Travel Special
Where to Go
17 getaways from the daily news
arindam arindam 28 Apr, 2011
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
JAKARTA / DUBROVNIK / SANTA FE
Memories of my grandparents in Jakarta, my wife’s roots in Dubrovnik, and tequila-soaked undergrad afternoons in Santa Fe
MONUMENT VALLEY, UTAH / GNORONGORO CRATER, TANZANIA / SARAWAK, BORNEO, MALAYSIA
The rocky attractions of Marlboro Land, spotting tree lions in Tanzania, and comparing genes with orangutans in Borneo
PAKISTAN / BANGLADESH / SRI LANKA
Basking in the hospitality of Pakistan, remembering the thrill of the liberation of Bangladesh, and trying to be a good guest of Sri Lanka
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