Posts Tagged ‘India’
What the F*ck is Holi?!
What the fuck is Holi!? Your lifestyle sure as hell isn’t, but luckily you don’t have to be morally or spiritually pure to partake in the Hindu spring festival of colors. OTP’s got what you need to get down and dirty, the Holi way. The main thrust of this 16-day extravaganza is the tossing of [...]
Getting Drunk with Locals: 10 Best Local Bars in New Delhi
You ain’t seen nothin’ like New Delhi’s party scene. While you could be in for the night of your life, nightlife trends in India’s capital fly by faster than the auto-rickshaw driver who speeds away with your change. Nonetheless, some places have managed to stick their heels deep in the Indian soil and hold strong. [...]
10 Cool Places to Stop and Take a Nap Around the World
Traveling is the best—true story—but it can be damn exhausting. Missing a train, haggling, washing your laundry in the sink or puking up that roasted grasshopper you ate can be stressful. Rough patches like these call for a time-out. OTP drowsily selected our choicest spots to lay your weary head and refuel. Don’t forget to [...]
10 Best Places to Scuba Dive Around the World
If you still sing “Under the Sea” in the shower, believe in Atlantis and are waiting for Team Zissou to enlist your services, our 10 Best Places to Scuba Dive Around the World are guaranteed to get you wet. Life’s more fun 30 feet below—as long as that mask keeps working. This reef, deemed “the [...]
The 10 Coolest Castles Around the World
Castles remind us of a world without elevators, electricity or flushing toilets; when revenge was best served bloody and you were likely to marry your cousin just to keep it in the fam. There’s no better time machine than a historic castle. From the serene to the haunted, OTP’s got the Top 10 Castles around [...]
What the F*ck is Bin Lang?
A nut with a buzz, Bin Lang is Taiwan’s second largest crop and people consume it like candy. Known to science dorks as Areca catechu and cool kids as a Betel Nut, it’s similar to chewing tobacco (with a bit of a high) and just as tooth-stainingly cancerous. Hawked on the streets by chicks in [...]
Confessions from Abroad: The White Badge of Courage
By: The Helen Keller Voyeur I was volunteering at a local hospital near Madras to reap the benefits of a sweet apartment above the pharmacy. After a few days of working, one of the nurses (let’s call her Kamala) started talking to me and casually placed her toes on my foot. Having read ‘Siddhartha’ in [...]
Indian Food Demystified
Spiced -up and herbed-out, Indian food is a flavor explosion. Spices like ginger, garlic, and mint are nothing new. But what the hell is fenugreek and asafoetida? The tongue twister names of India’s dishes further complicate your eating adventures. Get your bibs on, OTP is here to help you uncover the mysteries that lurk beneath [...]
10 Best Vegetarian Joints in New Delhi
In a place where even McDonald’s threw in the towel and went vegetarian, delicious meat-free food is easy to come by. Give the meat lover a rest and embrace OTP’s Top 10 Vegetarian Joints in New Delhi, veg-head capital of the universe. Working class joint Sarvana Bhavan is so good they’ve taken their southern Indian [...]
5 Must See Sporting Events in India
Navigating a country of over a billion people who only minimally obey traffic regulations can in itself be a mind-boggling sporting event. Turns out, the Indians engage in forms of sport even more intense than a typical Sunday stroll. Get ready for some balls-to-the-wall team activity; OTP’s got your playbook with India’s Top 5 Sporting [...]
