Covid-19: An Interview with TransIndus MD Amrit Singh
India 16.04.2020
How are you and TransIndus weathering this storm? TransIndus is very fortunate with an extremely loyal, understanding and experienced clientele. They have clearly seen many different situations in life and have responded to the covid-19 si…
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Unique Traditions in Myanmar
Myanmar 15.04.2020
Thanks in part to its geography, Myanmar has some of the most unique traditions and ranks among the most culturally distinctive countries in Asia – one of those places you travel in where every day brings novelty and fascination. For those…
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Covid-19: India's Railways Join the Fight
India 09.04.2020
On April 14th 2020, like most other businesses in India, Indian Railways ground to a halt, with tens of thousands of rattling old train carriages stopping in their tracks for the first time in 167 years. India’s train network is vast, conne…
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Silk Road: Recommended Reads
Uzbekistan 08.04.2020
Since Marco Polo first followed the Silk Road from Venice to Xanandu in the late 13th century, some of the world’s most intrepid travellers have been seduced by the lure of the great deserts and mountain ranges of Central Asia. Here are…
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Djinns & Other Tonics: William Dalrymple's India Books
India 06.04.2020
More historian than travel author these days, William Dalrymple was working as a stringer journalist out of Delhi in 1993 when his first book on India – ‘City of Djinns’ – became a best seller. Exploring the many layers of the capital’s his…
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A Taste of Samarkand
Uzbekistan 02.04.2020
Recipes and stories gleaned from wide-ranging travels around Central Asia and the Caucasus by authors Caroline Eden and Eleanor Ford bring the distinctive, culturally hybrid flavours of this little-known region to our own kitchens. In this…
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Summer Festivals in Ladakh
India 28.02.2020
One of the most vibrant expressions of traditional Ladakhi culture visitors to the region may experience are its monastery festivals. Each of the major ‘Gompas’ host their own, usually involving ‘Cham’ dances performed by monks dressed in e…
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Royal Retreats: India's Top 9 Palace Hotels
India 13.02.2020
The extravagant lives led by India’s former rulers is the stuff of legend. No strangers to ostentation themselves, even the British Viceroys were dazzled by the displays of wealth laid on by their royal hosts: the opulent train carriages; t…
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Review: Old Delhi Street Food
India 15.01.2020
Travel writer and photographer David Abram discovers the culinary delights of Old Delhi on our popular street food tour of the former Mughal capital. “No Mr David, do not eat the toast!” I’d just sat down at the breakfast table and was…
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Sri Lanka's Top 7 Beach Resorts
Sri Lanka 14.01.2020
Whether cosy coves or long, windy expanses of coral sand are your thing, visitors are spoiled for choice when it comes to beautiful beaches in Sri Lanka. Deciding on which might be the best beach resort for your holiday to Sri Lanka, howeve…
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