Last weekend, I visited the Abel Tasman National Park in South Island, New Zealand. There were tons of cicadas in the forest and I was completely fascinated with them. They make this deafening loud screeching clicking sounds in the bushes and trees. This is what a cicada looks like – The male cicadas are the [...]

I had stumbled onto a website on Muriwai Beach on a very late night. The very next morning, I had packed my gear and set off searching for it. Muriwai Beach is a local secret. It’s seldom mentioned in travel books. And you can see why they’ve kept it private – This place is home [...]