The sunlight filters through the leaves of tall coconuts, making a pretty mosaic on the red soil. Quaint cottages, with thatched, sloping roofs and neat courtyards peak out of the groves, as birds coo a melody, fluttering in the canopy of the trees. The wind steals through the leaves, bringing with it the fragrance of […]

The sea is a wonderful shade of blue, iridescent and sparkling in the summer sun. The toasty, golden beach embraces the sea lazily, curving around the bay in languid grace. In the evenings, the sun sets the sea on fire. Along the crescent beach, the beautiful city of San Sebastian lights up as darkness descends. […]

I am eternally beholden to Naples. Indeed, many of us are. Pizza has been my saviour many times, in sickness and in health, in many outings with friends, and at various parties where not much else was edible. Of course, the pizza at my local pizzeria falls short of its traditional cousin – the marvellous […]

Hot summer days make all of us long for the beach. There’s this burning desire to let the cool water cleanse you of the perspiration dripping down your skin. A few feet away, the sea sparkled, glittered, and beckoned me. The beach at Kashid is soft, like a newborn’s tender skin, the kind where I […]

  “What was that?” my sister asked, leaning over the edge of the boat. I kept a firm grasp on her arm. The shadowy shape in the water darted away, and disappeared under the waves. She slumped, disappointed. The sea was a perfect turquoise and the tassels on the awning of our boat fluttered in […]