Travel with Tanya

Wohoo! 2021 started well with the visit to a paradise with the finest white sand beach and a place of solace.  It is Boracay island in the Aklan province in the Philippines.   Living in the pandemic phase, there existed no plan as such but an intuition to visit the second most charming destination in the Philippines. Hence, moving forward with the hope that our intuition will be a reality in the new year, our air tickets and hotel room were booked for January 2021. Although our thoughts were heavily weighted with fear of the entrance of the new strain of coronavirus in the Philippines, we did not let it diminish our excitement. Incoming international flights from 15 countries were banned by the government initially, followed by 30 in the later period.  Domestic travel- No bar. A great relief. Time is precious and irreversible. A year had gone for a toss dealing with the waves of emotional stress on account of the pandemic. The world waited impatiently for the much ne...

' Mumbai' pops up when most of the Indians think of, 'The city of dreams'. For me, it was not. My birth and phase of adolescence being in 'The Indian City of Joy', Kolkata (more precisely Northern part of Kolkata) I was very reluctant to even think of moving out of the city.  Why reluctant? There is a saying that inhabitants of North Kolkata are a step ahead when it comes to being 'conservative' and traditional in comparison to other parts of the city. And indeed, it was fact that we maintained our culture and tradition with high esteem. We have never allowed anyone or any situation to eliminate our rich culture. So, being a part of a highly conservative society, I had never thought of going to Mumbai, the financial capital of India until someday I received a call for my promotion in job. The intensity of the news was so high that it created a bi-headed impact. 1. Extreme happiness for getting promoted from pharmaceutical sales to mar...

‘ One of the most beautiful and eye-catching bays in the world’ is situated in the Philippines which is well known to comprise more than 7000 islands out of which only 2000 are inhabited. After an extensive research through articles, YouTube and recommendations, we finally decided to visit Puerto Galera in November 2019.It was our first trip in the Philippines, so our excitement was overwhelming. For us, staying in a good resort was primary so it was a mind boggling task to find one. Eventually, we had our accommodation booked at Badladz beach resort via www.agoda.com. We had one back-pack each containing all the essential beach stuff along with swimsuits, sunscreen lotion, aviator glasses. etc.On November 1, 2019, we started the trip at 9 AM from Makati to reach Buendia bus depot for heading to Batangas port.It was a 2-hour journey but quite relaxing. Thereafter, there are ferry service options available which consumes roughly 1hr 40 mins to reach Puerto Galera port. Fer...