We have been to the smokies (Great Smoky Mountains National Park) a few times, but always in the summer. This time, we decided to make the drive during spring break in April, and let me tell you – it was…
Norway: Day 3: Flam
This day, we did a day trip to Flam from Gudvangen. We started from our lovely cabin (Gudvangen Camping) in the morning, and drive 20 minutes to Flam. Click here to see if Gudvangen camping is available for your travel…
Norway: Day 1: Bergen
We started by taking an overnight flight from Washington, DC to Bergen, via Copenhagen. The flight got in around 9.30AM. I had reserved a rental car at Budget in Bergen airport. Getting the car was easy, and soon we were…
Norway: 9 day fjords loop from Bergen
We spent an amazing 9 days doing a road trip through the western fjords of Norway, starting and ending in Bergen. Below is our itinerary, and some tips that helped us. Norway: Day 1: Bergen Norway: Day 2: Bergen to…
Manali & Amritsar: 2 week trip in Aug 2017!
During the monsoon of 2017 and my long summer in India, we took a two week long trip to one of the most popular hill stations in North India, Manali! We spent about a week in Manali, and then drove…
Are you interested in starting your own travel blog?
If you’re interested in setting up your own blog, then, I would like to share my experience on how I set mine up. Before starting thedesinomads.com, I was running a blog on Google’s Blogger. While that was good enough for…
Iceland: Day 4: Hofn to Egilsstaðir, via the Eastern Fjords!
Today, we planned to drive from Hofn to Egilsstaðir, via the eastern fjords. We started off from our Hotel in Hofn, and first visited the harbor. Not much to see or do around here, so we just walked around for 15…