A Journal of Travel Tales Across 72 Countries
The enduring image of Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is the river that splices and nourishes the city perched on its banks. By day, a drive up the funicular to the top of Buda Hill offers a panoramic view of the city sprawled on the …
Gazing in wonderment at traffic speeding at 1450 feet below my own two feet makes me dizzy. Is this what they mean when they talk of reaching dizzying heights? I am in what they call ‘skybox’ sticking out of the side of the 108th floor …
Lady Elliott Island, a tiny coral cay in the South Pacific is not on the tourist radar, at least not yet. But it will soon be, when word gets around that this is the favourite location of Manta Rays, those gentle giants of the ocean …
120 kms, 2 days Travelling in Northern Ireland can have a strange effect on your mind. Else why would this Victorian country-house in an isolated, wind-swept, rain-lashed corner of the Atlantic coast sport an Indian flag atop its roof? I examine the flag closely. …
Astrakhan is not easy to spot on the map although it is Russia’s gateway to the Caspian replete with oil and sturgeon. Even the usually loquacious Google slows down to a slur when you ask about Astrakhan. But there used to be a time when …
Gollu Devta is the patron-saint of justice in Kumaoni pantheon. His message is loud and clear. He wears brass bells, thousands of them to send out his message. When you visit the temple, you literally pick your way through clusters of brass bells slung about …
Maadum Haat is a feast for the senses, with its mosaic of colours, sights, sounds and smells, as only Indian bazaars can be. Yet this is not your typical Indian bazaar – it does not have trappings like Ferris wheel or candy floss. It is …
LANCASTER COUNTY is situated on the rolling plains of Pennsylvania. At first sight, it seems no different from the rest of suburban United States. The same spaced-out two-storied houses with sloping roofs, neatly laid-out streets and well-tended farmlands with capsule like granary rising skywards. But …
