No:70 – Slovakia – “The Land of the Slavs” …

About the Blog … The blog is about my experiences in Slovak Republic ("Slovakia"), in October 2025, as a part of the intense "Eastern Europe Trip" which spanned 12 new countries. Type of vacation … Part of my 12(New)-nation tour of Eastern Europe. Country Counter: Countries/territories I have visited so far … Travel Tips: Tips based on …

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No:69 – Lithuania – “The Country with Basketball as the 2nd Religion” …

About the Blog … The blog is about my experiences in Lithuania, in October 2025, as a part of the intense "Eastern Europe Trip" which spanned 12 new countries. Type of vacation … Part of my 12(New)-nation tour of Eastern Europe. Country Counter: Countries/territories I have visited so far … Travel Tips: Tips based on my travels …

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No:68 – Latvia – “The Land of Blue Lakes” …

About the Blog … The blog is about my experiences in Latvia, in October 2025, as a part of the intense "Eastern Europe Trip" which spanned 12 new countries. Type of vacation … Part of my 12(New)-nation tour of Eastern Europe. Country Counter: Countries/territories I have visited so far … Travel Tips: Tips based on my travels …

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No:67 – Estonia- “The Land of Skype” …

About the Blog … The blog is about my experiences in Estonia, in October 2025, as a part of the intense "Eastern Europe Trip" which spanned 12 new countries. Type of vacation … Part of my 12(New)-nation tour of Eastern Europe. Country Counter: Countries/territories I have visited so far … Travel Tips: Tips based on my travels …

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No:66 – Denmark – The “Happy Place” …

About the Blog … The blog is about my experiences in Denmark, in October 2025, as a part of the intense "Eastern Europe Trip" which spanned 12 new countries. Type of vacation … Part of my 12(New)-nation tour of Eastern Europe. Country Counter: Countries/territories I have visited so far … Travel Tips: Tips based on my travels …

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Incredible India: Trip-11: Odisha: Bhubaneshwar, Konark, Puri, Chilika Lake, Cuttack.

Background: I am trying to explore India as much as I can. In my case, it cannot be done in a single mega trip. Hence breaking it down into many small trips. State: Odisha Towns/Cities: Bhubaneshwar, Konark, Chilika Lake, Puri, Cuttack.   Introduction to Odisha Formerly called "Orissa". Known as the "Temple State" of India. …

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Incredible India: Trip-10: Chhattisgarh: Bhilai, Raipur, Bilaspur, Korba, Jagdalpur.

Background: I am trying to explore India as much as I can. In my case, it cannot be done in a single mega trip. Hence breaking it down into many small trips. State: Chhattisgarh Towns/Cities: Bhilai, Raipur, Bilaspur, Korba and Jagdalpur. (We went from Bengaluru to Nagpur, and from Nagpur to Chhattisgarh, and from Chhattisgarh …

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No:65 – Lesotho – One of the 3 countries 100% surrounded by another country …

About the Blog … The blog is about my experiences in Lesotho in July, 2024. This was my 1st time in Africa, the World's 2nd largest Continent with 54 Nations, 1000+ languages, and occupying 1/5th of the World's land surface! Type of vacation … Part of my 6-nation tour of the southern part of Africa. …

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MTOTD: 2024/11/15 (Fri): Public and Private Images.

The insane increase in the overall time people spend online requires that almost all celebrities got to have a carefully-curated public persona, to survive. The tremendous increase in the number of PR agencies is an after-effect of this phenomena, me thinks. For e.g. If a movie star has a movie release coming up, suddenly you …

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MTOTD: 2024/11/14 (Thu): Can we expect an end to these conflicts?

Can we seriously expect an end to these conflicts in our lifetime? India - Pakistan (Since 1947) Israel - Palestine (Since 1948) Russia - Ukraine (Since 2014) Etc. Outside of this, we have border tensions between: India and China China and other South China Sea nations South and North Korea USA and China w.r.t. Taiwan …

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