Celebrating Dia de la Paloma On The Streets Of Madrid

15/08/2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

If you plan to travel to Madrid, Spain, in August, you shouldn’t miss the five day La Paloma festival and parade.

In Photos – Highlights Of Beautiful Belgium

26/07/2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

Belgium was never on my travel wish list. My visit last month, hastily put together for my sister’s benefit initially, and then rescheduled due to a family crisis, had me wondering why. Its appeal went far beyond the beer, chocolates, waffles and frite. Although they helped. A lot. The beer especially, not the waffles so […]

Not Your Standard Belgian Postcard!

20/07/2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

A most unexpected find in the quiet Wilrijk neighbourhood of Antwerp!

Kashmir – The People Of The Valley

17/06/2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

A gallery of people from the troubled valley. Just regular people like you and me.

Srinagar – In The Calm Of The Lake

07/06/2017.Reading time 9 minutes.

Of all the things to do in Srinagar, this restorative break in one of the most beautiful houseboats on the Dal Lake, aptly named Sukoon, is the best.

Vignette – Floating Market On Dal Lake

02/06/2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Floating market on Dal Lake,- Srinagar, Kashmir

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi Related: Postcards from A Poignant Paradise Afoot In Shehr e Khas WPC – Friend

Kashmir – Afoot In Shehr-e-Khas

24/05/2017.Reading time 12 minutes.

Heritage walk through old town, Srinagar

An atmospheric walk though the historic centre of Srinagar, its cultural monuments and its bustling bazaars arrayed along the river Jhelum.

Kashmir – Postcards From A Poignant Paradise

09/05/2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

This gallery is hardly one you would associate with danger. Yet, the instinctive reaction of family and friends when I expressed our decision to travel to Kashmir was one of astonishment at our ‘daring’. For my non Indian readers, Kashmir is the strife torn region of the Indian republic sandwiched between India and Pakistan, that has had […]

Sublime Chola Heritage – The Great Living Temples Of Thanjavur

18/04/2017.Reading time 15 minutes.

All about the Thanjavur temple heritage sites of Brihadeeswarar (Big Temple), Gangaikondacholapuram and Airavatesvara temples that make up the “Great Living Chola Temple’ UNESCO ensemble.

An Atmospheric Evening In Split

14/01/2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Moonlight. Mushy 60’s music. The company of a good man in the midst of lovely strangers. Chilled beer on the candle lit steps of a restaurant named after a Phaeronic necropolis, in the hippostyle hall of an ancient Roman Palace comprising the heart of a beautiful Balkan city. All watched over by Thutmosis’ inscrutable Sphinx. One of my favourite things to do of […]

Hampi – Experiencing The Spirit Of The Land

06/01/2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Located just four km from the edge of the famed UNESCO heritage site, the Orange County Hampi is the third in the Orange County stable, and surely its grandest. A gorgeous reinterpretation of the spirit of royal Vijayanagara.

Hampi – The Echoes of Glory

24/10/2016.Reading time 10 minutes.

The empire is long gone. Its relics scattered across a breathtaking boulder strewn landscape once chosen for its impregnability. Desolate ruins, lacking the antiquity of Egypt, the precision of Inca stonework or the mathematical coding of Angkor Wat. But Hampi’s stones – those chiselled by man into intricate divine forms, as well as those worn smooth by the elements – whisper stories. […]