Postcard: Northern Lights from Rovaneimi, Finland

A phenomenon known as Aurora Borealis in the magnetic poles of Northern Hemisphere are the Nature’s own theater and lights show. Best viewed from Norway, Finland, and Iceland, it should be, if it already isn’t on everyone’s list of things to see.

I traveled to Rovaniemi in the Lapland (Finland), to see the Northern Lights. While the best time to visit is during the peak nights of winter- the colder it is – the more likely you are to see the show, I visited in September. It was very cold and my fingers were very crossed. For a little time- I think around 40 minutes or so, I saw it- the sky was lit up green. It was really a breath-taking experience and I was too engrossed in staring at the sky to take pictures- so I took some off my uncle who viewed the entire episode mostly from his camera lens.

Hopefully, I’ll travel again soon- this time to Norway, to catch the best in the house for nature’s best show.

To read more about what causes this phenomenon, how it occurs and changes colours, you can look at the following links:

Northern Lights Centre CA 
Telegraph Article 

 

Postcard: Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

If you were to believe only all the Instagram posts for Sri Lanka, you’d think it’s all about the beaches, the sunsets and the coconuts. But, that’s far from true.

Yala National Park in Sri Lanka is the country’s most popular national park. The park has the highest density of Leopards in the world. While it also has 43 other mammals including 12 horned reindeer, elephants, Wild Water Buffalos, Sloth bears.

Leopards are extremely rare to spot, so when I visited Yala- you can imagine my excitement to see them. We went on two Safari trips there- and were lucky enough to spot 3 different leopards- in 3 completely different moods!

I bought this postcard from the little shop in the hotel we stayed at.

Postcard: Tallinn, in a painting

Last September, I traveled to Tallinn, Estonia. While exploring the Old Town of Tallinn, by the fort, there was a student selling little paintings she’d made of the city. The size of a postcard, it’s made a lovely souvenir!

Have been you to Tallinn?

This Week’s 3 Travel Bloggers to Follow!

This being the first one, I’ll share my favourite top 3 travel bloggers (or Instagrammers) to follow and why I follow them!

1. Murad Osman 
   The original and extremely popular Follow-me-to couple from Russia who have wooed the world with their pictures. Every picture is in the same style- of the girl walking ahead and holding the guy’s hand. Every background, outfit, accessories and colours speak volumes without saying anything. One of my current favourite picture of their’s is:

   

   Murad Osman

   Picture courtsey: Instagram/muradosman

    

2. Michelle Karam Travel Junkie Diary
   There isn’t a colour scheme or a particular pose in every picture- the theme remains common- travel and wanderlust. Her pictures are as beautiful as her words and ‘memoirs’ of her travel. Read her blog here: http://traveljunkiediary.com/

   

   Travel Junkie Diary

3. Lauren Bullen (Gypsy_Lust)
   Lauren has one of those feeds that makes you want to forever stay on a vacation- plopped by the beach. Her feed follows a nice blue colour that is pleasant to the eyes, and keeps the heart dreaming of wanderlust. You can read all about her journeys on her blog.  Trust me, it’s absolutely amazing! This below picture of her is goals for pictures I’d like to take with my best friend!

   

   Gypsy Lust

   Picture Courtsey: Instagram/Gypsy_Lust

    

Postcard: Disneyland, 1998

Trips and travelling are always exciting. We carry memories and the good times the place gave us. Sometimes, we carry little souvenirs of the place, to remember it by. We might gift them, or be a little (allowedly so) greedy and keep them for ourselves. But, the best souvenirs we can bring from a place are its postcards. Postcards from different places, from different times. As each year goes by, postcards keep changing and differing. Sending a simple postcard to somebody or keeping it for ourselves, takes us down a memory lane.

The postcard below is from 1998- Disneyland. The postcard depicts a beautiful imagery of the Main Street Electrical Parade and a little message on the back from my best friend, Chandni.