Life on a Houseboat: Murray River
Imagine being on your own floating home doing what you like. Gloriously independent. In blissful privacy holidaying on the mighty Murray River as it...
Destination: Egypt – Album
Reliefs at the Luxor Temple, all telling a story of their own
Tomb of Titi
Feluccas with sails folded
Cruise liners (floating 5-star hotels) docked at...
Honnemaradu – Witness Nature At Its Best
As a country, India is blessed with variant geography. From the burning Thar of Rajasthan to the freezing Siachen at Kashmir, beautiful beaches of...
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...
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...
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...
Hawaiian Islands: Out Of The Volcanoes
Out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean lies the beautiful chain of islands known the world over as Hawaii. It is 2,390 miles...
Jog Falls
I am visiting Jog Falls after almost 40 years and on my way all I could do was try and remember what I saw,...
Ruins of St Augustine Church at Old Goa
Old Goa has the credit of having a number of churches which have been included in UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Among these...
Sri Lanka: Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
The Pinnawala orphanage is located between the capital city of Colombo and Kandy. It was established in 1975 and presently home to 70 elephants....
