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View Article  TRANSPORT FROM CDG AIRPORT TO DOWNTOWN PARIS

There are several ways of getting from Charles de Gaulle Airport to downtown Paris. The cheapest is the RER ...   more »

View Article  THE WAY OF THE CROSS AT LOURDES, FRANCE

One of the most moving things to do in Lourdes is to go through the “Way of the Cross”. It ...   more »

View Article  PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES

The Pyrenees mountains form a dramatic backdrop in Lourdes

It was a bit cold when we arrived in Lourdes early ...   more »

View Article  A VISIT TO THE EDEN PROJECT (Day 2)
The following morning, although the sky was still quite overcast, rays of sunlight peeking through the clouds bathed Bodmin Moor ...   more »
View Article  A VISIT TO THE EDEN PROJECT (Day 1)

Immediately after the BA flight landed in Heathrow in the early hours of the morning of late September 2003, we headed for the Avis lot beside the runway...    more »

View Article  STRANGE TRAIN RIDE TO LOURDES
We boarded the train to Lourdes, France in Barcelona at 7:20PM with only 10 minutes to spare after wasting ...   more »
View Article  THE LONG DRIVE TO SANTIAGO

It’s quite surprising that there are no direct train connections between two of the major cities in Northern Spain: Bilbao...   more »

View Article  ITINERARY FOR AN IBERIAN TOUR

When I took the family on a 40-day European jaunt back in 2000, Spain and Portugal were in our original ...   more »

View Article  CRUISING THE CARIBBEAN (Part 2)
The itinerary for the trip was Day 1 at sea, Day 2 in Cococay Island, Day 3 & 4 in Nassau and day 5 back to Cape Canaveral...   more »
View Article  CRUISING THE CARIBBEAN (Part 1)
As our rented Ford Explorer crested the tall bridge across the Banana River in Cape Canaveral...   more »
View Article  FOUR DAYS IN THE LAND OF THE VIKINGS (Part 2)
DAY 3 Ah! Today promised to be a beautiful day with an azure blue Nordic sky and the sun, finally, came out of hiding. It had been a depressing grey....    more »
View Article  FOUR DAYS IN THE LAND OF THE VIKINGS (Part 1)

One morning in March last year, my boss asked me if my Schengen visa was still valid. When I answered ...   more »

View Article  CHARANJEET SINGH AND HIS AMBASSADOR TAXI
A couple of days before leaving for India, I browsed the Net to check out any info about getting around Delhi where we were going to stay for three days. Normally, before going .......   more »
View Article  RIDING THE SHATABDI EXPRESS TO AGRA
Scratch the forehead of any tourist headed for Agra and you will find only two words tattooed on it: Taj Mahal. And so it was that we found ourselves headed in that direction to pay homage to the most extravagant monument built in the name of love.    more »
View Article  DROWSY IN DELHI
As the GulfAir 767 made its final approach in the early morning mist to land at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi....   more »
View Article  THE THREE GREAT MUGHAL EMPEROR-BUILDERS

In order for you to better appreciate the characters mentioned in the Agra photo album, here’s some history for you ...   more »