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From candles to carols, chocolates to carnivals-a festival is more than just a break from work. They are days full of joie de vivre for most of us. *parties hard* And as the december festivities are at their apogee right now, we have decided to bring you a short series of blogs that blend right into this atmoshere of celebration.  Come along as we take you on a ride from Finland to New Orleans, a ride that will let you imbibe something that can only be experienced.  Presenting: Festivals On Fleek *ba dum tss* In todays fast-track and detached society, festivals bring people together(physically) and present interesting deviations from the mundane routines of daily life. Almost every religion, region or tribe has is own days of joy and more and more erstwhile obscure traditional holidays are gaining recognition within global community. This goes a long way in safeguarding cultures and traditions from being condemed to oblivion. ...

I must say it's quite hard to remember and jot down a travel experience when relaxing and enjoying and working 10-12 hrs a day on week days and doing absolutely nothing on weekends feels so damn good! Between work time, posts, chill time ad going to the beach, I did manage to find a hidden treasure near Woodstock, Western Cape. In one of my more exhilarating Saturday mornings,(no lazing around in fleecy PJ's with a cuppa and WhatsApp), I got to dash around this Amazing neighborhood! Woodstock is fascinating - not just because every international travel magazine has been watching the gentrification and transformations closely, but because its a huge packet of contradictions, rough and smooth edges, rich and poor opulence and crumbling buildings in need of TLC squished side by side. Most importantly, under the horrific apartheid regime, a system of racial segregation, Woodstock was probably the only suburb in Cape Town that was a grey area. It's a...