Kapil's Korner

In 2011, I had a lot of air travel on my calendar. Airport check-ins, security checks and getting yourself a good seat can get challenging at times. And when you do the process a couple of times, you seem to pick up hints and better your experience the next time. So here are a few [...]

Sunday was adventurous. Thanks to some new friends in Nairobi we got ourselves ready to go trekking to Mount Longonot. It’s a dormant volcano located Southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. It’s a 60KM drive from Nairobi city. For somebody who has never hiked, we were excited and even a [...]

There is enough excitement in the air surrounding India’s win at the ICC World Cup 2011. At the end of the evening I was proud to have witnessed the victory even a 1000 miles away from my home country. I am in Nairobi working on a project for a partner company and the team here [...]

When your daily lives are super active and at times even stressful, I think gifting yourself a weekend getaway can add a lot of punch. Wife and me were keen that this time it will be a new place after the regulars like Mahableshwar, Matheran, Lonavala, Khandala or Pune. So Lavasa it was. Lavasa is [...]

Filmstars. The Divas. We like to walk, talk and dress like our favourite star. And now you have the option to even holiday like the stars in their on-screen avatars only, of course. SOTC in an interesting tie-up with Yashraj Films presents what they call the Enchanted Journey. Travel Packages which explore Europe and promise [...]

“It’s not a recession, it’s a slowdown” – the mood at Goafest 2009 Over the weekend, I was at Cavelossim Beach in Goa to attend the Goafest 2009. This year the event focussed on the R-word – “Why this recession is too good to be wasted?” But I think the recession was more than evident [...]

Few years back the entry of low-cost airlines had made the dream of flying a reality for the common man in India. But with rising fuel costs the experience maybe a short-lived one. However there is a certain class of people for whom we should sponsor air-tickets so that our train journey is a better [...]

Rickshaws in Nagpur don’t have meters. You negotiate with the driver for your location and then you can make the ride. Last week I spent some time in Nagpur. For two days I paid Rs.60 every morning to reach my destination from the hotel. On the third day I checked out and with my luggage [...]

The new Bengaluru International Airport commenced operations on 24th May and I was lucky to fly in to the city a few days later to experience this international gateway in South India. A quick summary of my experience. What I liked 53 check-in counters means no long queues. No baggage screening to be done by [...]

My fantasy for a cruise holiday started when I was evaluating options for the honeymoon about 2 years back. We didn’t want to do the Super Star at that time and looked at the Royal Caribbean. But due to some factors we couldn’t make it. Then a few months back Nitika’s family started planning for [...]