Where to Go

17 getaways from the daily news

Srinagar is not an escape in any ordinary sense of the term. But it is still a question one can answer 

A small hillstation for those who value the sound of silence

Picking apples, nicking them, discovering quaint characters, savouring shakkar paaras and milking cows in Thanedhar

McLeodganj/Dharamshala has all the signs of a tired tourist haunt: ugly neon signs, ungainly buildings and stories of drugs and whores. But the air is still crisp, the mountains majestic and the cake memorable

High tea amidst the cold green hills of Munnar

Why you must not waste time on Bangkok

Jordan is a desert land windswept with whispers of religious and historical grandeur more than those of rebellion and political grandstanding

Memories of my grandparents in Jakarta, my wife's roots in Dubrovnik, and tequila-soaked undergrad afternoons in Santa Fe

The rocky attractions of Marlboro Land, spotting tree lions in Tanzania, and comparing genes with orangutans in Borneo

Basking in the hospitality of Pakistan, remembering the thrill of the liberation of Bangladesh, and trying to be a good guest of Sri Lanka