The beautiful town of Hội An, is situated on the coast of the East Sea beside the resort city of Da Nang, mid way down the eastern coast of Vietnam. It is home to approximately 120,000 inhabitants and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
I’m a huge fan of colonial ambiance. I speak of an esthetic and not the politics of colonialism. I love the way buildings look that were built by Europeans in their colonies.
This building, modeled down to the finest detail on a Scottish Baronial home, was completed in 1888 to serve as the Viceregal Lodge from where the whole of the enormous British Imperial Indian subcontinent was ruled during the summer months each year.
“Walking markets” have become an important feature of life in the three main islands in the Gulf of Thailand – Koh Tao, Koh Samui and Koh Phangan. Usually held in the early evenings, they come alive is a bustle of colours, music, chatter and smells.
About the last place on earth I’d have thought to buy lovely hand-woven lace was Sri Lanka. The world’s best tea — of course, but lace seemed improbable. But the proof was right there and it was lovely.
Or it could be titled ‘Homage à Jim’, this may be my favorite picture of my travel pal. For some reason, he didn’t invite me on his own trips, which tended to be more athletic (like climbing Kilimanjaro) but he never but he never failed to join me in my harebrained schemes.
Thai families love to ‘snack on the hoof’ and it is this most enjoyable custom that has given rise to the magnificent selection of street food that is on offer at the evening “walking markets” that we discovered on three of the islands in the Gulf of Thailand.
Hạ Long Bay (In Vietnamese “descending dragon bay”) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a very popular travel destination, an hour and a half to the east of Hanoi in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam.
Varanasi, or Benares, the Holy City, located on the banks of Mother Ganges is one of the the most holy places in the Hindu religion. Dying there, or even ‘just’ being cremated there, will assure the immediate ascendancy of your soul to paradise.
I’ve previously written about my visits with Sir Arthur C. Clarke on this blog, a highlight in my travel life. Arthur had a beach villa in Hikkaduwa near the southwestern corner of Sri Lanka, just north of Galle. It was…
The beautiful town of Hội An, is situated on the coast of the East Sea beside the resort city of Da Nang, mid way down the eastern coast of Vietnam. It is home to approximately 120,000 inhabitants and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
I’m a huge fan of colonial ambiance. I speak of an esthetic and not the politics of colonialism. I love the way buildings look that were built by Europeans in their colonies.
This building, modeled down to the finest detail on a Scottish Baronial home, was completed in 1888 to serve as the Viceregal Lodge from where the whole of the enormous British Imperial Indian subcontinent was ruled during the summer months each year.
“Walking markets” have become an important feature of life in the three main islands in the Gulf of Thailand – Koh Tao, Koh Samui and Koh Phangan. Usually held in the early evenings, they come alive is a bustle of colours, music, chatter and smells.
About the last place on earth I’d have thought to buy lovely hand-woven lace was Sri Lanka. The world’s best tea — of course, but lace seemed improbable. But the proof was right there and it was lovely.
Or it could be titled ‘Homage à Jim’, this may be my favorite picture of my travel pal. For some reason, he didn’t invite me on his own trips, which tended to be more athletic (like climbing Kilimanjaro) but he never but he never failed to join me in my harebrained schemes.
Thai families love to ‘snack on the hoof’ and it is this most enjoyable custom that has given rise to the magnificent selection of street food that is on offer at the evening “walking markets” that we discovered on three of the islands in the Gulf of Thailand.
Hạ Long Bay (In Vietnamese “descending dragon bay”) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a very popular travel destination, an hour and a half to the east of Hanoi in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam.
Varanasi, or Benares, the Holy City, located on the banks of Mother Ganges is one of the the most holy places in the Hindu religion. Dying there, or even ‘just’ being cremated there, will assure the immediate ascendancy of your soul to paradise.
I’ve previously written about my visits with Sir Arthur C. Clarke on this blog, a highlight in my travel life. Arthur had a beach villa in Hikkaduwa near the southwestern corner of Sri Lanka, just north of Galle. It was…
