Global Gallivanting

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Bangkok – The ‘Venice of the East’

Anna
Bangkok is a city fusing the ancient, the futuristic and everything in between together at the same time in a hot, heady mix. Golden temples, elaborate gabled rooftops, ancient stupas and praangs (spires) and traditional Thai riverside stilt houses jostle for space amongst the modern gleaming skyscrapers, trendy malls and......

Elephanta Island and Caves

Anna
When we arrived in Mumbai in the late afternoon, after another long, uncomfortable overnight train ride, I felt relieved and also slightly sentimental that we had finished our last railway journey in India. This time around we had no problems getting on the stupendously overcrowded suburban commuter trains that had......

The Erotic Temples of Khajuraho: More Than The Kama Sutra

Anna
Sitting by the side of the intricately sculpted, ancient temples of Khajuraho, I watched entranced, as a rainbow of women in bright saris carrying flowers and little silver pots made their way to the only temple still in use. The air was filled with incense and the sound of bells......

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