bengalinomad, Author at Bengali Nomad

Assam: Guwahati and Kaziranga

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:April 3, 2025
Post category:Asia 🌏India 🇮🇳travel

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 I flew to Guwahati and worked for few days. Guwahati is often called "City of Temples" due to the prsence on numerous ancient and revered temples. Most famous of them is Kamakhya temple . This temple, dedicated to the goddess Kamakhya, is a major Shakti Peetha and a major pilgrimage site, attracting devotees from all over the country. The ancient name of Guwahati was Pragjyotishpur, also hints at its significance as a place of ancient worship, meaning "the light of the East". Day 1 Kamkha temple I left the…

Guatemala : Semuc Champey and Kanba Caves

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:February 5, 2025
Post category:Central America 🌎Guatemala 🇬🇹

🇬🇹 🇬🇹 🇬🇹 After successfully summiting 5 volcanoes , my next stop was Semuc Champey. This is a natural 300 m limestone bridge, under which passes the Cahabón River. Atop the bridge is a series of stepped, turquoise pools. I woke up in the morning , had my breakfast and then bus arrived for pick up to Lanquín. This is a long bus ride of 8 hrs from Antigua via Guatemala City . There is a tourist bus stop at Lanquín. Transpiration from various hotels come there to pick up tourists. Next…

Guatemala : Climbing 5 Volcanoes

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:January 26, 2025
Post category:Central America Guatemala 🇬🇹travel

🇬🇹 🇬🇹 🇬🇹 I arrived a day before. Today I changed the hotel and explored this lovely city of Antigua. From the next day its time to start gruelling back to bacl volcano climbs. Day 2 Hike Pacaya Volcano and Cerro Grande (2561m) In the morning I got straight to the task at hand: volcano trekking! I was driven to the trailhead of Pacaya National Park, laced up my hiking boots and hit the trail for what is an ideal acclimatisation trek. The route weaves first through steep dense forests and green…

Guatemala : Antigua and Guatemala City

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:January 18, 2025
Post category:Central America 🌎Guatemala 🇬🇹travel

🇬🇹 🇬🇹 🇬🇹 Antigua My month long trip to Guatemala and Panama started with Antigua. My midnight flight of United Air from Houston arrived sharp 12 and my transport to Antigua was waiting outside airport. Faced no issues in airport and then zipped to Antigua in no time. After a restful sleep , it was time to explore the the city. Situated in an area prone to frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquake , the city has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. It was also the former capital of Guatemala. This city…

Iceland: Reykjavík

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:November 17, 2024
Post category:Europe 🌍Iceland 🇮🇸

🇮🇸 🇮🇸 🇮🇸 Reykjavík is the capital city of and also the largest city in Iceland. Amazing city in its own rights , it is also known as City of museums . Apart from usual museums you would expect in a regular European capital City, it has Phallological (Penis) Museum and Perlan museum. My time was very limited in the capital city . I stayed in Dalur YHA . located neighbourhood of Laugardalur. I went for Laugardalslaug pool next door which is the largest in Reykjavik with two 50m swimming pools, slides,…

Bulgaria

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 29, 2024
Post category:Bulgaria 🇧🇬Europe 🌍travel

🇧🇬 🇧🇬 🇧🇬 Day 1 Sofia I left Budapest after in the afternoon . The flight was about 2.5 hours and reached airport around 10 in the evening. From Airport , it's about 30 min ride to Elgence Hostel and guesthouse. Day 2 Sofia Today I left the hotel in morning . Had a very good breakfast at a local cafe near the center of the town and the joined a free walking tour called "Free Sofia Tour". This is by far one of the best free walking tour I ever did.…

Wales

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 18, 2024
Post category:Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Another short trip with long driving involved in the summer of 2024. I left home early in the morning towards Skanda Vale. Skanda Vale , The Maha Shakti (also known as the Maha Kali) Temple houses a striking six-foot-tall murthi (sacred image) of Maha Kali, surrounded by shrines to Lakshmi, Pattini, Saraswati, Mother Mary and more. The drive was about 6 hours and we had a mishap, on the way we had rest stop and while adding air the tire valve blew off. So we got stuck there for…

North Macedonia

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 8, 2024
Post category:Europe 🌍North Macedona 🇲🇰travel

🇲🇰 🇲🇰 🇲🇰 Skopje - Bitola - Orhid - Skopje One of the youngest countries in world, North Macedona got independence because of the breakup of formar Yugoslovia in 1991. Intially known as Macedona but this name was objected ny Greece as it has a province with same name. North Macedonia is not part of EU as Bulgeria objected to it. There were unrest and issues in past but now it is largely a peaceful country. Day 1 Fly to Skopje from London My flight was late in the evening from Skopje.…

Morocco – Casablanca

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 2, 2024
Post category:Africa 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort Morocco 🇲🇦travel

🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 Casblanca is my last stop in Morocco. Unlike other parts of the Morocco I have visited where time has stopped , roads are shared comforatably by donkey side by side with modern cars, Casablanca is the modern 21st century face of Morocco. It is the economic lung of Morocco . The city's French colonial legacy is seen in its downtown Mauresque architecture, a blend of Moorish style and European art deco. I reached Casablanca in the evening . The hotel I stayed is close to western standards rather than…

Morocco – Fes

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 31, 2024
Post category:Africa 🌍Morocco 🇲🇦travel

🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 I was dropped at Fez late afternoon .I was staying in old medina. Fez medina is considered as one of the most extensive and best conserved historic towns of the Arab-Muslim world. The unpaved urban space conserves the majority of its original functions and attribute. Day 0 I checked in the riad late evening . The owner offered me welcome tea. Latter in the evening I strolled through the meandering streets of medina. It`s not easy to navigate medina and google map can not be trusted always. Sometimes english…