Lock your hearts and throw the keys away
by I have been seeing love padlocks on bridges everywhere I go, especially in Europe. Of course, Paris is the most famous for these love locks …
Friday photo: Jama Masjid
This week, from one of my favourite photography spots in India… Delhi’s Jama Masjid in black and white… And from a long time ago, A …
Footloose in Flanders
If Eat, Pray, Love was a town, it would be Bruges. So pretty, so picture postcard that some guidebooks have described it as touristy and …
Friday photo: Rovinj
This Friday, an image from beautiful Rovinj on the Istran peninsula of Croatia. Rick Steves says about Rovinj – Rising dramatically from the Adriatic as …
Thoughts on being a tourist
And the tourist versus traveller debate rages on… Of my favourite types of travellers to dislike (and there are many such) is the one who …
Friday photo: Negombo
For the longest time after this, I kept saying to myself – “Negombo… khush hua” and feeling very pleased about it too. Anyway. This is …
On the monastery trail in Ladakh
Have you ever thought monastery hopping could be wretchedly tiring? After the first three, the head begins to buzz, the eyes glaze over and all …
Friday photo: Ranthambhore
From many summers ago, a memory from Ranthambhore… *** Also see: Friday photo series And definitely read my story on Ranthambhore from long ago… Burning …