musings of a traveller and food lover

Photo Essay

zucchero filato

On my travels, I always notice cotton candies (evidence of my sweet tooth)… but what I always look for is how cotton candies are named on different places. Literal translation of ...

… mending fishing nets

After two days of slaving in the galley, I took a train ride to Varazze. It’s 36klms from Genoa and Savona its nearest city. Lost in calculating the klms I travelled it took me nearly ...

Travel Photos

travel the italian way Its either I have no time to post or have no internet, but I managed to upload few photos….click this link here and enjoy ….. lets travel

Buon Natale

Merry Christmas to All! I will be working on Christmas day, an elf in the galley will cook for the crew on this day. Hope you all have a beautiful festive season!

Village Market South Turkey

This was in south coast of Turkey is a small village called Kekova. The nearest town in the map must be Kas. Here not far from the harbour is a sunken city of the Lycian period. Eating wise ...

Dirty Ice Cream

Mamang Sorbetero I took these series of shots on the day the Greeks celebrated the beginning of the Lent. Remember your childhood days rushing to the streets upon hearing the ice cream bell ...

Durian

The good thing of independent travel is you can explore places not in brochures. When we were in Lombook, we hiked at the base of Mt Rijani. On our way there we passed few road side fruit ...

Can I have extra chilli?

Oh that’s the Swiss Cheese enjoying his soup (can’t remember what it was but am sure that’s with shrimps). Taken in Singapore after an awful torrential rain that left us ...

Cotton Candy

What happens if you heat and spin sugar into thin threads? Cotton candy… But where is the cotton? Guess what they call cotton candy here in Greece?

Tropical Fruits

I took this photo when I was in Lombok, Indonesia. Pre digital days and my tiny Canon Ixus was stolen on that holiday. I have posted some photos on my photo blog…click here, basically ...

Market Scene: Pumpkin Man

I was at the market few days ago and saw some pumpkins. What intrigued me was a Greek lady asked me what would I do with my pumpkin.