Jordan: The Kingdom of Treasures (Final Part)
AJLOUN
The towering Arab-Islamic Castle of Ajloun or Qalaat Errabadh (Arabic for "Hilltop Castle"), was built in 1184-85 as a protection against invading crusaders. ...
Jordan: The Kingdom of Treasures (Part II)
MADABA
6th century Byzantine mosaic map
'City of Mosaics', is what Madaba is known as to most people. The earliest surviving original map of Jerusalem is...
Jinhae Cherry blossom festival – Korean Spring Bloom
After a tortuous and frosty long Korean winter of almost six months, when all the trees shed their greens and stand out like bald...
Bandipur – A Romantic Getaway
A male cheetal grazing not bothered by our presence!
Bandipur, I am sure many of you heard is a National Park in Karnatka along with...
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...
Belur And Halebid: A Religion On Stone
Belur Temple Entrance Gopura
If you want to see Architectural marvel there is no other place like temples in Belur and Halebid, Karnataka. These temple...
Exploring Cairo, and the Pyramids
After visiting Luxor, Aswan and Abu Simbel, where we were nearly bitten by the 'Ramses Bug', we eagerly looked forward to being bowled-over by...
Wagah Border – Beating Retreat Ceremony
A visit to Amritsar is not complete if one does not visit Wagah to witness daily beating retreat ceremony at Joint Check post at...
Fighting For A Giant Cause
Imagine two feuding giants, Finn MacCool from Northern Ireland and Benandonner from Scotland, wanting to fight each other but can't because they are separated...
My Australian Escape
It was summer and I had to escape from the heat in Mumbai and my vacation was due. Wanted to plan a holiday some...
