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Siem Reap And Angkor Wat
The Old Town of Siem Reap which straddles the tranquil Siem Reap River is a natural base for visitors who wish to explore Angkor. By day, its web of pedestrian streets sees a modest flow of tourists, while locals scurry through the market and go…
Dharamshala And Eagle’s Nest
We arrived under a sky awash in blue at tiny Gaggal airport where our young Nepali driver was waiting to greet us. He set off like a race car driver along the narrow roads, zipping around hair-pin bends where buses, motorbikes, tuk-tuks, carts, and cows,…
St. Petersburg – City of Palaces
Founded by Czar Peter The Great in 1703, St. Petersburg is a beautiful, seductive city. While Moscow is pristine in every way, St. Petersburg – like a grand, aged member of aristocracy – wears her wrinkles with grace and elegance. We stayed in hotel Domina…
Myanmar – The Temples of Bagan
The Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas/pagodas of Bagan which spread across forty square miles, were built between the 9th and 13th Centuries.(A temple is a place of worship. A stupa/pagoda was built to honor Buddha and hold relics of Buddha or highly revered Buddhist monks. A…
Vang Vieng – Lao
Vang Vieng had acquired the reputation as being a mecca for backpackers from across the globe. They made their way to this remote little slice of paradise to party, get high, and drink themselves into a drunken stupor. All that has changed. The hotel owners…