Discover China: The Forbidden City
The Forbidden City, situated at the center of the ancient city of Beijing, was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is ...
Discover China: Ming Tombs, Drum & Bell Tower
Hutongs are alleys formed by lines of Seheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighborhoods were formed by joining one Siheyuan to another to form a...
The Mega Barter
"Did Suma's husband call you?" Asked my wife."No. what's the matter?" I was sure there is something."May be he will call you tomorrow." She...
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...
