My Iran ‘Silk Road’
Iran 28.09.2018
Travel writer and photographer, David Abram, shares his personal Iran travel highlights in the wake of Joanna Lumley’s recent programme . . . It’s always great to see a country you’ve loved travelling to being given the full filmic trea…
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Kerala: Four of the Best
India 27.04.2018
TransIndus MD, Amrit Singh, unveils a quartet of wonderful off-track gems in the backwaters and hills of Kerala and neighbouring Tamil Nadu . . . One of the most satisfying things about being a specialist tour operator is discovering lovel…
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'Only in Kerala': 10 Unique Experiences
India 26.04.2018
Rough Guide to Kerala author, David Abram, celebrates Kerala’s quirky side Many are torn between choosing between Goa and Kerala to spend time at the end of a holiday around India's golden triangle. In Kerala, it’s not only the intensely t…
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Highlights of Japan's Sacred Trails on the Kii Peninsula
Japan 18.04.2018
The Kii Peninsula – ‘Kii-hantō’ in Japanese – is a mountainous region southeast of Osaka that’s little explored by foreigners, but which boasts a fabulously wild, rocky coastline of pine-studded bays, and some beautiful pilgrimage sites nes…
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The Okinawas: Japan’s Sub-Tropical Paradise
Japan 18.04.2018
Straggling for over 600 miles (1000km) from Kyushu to within a stone’s throw of Taiwan, the sun-drenched Okinawan Islands are Japan’s own Hawaii. The archipelago’s climate is blissful, its beaches white and powder soft, its seawater translu…
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Bali’s Wild West
Indonesia 13.04.2018
A light breeze blows off the Java Straits, causing little waves to slap against the prow of the launch as we skim across the bay. The sun is low on the horizon and the colours are rich: cobalt blue water; topaz sky; lime-green vegetation; a…
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Points Northeast
India 04.04.2018
Travel writer David Abram on why India’s little visited top right-hand corner is perfect for anyone seeking a taste of old India I’m reclined on a day bed made of Burmese teak in the grounds of a rather splendid, 250-year-old mansion, a st…
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Slowly Down the Ganges . . .
India 04.04.2018
Prior to the arrival of the railways in India at the end of the 19th century, the annual transfer of the imperial capital from Calcutta, at the mouth of the Ganges, to Shimla, in the Himalayan foothills, involved an epic 1,200-mile journey.…
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Golden Threads: Suzani, Caps and Carpets
Uzbekistan 28.03.2018
Traditional crafts have seen a revival in post-Soviet Uzbekistan, and most of the best work is produced by women. I’m standing in front of one of the former ‘trading domes’ of Bukhara – intersections in the ancient silk road city’s covered…
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‘Like Angkor Without the Crowds’
Cambodia 22.03.2018
The magnificent temples complexes of Angkor soak up the lion’s share of visitors to Cambodia, but there are other Khmer ruins hidden in the forests further north where you won’t have to rub shoulders with your fellow tourists. It literall…
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Our Top Three Hotels in Siem Reap for 2018
Cambodia 22.03.2018
Siem Reap, the principal tourist hub for visits to Angkor Wat and its surrounding temple complexes, has blossomed into a bustling town over the past decade. It now boasts a bumper crop of world-class hotels where you can recover from your s…
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