Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma) I am currently in Amritsar, India, home to the sacred Golden Temple. Of course, I am reminded of another golden temple I saw just two months ago: the…
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Bangkok, Thailand What I love about travelling with your best friend is this: you can wake up in a cheap hotel room, you can eat breakfast in the same vegan cafe as…
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 Pushkar, India “It was the kaleidoscope of colours, the red, the orange, the purple of the fruit in the tiers of baskets which were arranged around the Peshawari fruit-seller, dressed in a…
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I am in Varanasi now, and once again there are few words to describe what I am feeling, what I am seeing, what I am thinking. I have spent the last two…
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Two Stories From Rangoon, Burma I am still in India and still loving it; I am now in Pushkar, famous for being one of the holiest cities in the country. Here…
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Jaisalmer, India These are days of camel rides, of wandering through historic forts, of shopping for silver bangles and beaded tapestries and leather shoes and genie pants and cardamom, of spending time…