Sugar and Rainbow

 Life is an amazing one. Just like the sun rising and setting every day our life goes on sometimes full of highs and sometimes full of lows. In between these highs and lows, homo sapiens tend to get out of the mundane routine- breathing in the calmness to heal the soul, while breathing out the daily responsibilities of ordinary life. Ramanagara trek was a desperate attempt to beat the humdrum and tedious office work and soak into the tranquility. All kudos to the VMware India Employee Engagement team for planning a trekking event to Ramanagara for the employees of VMware to peel away the layers of boredom and bond outside the workplace. There were around 800 colleagues who registered for the event within 2 days and around 130 were the lucky first batch to the wild freedom. And I was one of them! 1 st July, the day of the trek, I woke up bright and early and headed to the office. The excitement of the trek with office friends was giving me chills. We started at 7 and were hande...

 Pondicherry- a camaraderie of  white beaches, colorful doors and windows of gorgeous villas, the boulevards, is a fruit of the French rule in India. When I visited this place, I was mesmerized with the culture, food, tranquility that this town still holds from the French Colonial rule.  A short weekend getaway to this place is a savory from mental stress at work and daily chores of home. I took a cab from Chennai airport and it took around 3 hours to reach this chromatic town. You can avail bus services from Koyambedu bus stand of Chennai as well. I stayed very near to Promenade beach at White Town, one of the main attractions of the town. White Town Heritage Building Promenade Beach I had my brunch in Café des Arts in White town after visiting Promenade beach and started for the sightseeing tour. Café des Arts is a bohemian style cafe built in French Colonial style with vintage décor specializing in high palatable food. Cafe des Arts My first stop was at Auroville- a sp...

Sri Lanka is a small country with lush green landscape described as "The finest island of its size in all the world" by Marco Polo. We visited this small country months back in March and was wonderstruck by the natural beauty, the landscapes, the hills, the buddhist monasteries, temples, historical places and worth mentioning the cool tea plantations and deep blue open sea. It was a 3 days short weekend gateaway from Hyderabad, hardly took 2 hours to reach Negombo. We stayed at  Ramada  the night before leaving for Kandy. It was a great stay with a very warm welcome by the staff-an unforgettable comfort stay we had. The next day we started for the hills-the profuse greenery by the two sides of the road will tranquillize the eyes. The first stop we had was in the Elephant sanctuary in Pinnawala. We also covered the tea plantations and the ayurvedic centre before reaching the Kandy city. The Kandy city is a beautiful and pleasing place surrounded by hills being a home for Templ...