bengalinomad, Author at Bengali Nomad

Isle of Wight

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:March 9, 2022
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧

So finally its time for a relaxing family holiday. Getting to Isle of White is starightforward . There are mainly three Ferries from UK mainland, Southhampton - East Cowes, Portsmouth - Fishbourne and Lymington - Yarmouth. We took train to Southhampton and then the Ferry to East Cowes. From East Cowes we took bus to Sandown beach . The place we were staying is inside a holiday park and pretty close to beach . We were staying there for 3 nights. I went for an afternoon stroll in and around the…

Annapurna base camp

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:January 17, 2022
Post category:Asia 🌏Nepal 🇳🇵travel

🇳🇵 🇳🇵 🇳🇵 Trekking in Nepal was always a dream . Nepal is a tiny country, which has 8 out of 14 8000M peaks in the world. However I was not considering trekking in Nepal. My original plane was to travel in India and spend some days in Uttarakhand / Himachal , but my cheap return ticket from LOT air has been cancelled and tickets to India were very costly. So I bought a ticket to Kathmandu instead. Annapurna base camp trek is probably the only trek with all the glamour and…

Spain : Andalusia region – Granada

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:December 31, 2021
Post category:Europe 🌍Spain 🇪🇸travel

🇪🇸 🇪🇸 🇪🇸 Seville to Granada is 3 and half hours by train. I reached Granada late afternoon. Granada is in the foothills of Sierra Nevada mountains and famous for its Moorish influenced architecture. Weather was not great on first day , it was cloudy and misty in the morning . I wanted to trek Beas De Granada but finally abandoned it due to bad weather and lack of GPS waypoints. So I travelled up to Beas De Granada village but then returned back. Latter I visited Palacio de la Madraza, Royal…

Hiking in northern Albania

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:November 16, 2021
Post category:Albania 🇦🇱

🇦🇱 🇦🇱 🇦🇱 Albania is a diverse country . While southern part has sunny coast lines, north Albania has vistas liberally scattered with deep river valleys, alpine lakes and national parks, the towering limestone gorges of the Accursed Mountains, or Albanian Alps. Day 1 I reached Tirana airport in the morning. The Shuttle from Airport took me to my hotel which is not very far from the Citi centre . Spent the rest of the walking around city. Day 2 In the morning again I roamed around . I tried Byrek (Traditional…

Abu Dhabi in 3 days

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 10, 2021
Post category:Asia 🌏Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

🇦🇪🇦🇪🇦🇪 Visiting Abu Dhabi was not in cards but the offer from Etihad was tempting , they were offering free stay for 2 nights in 5 star hotel. I was on my way to India anyway, so it was a good deal. I arrived at the airport around mid day . Immigration barrier was mostly automated and getting a local SIM in airport was easy. I took a bus from airport to now defunct city terminal and then took a cab to my hotel. Day 1 Today I reached the hotel and…

Slovenia : Hiking around Kranjska Gora

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 2, 2021
Post category:Slovenia 🇸🇮

🇸🇮 🇸🇮 🇸🇮 Sept 2020. Lot of countries in Europe were either in lockdown mode or not encouraging foreign travellers . However in Italy first wave had just receded and Slovenia was still open for UK residents. Amid those uncertainties I decided to travel in Slovenia . My flight was in the morning to Venice. Robin who was travelling in a campervan picked me up from airport. It was about 5 hour drive to hotel špik at Kranjska Gora. We spent afternoon walking nearby around the hotel and with a great dinner…

Eridge Circular – ancient Rock formations and Manor Houses

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 30, 2021
Post category:Europe 🌍travel Trek UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 We started off in the idyllic village of Eridge, nestled in the northern borderlands of East Sussex next to Kent. Following the picturesque views across the Kent and Sussex countryside. Our trail revealed and abundance of lush countryside demonstrating why Kent is known as the Garden of England. Bright and open woodlands including Broadwater forest are home to abundant wildlife. We then hiked to the impressive Harrison’s rocks - a collection of rock outcrops that date back about 135 million years but that owe their dramatic and striking…

Eden Valley – Garden of England. Ancient woodlands and medieval landscapes

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 30, 2021
Post category:travel Trek UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 We started off in Tonbridge village, with its idyllic manors and picture postcard castle. As we reach Haysden Country Park, our hike opens up to the breath-taking greens across parkland, woodlands, open fields and low hills. The High Weald is considered to be one of the best surviving medieval landscapes in Northern Europe. The area boasts the highest proportion of ancient woodland in the country and is one of the most densely wooded landscapes in Britain. Following a sunken lane, we start treading in the steps of Saxon drovers.…

Murshidabad … Beginning of colonial era for 200 years

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:April 6, 2021
Post category:Asia 🌏India 🇮🇳travel

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 The year is pretty unique in many ways . Corona , national lockdown ,travel chaos and daily changing travel rules all these make travel extremely difficult . Still on 12th Dec after lockdown was briefly lifted I decided to travel to India as planned . After spending few weeks at home and binging on biryanis , I decided to travel somewhere. Murshidabad was a good option so I booked a ticket to from Kolkata station on a Friday morning. The journey was comfortable for about 4 hours . I…

Khirai – Valley of flowers

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:April 6, 2021
Post category:Asia 🌏City Family / Leisure India 🇮🇳travel

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 Khirai, a sleepy station next to Panskura Junction is known as Bengal Valley of flowers. Though most of flower cultivation happens few miles down near Dokanda village at lower reaches of Kansai river. A nice day-out . It was sad to see that some farmers were destroying their own corps . Spoke to one and he told me that even the cost of transportation is more then what it would fetch in wholesale market.