Maldives Travel Planning

We visited Maldives in December 2014 and traveled from Bangalore to Male, the capital of Maldives. Flight tickets were approx 20K return journey per person, with Air India. Please get reservations at least a month before your departure. We chose Air India for its timing and food. Please carry few US$ as it is most …

Why USA made me love India again!

A recent and the first time travel to California, USA made me understand and appreciate my host and native country. Pros of India over USA 24x7 public transport Plenty of people around you to feel that you are in a civilization No need for GPS, we have got people to help us 🙂 Variety of …

How to plan a trip: Bangalore to Auckland (Part II)

We are going to Auckland!! That's what we said to each other about two months ago. After initial euphoria, the first question was about funds :). We estimated about Rs. 80K per person and included two more people. Once we checked air-fares, we knew that Rs. 80K was just a miniscule chunk of fat expense. …

An Indian in Singapore : travel tips

I am from India. I am in Singapore, while writing this post. I have learned few things that could be useful for Indian people visiting here. Stay & food I stayed in "Ferrar Park". This place is inhabited by Indians and Chienese. The price of hotels are reasonable ($60-70 per day). Other places to stay …

Performance appraisal of an IT engineer

It was one of these many years that I was sitting in front of my manager; a person who reads out the year of my toil in a few words. Then he would speak up yin and yang of my work performance, closing his talk with announcing a rank. I have my performance form filled up …