Trip: The World (Part II)
There are [389] stories from my trip: The World (Part II)
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 12 May 2014 | Photo Gallery
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UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 12 May 2014 | Views [437]
WE SPENT A FEW DAYS IN GERMANY AT RAMSTEIN Air Base filling prescriptions and satisfying our cravings at the food court with a sample of every unhealthy, wonderful tasting option, something I actually dreamed of while in India. Then it was off ... Read more >
SRI LANKA | Sunday, 4 May 2014 | Views [1619]
FOR ONCE WE TOOK A BIT OF OUR OWN ADVICE – we stayed in Negombo Beach, not Colombo, for our last night in Sri Lanka. Negombo Beach is dominated by three overpriced Jetwing Resorts, the kind of places that American tourists prefer. Not ... Read more >
SRI LANKA | Friday, 2 May 2014 | Views [1962]
KANDY IS THE BUDDHIST HEART OF SRI LANKA. And the Sri Dalada Maligawa, the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is the center of Kandy. No, it isn’t the next Indiana Jones sequel, but a shrine containing a tooth of the Buddha, snatched ... Read more >
SRI LANKA | Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014 | Views [1781]
IF YOU CAN'T QUITE PLACE “SRI LANKA," it is the teardrop island off the tip of India, the tea and spice island formerly known as Ceylon. And despite its proximity to India, Sri Lanka is definitely not India. Most noticeably, Sri Lanka ... Read more >
SRI LANKA | Sunday, 27 Apr 2014 | Photo Gallery
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MALDIVES | Saturday, 26 Apr 2014 | Views [1667]
DESPITE OUR ELATION AT LEAVING INDIA (I didn't even look out the window as India receded under our wings) I was reluctant to visit the Maldives. Only 200 of the 1200 islands bobbing in the Indian Ocean are inhabited; some are treeless spits of ... Read more >
MALDIVES | Tuesday, 22 Apr 2014 | Photo Gallery
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INDIA | Tuesday, 22 Apr 2014 | Views [1547]
WE WERE HOODWINKED - OR MAYBE IT WAS HORSWOGGLED - by the guidebooks. Both Lonley Planet and Frommer raved about a houseboat tour of the Kerala Backwaters. LP went so far as to rate it the #2 top experience in India, ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 17 Apr 2014 | Views [1914]
AS THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBS TO 100 AND THE HUMIDITY is close behind, our thoughts turn fondly to shivery mornings in Bhutan. But this is India. Again! We are on the Bay of Bengal, a few hour's drive east of Chennai. I believe we ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 13 Apr 2014 | Photo Gallery
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BHUTAN | Sunday, 13 Apr 2014 | Views [539]
THE EAGLES COULD HAVE BEEN SINGING ABOUT BHUTAN. The quiet Buddhist vibe is a welcome change from the chaos of India. The air is cleaner, the rivers clearer, the forests greener, the people are more gracious and birdsong, not hooting car ... Read more >
BHUTAN | Saturday, 12 Apr 2014 | Views [601]
THERE IS LITTLE THAT CAN COMPARE WITH A WALK in the woods, birdsong and pine scent filling the air. When the destination is Taktsang Lhakhang, the famous Tiger’s Nest monastery, even the two-hour climb becomes only a minor obstacle.... Read more >
BHUTAN | Friday, 11 Apr 2014 | Views [692]
“SHE IS THE QUEEN,' THE POLICE OFFICER TOLD ME, referring to the elegant woman leaving the Paro Rinpung Dzong. Actually, she was the Queen Mother, the former Queen. Amazingly she stopped to talk to Connie and me, asking where we were ... Read more >
BHUTAN | Thursday, 10 Apr 2014 | Views [1120]
TALO TSECHO, THE TALO FESTIVAL, BEGAN TENTATIVELY as if the performers were sizing up the audience. Clashing cymbals and hooting horns announced the first act, a trio in red masks who clowned and cavorted as the audience settled in. Today ... Read more >
BHUTAN | Monday, 7 Apr 2014 | Views [573]
EVEN A PACKAGED TOUR HAS ROOM FOR IMPROVISATION. We were scheduled to visit he Talo Festival in Punakha that began today but Penjur got a tip that it would be better to visit tomorrow when the full complement of dancers would be there. So ... Read more >
BHUTAN | Sunday, 6 Apr 2014 | Views [634]
FOLLOWING THE ITINERARY SHOULD BE EASY, driving on Bhutan’s roads more of a challenge. I don’t think we have seen a straight section of more than a few hundred meters. Bhutan is a land of hills, mountains, valleys, gorges and ... Read more >
BHUTAN | Saturday, 5 Apr 2014 | Views [559]
I CONFESS. BECAUSE WE ARE VISITING BHUTAN on a package tour I did no research. None. This is the way most Americans approach a trip – pay the money, show up and listen to the guide. But what could we possibly need to know ... Read more >
BHUTAN | Saturday, 5 Apr 2014 | Photo Gallery
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NEPAL | Friday, 4 Apr 2014 | Views [1286]
POKHARA IS NEPAL'S ANSWER TO QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand. It is the paragliding capital of the world and a starting point for many treks in the Anapurna range. It is also a great place to recharge oneself, do laundry, stock up on groceries and ... Read more >
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