India at a Glance: A Travel Highlight for Every State 📚 A quick-reference guide compiled from research rather than personal visits to every state. Written by Debarun Sana. India's 28 states and 8 union territories each have their own distinct landscape, cuisine, and culture — too much to cover in one trip, but useful to see at a glance when deciding where to go next. Below is one travel highlight per state and union territory, roughly organized north to south, east to west. Where we've already published a full guide, it's linked directly. States Andhra Pradesh — Coastal temple towns and the port city of Visakhapatnam ("Vizag"), backed by the Eastern Ghats. Read our Vizag guide → Arunachal Pradesh — India's remote, mountainous northeast corner, home to Tawang Monastery, one of the largest Buddhist monasteries outside Tibet. Assam — Kaziranga National Park, home to the largest population of one-horned rhinoceroses in the wor...
Oman Travel Guide: A 7-Day Itinerary Through the Sultanate 📚 This guide is based on thorough research from official tourism and government sources rather than a personal visit. Written by Debarun Sana. ⚠️ Current Safety Context: NA Oman tends to get overshadowed by its flashier Gulf neighbors, but it offers something they largely don't: dramatic, mostly undeveloped desert and mountain landscapes, a genuinely old maritime and trading culture, and a noticeably slower, more understated pace than Dubai or Doha. This 7-day route covers the capital Muscat, the historic interior town of Nizwa, the cool mountain villages of Jebel Akhdar, an overnight in the Wahiba Sands desert, and the coastal town of Sur. Days 1–2: Muscat Most trips start and end in Muscat, a capital that's spread out along the coast rather than built as a dense downtown, framed by rocky mountains on one side and the Gulf of Oman on the other. Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is t...