Welcome to my blog. My name is Madhu
I love design. I design interiors for a living (At least I did, till I took a long sabbatical!) I love reading and I love desserts. But travel is my passion. I cannot imagine life without travel. This blog hopes to convey some of that passion, to inspire you to spread your wings. This is home to some of my journeys. This is what I saw.
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“As a child, yearning to leave home and go far away,
the image in my mind was of flight – my little self
hurrying off alone. The word “travel” did not occur
to me nor did the word “transformation” which was
my unspoken but enduring wish. I wanted to find a
new self in a distant place, and new things to care
about. The importance of elsewhere was something
I took on faith. Elsewhere was the place I wanted to be”
~ Paul Theroux in “The Tao of Travel”
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What a wonderful photoblog. I would love to comment more extensively on your posts, but your log in excludes Name/URL for those who use a custom domain name that is not powered by WordPress.com.
Thank you for the comment and the Tweet! Means a lot coming from a professional photographer like you!
Have altered the comment settings somewhat, not sure if it will help
What a lovely excerpt and what a beautiful photoblog! A great way to chronice your travels. You have been to so many intersting places and captures things with a non-touristy eye. Will surely stop by for more! Thank you for visiting my page
Thank you Meenakshi!
I just discovered your blog and find it fascinating — not to mention that the photos are captivating. I love your header photos. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
Glad you liked my blog Mona! Look forward to seeing you around!
wovvvv …all u r posts r exelnt !!
Thank you!
So glad you stopped by my blog so that I could meet you. Your blog is lovely. How wonderful to have traveled to the places you have been, and letting us share in that through your posts.
Thank you! look forward to seeing you here more often
Madhuakka, I wandered by… and will revisit later in the day at leisure
Beautiful photos…
Zoobie Doobie???? Can see you were inspired by yesterdays show
Thanks for dropping by to comment..look forward to seeing you around more often!
Hey – it looks like I need to browse through your archives too
Thank you Lu! Would appreciate your feedback when you do!
Love that quote! I identify with your passion for travel! I have the same. So, I look forward to following your blog!
Thank you Catbirdinkorea! Look forward to following yours too
Great blog! I like the quotes too! Keep wandering!!
Hope to keep wandering as long as I can
Thank you for checking out my blog!
Hi Madhu – as another avid traveler, I really like your blog and your featured picture!
Really appreciate your saying that Scott! Thank you!
Madhu, beautiful travelogue, love your pictures. I hope you keep traveling so we get to see the beautiful places you visit, and sometimes taste the desserts you dig into.
Thank you Shaantz! Love you for the post on dessert for breakfast
What an interesting travel blog, Madhu! All the best from Santiago, Chile…
Delighted Andrew! Thanks again for stopping by my blog!
Thank you, Madhu, for your sweet, sweet comment and for following my blog. I am delighted and honored.
The pleasure is all mine! Thank you for visiting my blog!
Hello Madhu – how very nice that you stopped-by my blog this morning…thank you for letting me know you were there…now I know you’re here, too.
You have a beautiful site…full of exciting places. How fortunate you have been to be able to travel to such places. I will be following you now to see where you go in your many tomorrows.
Delighted Seekraz! Thank you and look forward to seeing you around
You’re most welcome…will be checking in with you.
Love this page. Beautifully put together, and awesome photos! Maybe I’ll see you out in the world someday.
Hope you will
Thanks for your comments and so glad you liked my blog!
Hi Madhu
Your urge for travel is visible from your bkog. It’s highly informative.
Keep it up..
Abi
http://www.abimpulikeezh.blogspot.com
Really appreciate your saying so Abi! Thank you!
Hey Madhu!
So you are an interior designer, awesome!! Designers are cool! Great blog to share your traveling experiences.
Zahar
http://izaharjournal.wordpress.com/
Glad you think so
Thank you for visiting and for your feedback!
Ah but have you been to the far side of our fields? It’s a long way. I love your blog and will be following it from now on.
Love Bones
Just checked out your very fun blog and loved it! Thanks for the follow!
Thanks for visiting my blog today and I look forward to following yours.
It is my pleasure Ruth! Thanks and welcome!
Lovely blog Madhu! And the intro is very nice too!
Thanks Mehmudah! You have a lovely blog as well!
Thanks so much for your visit to my blog. I also love to travel.
Thank you for checking out mine!
Because I enjoy and admire your blog so much, I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award; http://maxreynolds.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/nominated-for-the-versatile-blogger-award-2/. For more information on this award go to; http://www.versatilebloggeraward.wordpress.com.
Again, many humble thanks and as many congratulations!
How can I not follow a blog with a header like this one! Looking forward to more beautiful photos.
THANK YOU! Your blog looks wonderful as well! Look forward to exploring your archives!
have recently been nominated for the Versatile blogger award and would like to thank the following bloggers for including me in their list of blogs that they dip into and enjoy. Check their blogs out by following the links below:-
http://willshegetaway.wordpress.com
http://theurgetowander.com
http://elladeewords.wordpress.com
Congratulations again
I think your blog deserves even more awards, so I nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award, see the details here:
http://enjoymyadventure.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/another-good-sign/
Grateful and honoured that you think me deserving Anne!
But doubt people want to read any more about me
Well, just put it in your pocket and smile
Hi Madhu,
Just to say I have nominated you for Blog On Fire award. Please do not feel pressure to accept but you are very deserving of this accolade! Thanks for all your nice comments on my blog too! You can find details here:
http://taniajessicasmith.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/why-am-i-pouring-myself-a-shot-in-a-furry-hat-6-awards-from-you-lovely-people-thats-why-cheers/
Enjoy!
Tan
Thank you Tania! Truly honoured and delighted! And many congratulations
Wonderful blog! You seem to be a great traveller and an amazing photographer.
Will come around your blog frequently.
Thanks Balu!
Madhu, because your work is inspiring, I nominated you for The Very Inspiring Blogger award. Check it out : http://monahoward.com/2012/03/25/very-inspiring/
When I wrote this, I forgot to include directions: 1) Include the image of the award on your post, 2) acknowledge the person who nominated you & link back to his/her blog, 3) write a list of things about yourself [usually it’s 7], 4) nominate 7 or more bloggers.
And THANK YOU for this: http://monahoward.com/2012/03/25/and-were-versatile/
You deserve it Mona and I so enjoy your blog! Delighted and honoured to receive the inspiring blogger award from you!
you are so inspiring, to spread the wings!
I’ve introduced you at
http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/weekly-photo-challenge-through/#comment-15364
Thank you! Appreciate that!
Hi Madhu…you have a great blog & I would not be surprised if you get featured on Freshly Pressed fairly soon:-) Here’s wishing you do…cheers
Thank you so much Kavi! That’s a real sweet thing to say:-)
Kavi, delighted to inform you that my La Boca post got Frshly Pressed! Thank you for the good wishes
Theroux is one of the best.
I think so too! Just love his writing!
What a beautiful page Madhu. I have no time to check it all right now , but I clicked “follow” option
Thank you Paula! Loved the stunning images on yours!
Hello again Madhu
and thank you your liking my quote post 
Hello friend,
Thank you for liking my posts…I read some of your blog here, I truly enjoy your wordsmithing…Do you currently live in China? One of my sons resides there as well. He owns a trading company that manufactures and imports items from China here to the states. I am very proud of him and his fearlessness. http://www.concepttrading.com
I also have another blog http://igotastorylikethat.wordpress.com where artists send me a photo or picture and I write a small poem or short story to it. If you would like to challenge me, let me know.
Please keep posting your wonderful work. My writing and new found friends have brought great joy to my life.
-Peace
Thank you for the kind words Sobnyc! I live in India. Your blog is very interesting. Shall think about the collaboration
Hi Madhu. Thanks for writing in my About gap. We’re sort of in the same boat. I used to be a designer too.
Your about ‘gap’ was fun! Did you design interiors as well?
I mostly did furniture and lighting.
Hi! I really enjoy your blog and I’ve nominated you for the Genuine Blogger Award and the Sunshine Award! Here’s the link: http://megtraveling.com/2012/04/01/the-sunshine-and-genuine-blogger-awards/
Thank You! Grateful and honoured! And congratulations to you too!
Hey Madhu!
Where do you currently live? I wonder. Recently I quit my job and now I have three months (more or less) sabbatical. When you mentioned about your own sabbatical, how long was that exactly?
Keep writing and I’m looking forward to reading more stories on your blog!
PS: I do hope you’ll keep writing, like forever, because I’ve been following some other great blogs for a while and apparently some of them are just being abandoned (too bad).
Make the most of your sabbatical Bama! Three months will fly by before you know it!
I do take on the odd project though, especially if given a free hand. I hope to blog for as long as I can. But life intervenes sometimes and I guess people evolve and look for other avenues of expression!
I currently live in Chennai in South India. My sabbatical is kind of being extended indefinitely
All the best with whatever you choose to do!
Hi Madhu,
Beautiful blog! I love it. I wish I could travel like you, but I am enjoying your pictures a lot. I have just started blogging, so I don’t quite have the hang of it yet. I am glad you added a link on your gravatar, that is how I got here. I am adding you to my blog roll, I write and your pictures are really inspiring. I can use them to help me write about places I haven’t seen. Keep putting up these awesome pictures!
Welcome to my blog Khaula and many thanks for your sweet comments! Look forward to following your writing career as well!
Hi Madhu, glad I stumbled upon your blog. The photos are absolutely stunning! glad you are part of the Postaday project, that’s how I found you!
Thank you Debbie! The weekly photo challenge is so much fun! Loved your entry for this week! Shall check out the others soon.
an inspiring blog for travellers!! But Madhu India is missing in your Destination list!!
Nice Photography…
Thank you Jai and welcome to my blog! Checked out yours and loved it! look forward to reading about your adventures.
) Who knows if we will be in any condition for those 30 hour flights in a few years from now or have enough moolah! So….there is a plan. Hope we live long enough to do everything on our list!
The destination menu is a list of my categories, and the places I have visited do not show up, unless they have been featured in a post. Will of course be featuring some of the places we HAVE visited in India sometime.
Another reason is that we took a conscious decision, when we started travelling quite late in life, that we would do the farthest and more expensive destinations first. Also the more volatile regions (still missed Syria
In the meantime I plan to start a weekly feature on my home town and my adopted one when I collect enough fodder. Lets see how that works out. Do hope to see you around.
I have nominated your blog for The Reader Appreciation Award. You deserve this award. To read about your nomination, just click on the link….http://workthedream.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-reader-appreciation-award/. Enjoy and congratulations.
Appreciate your kindness DanLrene! Thank you so much!
Hi Madhu,
you show a wonderful world through your travels!
nice job!
Thank you Suba! Delighted that you like my blog! Hope to see you around!
Glad to have track backed into your blog – we share a similar passion in travellin… hope to interact more with our respective travel ancedotes!
Welcome Ishita! Look forward to seeing you around here.
Ooh, off to explore your space Madhu! Thank you kindly for stopping by my blog today and leaving a comment. I appreciate it! Margie
Welcome, and hope you like it Margie
Enjoyed what little I saw of yours. Shall return at leisure to read more. Look forward to getting to know you!
Madhu, how are you?
I am putting up a page for my WIP and wanted to know if I can borrow some of your pictures, I will of course add your link as well. The places you have photographed are so awesome, and I want to make them settings where the story takes place.
I shouldn’t have a problem as long as you link it to my blog.
oh yes definitely, in fact I was just describing my settings now and I have already mentioned that your blog gave me ideas for the settings. It will be up in a little while
Hello Madhu, I tagged you to answer a question on my page. There are the rules. Perhaps you would like to participate. http://bopaula.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/i-got-tagged/
Appreciate your thinking of me Paula! Shall try my hardest to participate. feeling rather bogged down right now!
I don’t think I’d ever read this, Madhu – I’m glad I did
The excerpt? It is eerie how exactly it describes how I felt growing up!
nice blog! I like the theme!
Glad you do Rishi
Nice to meet you and hope to see you around!
Hi, hon! I just nominated you for a blog award… http://wp.me/p2aLEz-d3
Thank you for the kind nomination! Really appreciate the thought!
During my on an off blogging hiatus where I can only read posts for short time and can not post anything new, your blog really sticks out. I love your Spain travel, and the way you span the details to places you go to.
Keep up the great work. Love your blog. Will eventually feature it in the future.
I am touched by your kind words Rommel! Thank you so much! Makes my efforts worthwhile!