Category: travel blog

Part 4 of 6. I open my eyes every morning and reach for my iPad, just to check if the world has survived the night without my motherly care. Sure enough, there is trouble brewing in Tibet – a friend…

Part 3 of 6: Lhasa Notes: 29 – 31 June 2011 Photo Album One of the first things that immediately strikes a visitor from the “mainland” China to Tibet is the bright blue sky with a few picturesque white clouds….

Having completed a 16-day trek through China and Tibet, I am overwhelmed with emotions, thoughts and impressions about this great country, its people, food, history and opportunities for the future. Unlike my other trips, I was not able to write…

Call me a hopeless romantic, but almost all of my conversations with the Indian contacts inevitably circle around one of their most important traditions – arranged marriages. The immense complexity of Indian society, including (but not limited to) the caste,…

The turboprop flight from Delhi to Udaipur takes about 1 hour, but it transports you from the sub-continent’s crazy capital into the land of princely warriors and artificial lakes surrounding their castles and palaces. Many of the princes are still…

Imagine taking a flight from an antiseptic shopping mall of Dubai and landing in the chaos of Indian jungle just 3 hours later! There are monkeys running across the road, elephants walking next to the rickshaw’s, thousands of people everywhere,…

The mirage has taken just a few years to transform itself from a fishing village to a futuristic metropolitan monster… sort of Las Vegas on steroids. It now boasts a jungle of skyscrapers with condos and offices, the tallest building…

It is time to start packing again. I’ve done this so many times, but the empty suitcases still leave me dumbfounded – what to pack, what to leave home? The air is thick with the excitement of the upcoming adventure,…

The islands are easily accessible – just 8 hours on the excellent red-eye Air France flight from LA. Must stay a few days in an over-the-water bungalow – the experience is amazing. This is a honeymooners’ paradise – leave the…

I have snorkeled and dived the Grand Barrier Reef, but I have never slept on top of it! Staying in the over-the-water bungalow in Moorea, Tahiti is a truly magical experience. It begins early in the morning when I descend…