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Experiences Travel Destinations June 11, 2026

Hiking the Cinque Terre

The first I heard of Cinque Terre (5T) was on our first ever holiday in Italy around 2012 or 2013. The idea of walking from one beautiful village to another and then enjoying delicious Italian food and wine sounded quite appealing. It wasn’t until recently that the idea of actually doing it began to take shape. This is a popular hike and there is a lot of information available if one searches…

Experiences Travel Destinations October 21, 2025

My First Camino

I had watched the movie The Way, on a flight, probably around 2010. Since then I had always wanted to do the Camino and finally did a 115km stretch of it in Oct-2025. Being new to the Camino, I chose the final stretch from Sarria to Santiago, and did it over 5 days of walking. Day 1 — Dublin to SarriaMy Camino began with a 1:00 pm flight from Dublin, landing in…

Experiences June 24, 2022

My Tryst with High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)

“Descend Fast”. Two words that I heard many times from my father when he would talk about the effects of high altitude on the human body and mind. He had been an instructor at HMI and a commandant at Indian Army’s High Altitude Warfare School, among the many things he did during his long and illustrious military career. The many documentaries I saw about mountaineering also drilled the same message in my…