bounties of nature and so it only seems natural when Kerala Tour is referred to, as God’s own country. Tamil Nadu – ‘Temple State of India’,Tamilnadu has lot to offer its visitors. Located on the Southern corner of India, Tamilnadu is a top tourist destinations of the country. Bounded by Eastern Ghats in the North, Nilgiri, Annamalai Hills and Palakkad in the West and Bay of Bengal in the East, Tamilnadu is truly a paradise for the travele...

Tweet Tweet UNESCO World Heritage Site #157: Rietveld Schröder House From the World Heritage inscription: With its radical approach to design and the use of space, the Rietveld is an icon of the Modern Movement in architecture and an outstanding expression of human creative genius in its purity of ideas and concepts as developed by the De Stijl movement. It occupies a seminal position in the development of architecture in the modern ...

Groceries Saving money while buying from the locals.This is not so much an update on our trip, but a look at what it costs to live down here. Read it if you are interested in knowing how much things cost. When we were researching and planning for this trip I was particularly intrigued by people’s claims that they could live comfortably here on $1,500 / month – a typical retirement income. Keep in mind that this is 3 times the average...

When I woke up last Saturday morning, I never imagined for one minute that it would be the last time we’d be living in that house as a family. If I had, perhaps I would have felt much sadder and would have taken time to sit and reflect on all the great and not so great memories that I have in that house. I’d become very attached to it, although it may just be bricks and mortar. But it is the first place I called ‘home’ in France and I learnt and...

...housand dollars and a couple of years to clear the brush and construct the building. See you then! —– That’d be pretty awesome, right! Long story short, this guy named Louis J. Simpson purchased the land you see in the photos from a squawman (white man married to a squaw Indian woman) in 1905. The land was wild back then and covered by thick growth. Can you imagine finding a place like this completely wild and full of potential? – S...