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View Article  360-KM. DASH TO BERLIN

Two luggages? Check. Your bag? Check. Camera? Check. Video? Check. James? Hey, c’mon, we’re going! That was my son standing ...   more »

View Article  DUBAI WEEKEND BREAK

My son and I enplaned for Dubai last weekend since he was to take the college entrance test for De ...   more »

View Article  SHOOTING ON THE RUN

There is a wide gulf between an amateur and professional photographer. Aside from the equipment, there’s also the factor of ...   more »

View Article  TRAVELS LAST YEAR

I looked at my diary of the year that just passed and realized that it was the traveling-est year ever. ...   more »

View Article  A COMPETITION IN BAHRAIN
17 DECEMBER (Monday)

My son, James, traveled to Bahrain this morning with 5 of his schoolmates and their two

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View Article  IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I ROCKED AND ROLLED

Two occasions transpired this week that had me reaching for my old CDs at home and popping them in the ...   more »

View Article  THREE FABULOUS WOMEN IN DUBAI
Just got back from a 2-day jaunt to neighboring Dubai to attend the annual Index Design Fair. It’s been two ...   more »
View Article  A FIRE IN THE SKY


I came out of the office earlier than usual at 6:05PM. There was hardly any car on the road since ...   more »

View Article  THE COLOSSI IN ABU SIMBEL
There is no better example of the phenomenon called “mass tourism” than the trip to Abu Simbel (“Father of the ...   more »
View Article  FIRST DAY GAME DRIVE

We left for the first afternoon game drive at 3:00PM in an open Landrover. With ...   more »

View Article  THE LATE, LONG HAUL BACK HOME

My itinerary read like an alphabet soup: SFO-CHI-TYS-DTW-AMS-KWI. In plain language, it meant that I was flying from San Francisco...   more »

View Article  ME AND MY MAZDA6

Is there such a thing as an accident-prone car?    more »

View Article  LED ZEPPELIN REUNION

While editing tons of pictures on the computer last night, I caught the CNN midnight news which made my ears ...   more »

View Article  BIKE THE BRIDGE
I was sitting on a bench in front of Pier 39, contentedly munching on a large cone of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream....   more »
View Article  GWALAGWALA

Leaving our stopover bungalow at Hamilton Park Country lodge where we only stayed for one night, we drove to the ...   more »

View Article  GOING ON SAFARI
Going on a safari had always been one of my fondest dreams so when the question arose as to where ...   more »
View Article  RECEPTION

After the church ceremony, the Reception that was to follow at the Crowne Plaza Hotel was planned for 7:30PM. I ...   more »

View Article  CELEBRATING 25 YEARS TOGETHER
I just got married. Again. To the same woman! 

Sometime late last year, my wife had been dropping hints ...   more »

View Article  SECOND DAY AT AN INDIAN WEDDING

Next day was the Ring Ceremony at noontime. But since we didn’t have much to do the rest of the ...   more »

View Article  FIRST DAY AT AN INDIAN WEDDING

We found ourselves in familiar territory once more when Gladys and I came out of Indira Gandhi International Airport in ...   more »