Tag:Festivals
Religious
Diwali Around the World 2026: The Best Celebrations Abroad and the Two-Week Trap
Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November. Diwali on the Square in London is on Sunday 25 October and Diwali at Times Square in...
Asia
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2026: What to Expect at Thailand’s Most Intense Festival
The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is the most graphic religious event I know of in Asia, and the gentle word "vegetarian" in its name hides...
Himachal Pradesh
Kullu Dussehra: The Festival That Begins When India’s Dussehra Ends
You hear it before you see it. One long brass note from up the road, another answering it from across the river, then drums,...
Religious
Navratri and Dussehra 2026: Where in India to Be for the Nine Nights
It is 11 pm on a Tuesday in Vadodara and forty thousand people are moving in the same direction, in concentric circles, to a...
Karnataka
Mysore Dasara 2026: Gold Card, Jamboo Savari and the Ten Days, Explained
Rs 6,500. That was the price of last year's Dasara Gold Card, and it is the number most people searching for Mysore Dasara are...
North America
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta 2026: A First Timer’s Guide to the World’s Biggest Balloon Festival
It is 5 am and my fingers have stopped cooperating with my phone. The field is dark and close to freezing, and the only...
Religious
Durga Puja in Kolkata 2026: The Pandal Hopping Guide, Day by Day
A British Council study once put the size of Kolkata's Durga Puja economy at over Rs 32,000 crore, bigger than the annual GDP of...
Europe
Oktoberfest in Munich: A Complete First Timer’s Guide
Guys, if there is one festival in Europe that every traveller should experience at least once, it is Oktoberfest in Munich. I am not...
Latest Articles
Diwali Around the World 2026: The Best Celebrations Abroad and the Two-Week Trap
Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November. Diwali on the Square in London is on Sunday 25 October and...
Lakshadweep Trip Guide: Permits, Ships, Flights and What It Really Costs
Lakshadweep has 36 islands, and people live on only 10 of them. Tourists are allowed to stay on about...
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2026: What to Expect at Thailand’s Most Intense Festival
The Phuket Vegetarian Festival is the most graphic religious event I know of in Asia, and the gentle word...
Kullu Dussehra: The Festival That Begins When India’s Dussehra Ends
You hear it before you see it. One long brass note from up the road, another answering it from...
