banalinga in the eleventh century. It is believed then that this cave was forgotten until, in the fifteenth century, it was found by a shepherd who discovered the ice...

It is a journey that I dreamed for many years and thanks to an offer, we fly to the discovery of one of the most important cities in the world: London. Although I already visited numerous cities such as Berlin, Lima, Bogota, Medellin or Buenos Aires, somehow I never made it to London or the choice fell on another city, mostly Paris. Although my time in London was way too short, I still got a first great impression of the metropolis on the Thames. 24 Hours in London The plane leaves punctual and we land at Stansted. The sky that welcomes us is the classic London leaden sky and to be late April it is rather chilly. We take the bus, with tickets bought in advance on the web, and in less than an hour and a half, we are in Liverpool Street. Before taking the metro that will take us to the hotel we stop to have breakfast inside Liverpool Station. We have a nice muffin and a hot cappuccino and go to buy the card that will allow us to travel on public transport at discounted prices. Our ...

A long time ago I promised that I would post a post about Bhutan. It's one of those things that you do not feel you can do because it's going to be too long, too complex and too frustrating to try to describe a wonderful place. I feel a huge responsibility to try to explain the experience in the most vivid way possible. For now, I will try to describe only one aspect of the visit to Bhutan: the passage of time, the use of time and the advantages of time. Ah, and travel on the road. Who was going to tell me just a few months ago that I could visit this strange country of the Himalayas, so picturesque and unknown. The truth is that after a short search I got the corresponding flight to Bhutan. The only airline that operated that time to Bhutan is the country's own: DrukAir. I leave for Bhutan via Calcutta, where I have to spend the night to take the flight the next day to Paro, the only city of Bhutan with international airport. Day 1: From Calcutta to Paro We wake up a...

From Mysore we had to go down to Kerala, and transport options are also few. Our friends from Hampi told us about an alternative to the 15 hour bus from Mysore to Kochi that we found interesting. Our intention was to go to Fort Kochi to be there one day and then continue to Munnar. We took a taxi from Mysore to Bangalore and from Bangalore an internal flight to Kochi. We arrived at the Kochi airport and chaos began. The airport is about 60 km from Ernakulam. So on arrival we took a taxi and asked the taxi driver to drop us off at the hotel. We arrived almost at night, quite lost and without any idea of ​​where we were going to stay. Walking down the street we were stopped by a guy who offered to rent us a room in his house and so there we went! Day 2 It's Good Friday. We had as plan to go direct to the hills of Munnar. Munnar is a very tourist hill station, an area of ​​beautiful mountains and plantations, as well as an interesting natural area. After breakfast we start the road by...

We had a typical American breakfast with pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon. Before going to Bronx, we went to Harlem, to a mass of gospel music. The church we chose was Greater Refuge Temple located on Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd. The mass started at 11 but we got there at about 9:30, and by the time we went there was no one and we took a seat. We do not have a photo because they could not be taken out, but the show was amazing. When we left before the end of Mass, there was a line that went around the church, and people were entering as we were leaving. We left the church and it was raining, but not very hard. Before going to the Bronx, we went for a walk to 125th Street, where the Apollo Theater is located and a million sports stores. It seems incredible that so close to Manhattan there is an area so different from this one. We made a route through Columbia University, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and the Apollo Theater, which took us almost two hours to get to know the essence o...

Well, this is the account of a trip by the car on a vacation in France. On this occasion, I let myself be carried away by the recommendations of a tourist office about charming villages here. Of the rest of French towns that I see on that trip, I am not going to speak to you here but of the town of which I remember the best moment in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. Perhaps and first of all, I must first explain French realities. In the first place, I am not talking about a French kiss. I am talking about a light kiss on the cheek between friends. There are between two and three kisses in the south of France and usually two in the north. But there could also be four or only one, and who knows what happens if you meet someone from the south in the north. Therefore, carefully observe the person who is greeting you. If he or she bows, go for it, but let them guide you. And knowing this, you will understand why my moment with the French is called a cheese in exchange for a kiss. Well, I arri...

While the heat sets in Delhi, where the thermometer exceeds 40 degrees, we took advantage to go a little further north. The goal was to enjoy the days to go to a remote corner and that I could not do in a weekend. Reducing my initial ambition which required to take a flight and a lot of preparation, I decided to leave for Uttarakhand to Ranikhet in the heart of Corbett National Park. This time, I left a little unplanned. The whole trip was fixed, but flexible enough to allow me to cash the possible hazards of a trip off the tourist trail. So I arrived in the night, after an hour in the Delhi metro to the Anand Vihar bus station where I boarded a bus to Ramnagar. Cradled in the front between bags and people, the little air that infiltrates can withstand a minimum of 8 hours of travel. Each stop of the vehicle is a nightmare. The first surprise was not long in coming as I arrived at 2 am. Ramnagar was not an end in itself, but the gateway to Corbett National Park, the oldest in the count...

Arjun voiced by Yudhveer Bakoliya combines hand-drawn and computer graphics. The plot unfolds rapidly and gives way to scenes of battle, sometimes quite bloody. The film was meant to be enjoyed by adults, and the emotional content is there. Western critics held that Arjun The Warrior Prince was too old-school and the film could be considered a bit too outdated and traditional. Subtitles are been criticized for their vagueness, and the women who appear in the film do so only to get married or to take care of men. Yuvraj gets excited like crazy, alone with his wooden sword against a cloth mannequin. However, night fell. It is time to sleep. The young prince is of course unable to fall asleep. His housekeeper tells him a story of a great warrior, that could help Yuvraj to sleep. Long back, the King Pandu had abdicated the kingdom of Hastinapur in favor of his brother Dhritarashtra and had gone to live as a hermit in the forest. He had five sons collectively called the Pandavas. On t...

Tranquebar is very little not mentioned in the tourist guides talking about South India and so much it allows me to discover it in its most preserved state. I am very interested in history. All political structures, all traditions, all religions did not come about by chance. They owe themselves to certain situations, certain personalities, certain turning points in a development. Before I go on a journey, I always tries to study the history of the place in question. India poses a certain challenge in this regard, as this country has only been understood as a unit for a relatively short time and did not really have a common history before. Many think of India as the long colonial era, when the subcontinent was the crown jewel of the British Empire. But before the British, the Portuguese had long since settled in the country and remained even when Britain had capitulated to Gandhi. But also the French and other European powers dreamed of a colonial empire in Asia and formed their own Ind...

Khandvi is a snack in Indian Gujarati cuisine but is commonly consumed all over India. It is very quick to make but the difficult part (for me) was to roll out the dough thinly and evenly, however as a first try the recipe is approved, so I am sharing it. Khandvi also known as Patuli, Dahivadi or Suralichi Vadi, is a savoury dish from Maharashtrian and Gujarati cuisine of India usually eaten as an appetizer or snack. It is a mixture made from besan (chickpea flour) and yogurt, with the addition of ginger paste, salt, water and/or buttermilk, turmeric and sometimes green chilli. The batter is cooked into a thick paste and then rolled out thinly on a flat surface and then rolled tightly into 2-3cm pieces. It can be seasoned with spices or condiments such as grated cheese, chutney or ketchup, served hot or cold. In the state of Gujarat, it is known for its savory snacks called Farsan. Usually, such snacks are part of the main meal, which might seem unusual. Traditional Khandvi is m...

Today I will present you a gastronomic delight. Palak paneer is one of the most common vegetarian dishes and loved by the Indians and tourists. Palak Paneer is cheese accompanied by a sauce of spinach and masala. What is the masala? It is a set of spices such as anise, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom. There are so many "masalas" that each region has a particular combination of spices, so the cuisine of India is so great! Palak paneer is a dish of Indian cuisine that besides being really exquisite despite appearances, is suitable for the most sensitive palates that have not yet become accustomed to the widespread use of spices that occurs in this country. To talk about this dish we must first know what paneer is. As they say, each chef has his recipe. But for us to understand each other, we could define the paneer as a kind of fresh cheese made basically from milk curdled with lemon juice, and generally without salt. The consumption of paneer is very widespread in I...