City of Ghosts
India 14.03.2018
Travel writer, David Abram, revisits the ruined city of Mandu in central India, and recalls the extraordinary tale of how two travellers from Jacobean England crossed paths here in 1617 . . . It’s been a while – a whole quarter of a centur…
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Maharashtra’s Hidden Gems
India 13.03.2018
The lure of wonders further afield often tempt travellers to pass straight through the state of Maharashtra. But the craggy Sahyadri mountains and exquisite Konkan coast along India’s western seaboard hold some of the country’s most allurin…
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Sri Lanka's Beaches: Where and When to Go
Sri Lanka 05.03.2018
The Tear Drop Isle of Sri Lanka boasts 1,340 km of gorgeous coastline and an enviable choice of palm-fringed golden beaches. And these beaches come in all styles and suit all manner of taste, from the popular surfer spots of Weligama to the…
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Uzbekistan - “My Top Shots”
Uzbekistan 21.02.2018
Travel writer and photographer, David Abram, shares some of his favourite photos from a recent TransIndus trip to Uzbekistan I really didn’t know what to expect from Uzbekistan. Most of what I’d learned about the country was a century a…
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India's 'Big Three' Cats
India 16.02.2018
Thanks to a serious crackdown on poaching by the Indian government, big cat population densities in parks across the country have risen steadily in recent years. Your chances of seeing a tiger are greater now than they ave been for over a d…
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Chiang Mai: What to See and Do in Thailand’s Northern Wonder
Thailand 31.10.2017
Bangkok has always been a place you either love or hate. It’s a big and brash Asian city, a merge of traditional temples and street food markets, humungous malls and chaotic traffic. Chaing Mai, on the other hand, is a place that pretty muc…
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Exploring Hampi: A Lost City of Architectural Wonders
India 18.10.2017
It’s hard to describe the landscape of Hampi to someone who's never seen it with their own eyes. Local folklore believes that Hanuman, the monkey god, once had Hampi as his kingdom, and the giant boulders which sit in mountains around the l…
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Kathmandu: Spiritual Sites in Nepal’s Capital
Nepal 10.10.2017
Most people head to Nepal to see the mountains. Myself included, as my first trip to the country was to hike through the great Annapurna range of the Himalayas. There are no mountains on earth quite like these, both in size, in power and in…
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Beyond the Desert Gate: China's Silk Road
China 25.09.2017
In the year 139 BC, the Han Emperor Wudi dispatched his top diplomat, Zhang Qian, on a mission to the unknown kingdoms west of the Great Wall. Braving some of the most extreme weather and wild nomadic peoples in Asia, he left at the head of…
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Homestay Trekking in Sapa
Vietnam 18.09.2017
The journey to Sapa, a town in the North West Corner of Vietnam, is not an easy one. From Hanoi, a night train takes you to Lao Chai, where a bus will greet you in the morning to wind your way up through the hills to Sapa. The last part of…
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Jaisalmer: Exploring the Sandcastle City and Desert
India 12.09.2017
Rising from the Western Thar desert, Jaisalmer’s Fort appears from the dusty desert plains like a giant golden sandcastle. Placed elegantly between dunes and nomadic villages, it’s in the far West of India, and the desert which surrounds th…
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Temples in Tokyo: Silent Escapes from the City
Japan 16.08.2017
When you imagine Tokyo, you may not think of temples. Perhaps you think of city lights and crowded streets. Eating sushi in back alleyways, admiring cherry blossom season and seeking out Harajuku culture. Tokyo is all these things, it’s a c…
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