THE ABOUT ME SECTION.
Hallo! I’m Nisha. This space brings together two things that give me joy: travel and writing. I’ve grown up, lived, and worked in eight cities across five countries, so travel has shaped much of who I am. I journey alone, with my favourite humans, for work or the simple joy of discovering somewhere new. I’ve found that the best way to remember it all is through writing. This blog isn’t a comprehensive travel diary. It’s simply a collection of moments and memories gathered along the way. Thanks for being here!
JAN 2026
[INDIA]
MUMBAI
I was born in Bombay and spent nine years of my childhood there, so it belongs to my earliest memories. But that city, at least the one I remember, feels like it no longer exists. In its place is Mumbai: a city of contrasts, chaotic, crowded, anxiety-inducing (for me), and yet somehow still charming. A city I find difficult, but cannot quite detach from. Every time I visit now, I have my favourite things to do, foods to eat and familiar walks to take.
NOV 2025
[INDIA]
ANDAMANS
The Andamans are a reminder that biodiversity is not abstract, it swims, roots, shelters, and breathes along these shores. From coral reefs and seagrass beds to mangroves and vast intertidal zones, the Andamans holds one of the most quietly extraordinary marine worlds. Spending time here felt like witnessing an intricate natural system in motion, resilient and fragile all at once.
DEC 2024/JAN 2025
[AUSTRALIA]
SYDNEY
Sydney always feels like a homecoming. I lived here for 5 wonderful years, it's where I went to university, built friendships that still anchor me, and found family in both the familiar and the chosen sense. I try to return whenever I can, drawn back by its warm and cosy cafes, harbour lights, coastal/water-side walks, easy conversations, and the quiet comfort of a city that holds so many versions of who I have been.
A COVID SPECIAL (2021)
[INDIA]
When the world hit pause in 2020, I was lucky to be in places that allowed for a front-row seat to feathered fabulousness. Every dusk and dawn, my windows became a Nat Geo documentary: Malabar-Pied and Grey Hornbills trumpeting like regal brass bands, Paradise Fly-Catchers flitting in perfect choreography, orioles painting the sky in sunshine hues, and Drongos playing Houdini among the branches. Bulbuls provided the daily gossip, while Streak-Throated Swallows zoomed past in high-speed cameo roles.
OCT 2019
[INDIA]
Remote, rugged, and impossibly beautiful, the Dibang Valley feels like India’s untamed frontier. Nestled deep in Arunachal Pradesh’s wild northeast, it's a place where mountains rise like myths and clouds wander through ancient forests. It’s a land of river songs, tribal warmth, and landscapes that stay with you long after you leave.
OCT 2019
[MYANMAR]
YANGON & BAGAN
Myanmar revealed herself to us slowly, through gilded pagodas, incense-filled air, and landscapes shaped by faith and time. From the hum of city streets to the stillness of ancient plains dotted with temples, this trip felt like stepping into a place where devotion and everyday life are inseparable
OCT 2018
[ITALY]
FLORENCE
Florence feels like walking through a painting that somehow spills into real life. In its narrow streets, sunlit piazzas, terracotta rooftops, and quiet corners of art and history, beauty appears almost casually, everywhere you turn. It is a city that invites you to slow down, look closely, and let yourself be softened by wonder.
SEPT/OCT 2018
[ITALY]
ROME
Rome is a city that breathes through stone. From shadowed ruins to light-filled piazzas, it holds centuries of stories without ever feeling still, asking only that you walk, wander, and listen. Walking its streets felt like moving through time, where history is not preserved behind glass but woven into the everyday. During a “lost” phase in my life, I lived on a friend’s couch in Rome for seven weeks, using it as a base to explore Italy. In some ways, Rome became quietly significant in leading me to where I am today.
OCT 2018
[ITALY]
A floating labyrinth of art, history, and heart, Venice isn’t a place you simply visit, but a feeling that follows you home. In late 2018, I wandered through Italy for seven weeks, a little off-course and unsure of who I was or what I wanted to do in life. Venice, with its gelato, gondolas, and canals for getting wonderfully lost, was the perfect distraction.
MAR 2016
[INDIA]
Perched high in the Eastern Himalayas, the Dzongri trek in Sikkim, is a quiet unfolding of forests, ridge-lines, and vast mountain skies. From moss-covered trails to open alpine meadows, the journey steadily reveals sweeping views of the Kanchenjunga range, inviting moments of awe, reflection, and deep connection with the landscape.
JUN 2015
[INDIA]
Julley from Ladakh, where the sky seems impossibly close and the mountains feel like old friends. At every pass and valley, the air is thin and clear, the silence speaks, and even the colours seem sharper against this high-desert light.
SEP 2014
In Vietnam contrasts dance at every turn, between colonial alleys and chaotic markets, jade waters and towering karsts, the hushed Mekong Delta and the vibrant pulse of city life. Travelling through this land (specifically Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hoi An, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City), felt like reading a rich, layered story, each chapter alive with texture, colour, and memory.
SEPT 2012
[SOUTH KOREA]
In Jeju, the night sky feels wider, the sea sounds deeper, and the old lava caves carry echoes of a time before memory. For me, this island became a place of first wonders: untamed landscapes, nuanced stories, and the gentle rhythm of life on Korea’s largest isle.
AUG 2011
[AUSTRALIA]
Six weeks in the Simpson Desert teaches you how to listen: to silence, to space, and to a landscape that stretches far beyond the horizon. Endless red dunes, vast skies, and the slow rhythm of field days became the backdrop to a journey that was as much about learning the desert as it was about learning patience, resilience, and awe.