Montreal
It is Canada’s second-largest city, but feels European. The most widely spoken language here is French. Narrow streets meander through some beautiful marvels of…
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Musselburgh, one of the oldest towns of Scotland: an ‘Honest Toun’! *
(Edinburgh journey continues) A quick getaway from the bustling city of Edinburgh is this small town with a very rich history as it was…
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Hospitality in Inhospitable Spiti Valley – Part 2
In part 1, I talked about my journey to the Spiti Valley and the stay of two nights at the monastery of Tabo. As…
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Hospitality in Inhospitable Spiti Valley – Part 1
I have been offline for quite some time and so much has happened on Ghumakkar! Looks like everyone has been busy travelling. Many interesting…
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Portobello beach,Around Edinburgh
The moment I heard the name being taken by my brother this time over our trip to Scotland I immediately thought of some sumptuous…
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Onward Ho!
We ran into a smallish whirlpool. Small, but according to Mathias, dangerous if we got right into it. But we didnt. The captain and…
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Morning in pictures
Night on the boat
It was quiet. We had moved away from the pier at Rinca Island where two other boats had dropped anchor for the night. Mathias…
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On the Island
I shan’t get into the details of what happened after our long walk through the island. Briefly, i sum it up this way. We…
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Dragon
Few instances can match the excitement of seeing the famed Komodo Dragons right in front of your eyes. The giant lizards with their snake-like…
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Into the Dragons Den
I marched ahead, with the rest of the group, the boys stayed on the boat to look after our belongings. From the quay to…
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On Board
Riding the waves in an old wooden boat on the unpredictable Indonesian sea is exciting. While I sipped coffee, the crew got busy with…
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