On my first visit to Egypt, I very much looked forward to the overnight train journey to Aswan. The maddening […]
The four islands group of Socotra are located around 217 nautical miles off the Yemeni coast and approximately 130 off […]
The post landing formalities at Sanaa airport were very smooth. The single immigration window for non Yemeni passport holders was […]
My last few days in Socotra Yemen were spent holed up in my Taj Socotra Hotel room. I alternated between […]
I left Qalanciya with a heavy heart. Our destination was the Moumi Plateau. Qalanciya was such a perfect place. We […]
The Corona lockdown has hit me hard. I am going absolutely berserk. Being in Egypt feels like an imposition now […]
The amber hunter of Detwa Lagoon! My Qalanciya days can be broadly divided into two parts: the unbelievable beauty of […]
Abdullah’s cave in Qalanciya was something out of Arabian Nights and I marveled at his incredible local life. Remnants of […]
I visited Amer Fort in autumn, and it was a day as beautiful as can be. The golden season of […]
Padua (Padova in Italian) seemed to me like a know-all. Often being called one myself, I naturally have a strong […]