Discover China: Temple of Heaven & Xi’an – The Terracotta Warriors
The Temple of Heaven was built in 1420 A.D. during the Ming Dynasty to offer sacrifice to Heaven.
In the center of the Temple...
Discover China: Shanghai (Concluding part)
Shanghai is a dazzling city that is sophisticated, novel and modern. While it can't match the epic history of Beijing or Xi'an's grander sights,...
Konkan Connections – 16
The last meeting of the four resulted in heavy brain storming. The aftermath of Rilsy's attack had resulted in silencing him but, they had...
The Wadi And The Wahiba
Oman is a land of beautiful mountains and a large expanse of dry arid land. But where there are mountains there are bound to...
Italy – The Ultimate Experience
Last month (October 2006), my wife and I traveled in Italy for two weeks covering many popular and famous historic cities such as Milan,...
Konkan Connections – 17
The pitch black Scorpio screeched and came to a halt right in front of the house. The servants of 'Paladka Subraya Bhat' came rushing....
Italy – Florence To Pompeii
In the last part, we covered our travels up to Pisa, the city of the famous Leaning Tower. From Pisa, we proceeded eastwards to...
Alternate Career Path…It’s here!
It was Friday. I was just out of bed. Normally I take about two minutes to drink the morning tea. Friday is an exception....
Oldest Churches In Mumbai
I was in Mumbai during last week of December 2006. On 22nd December The Times of India carried a special report on celebrations planned...
Safari Drive – A ‘Wild’ Experience!
Anyone who has gone on a safari will tell you that it's an unbeatable experience and in many ways an exciting one too. If...
