Crete and the Minotaur - Beauty & the Beast, Legends & History - A Beyonder look Crete! The name sounds nice and exotic… And it is… 150 miles long and 30 miles wide, this isolated land mass floats in between the Libyan and Aegean Seas with 15 mountain ranges guarding it. Metaphorically speaking, this is a land...
The Pythagorean Cup is a unique Greek wine cup, designed by the famous Pythagoras, that cheers and controls greed at the same time - Beyonder Ideal for followers of Lord Bacchus... A wine cup that drains out its contents on the lap of the greedy drinker who fills it beyond a certain level... Designed by Pythagoras... You...
The Beatles and Abbey Road - Legend, lore and history The Beatles' iconic album Abbey Road has a song called Golden Slumbers. It goes: Golden slumbers fill your eyes Smiles await you when you rise Have you heard it yet? If you haven’t, here’s the link – hear it, you will love it. Golden Slumbers . And if...
Napalm Girl, the Vietnam war and the little-known story of her life after the War. Vietnam, officially known as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the innermost country on the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula. Vietnam is a very green and beautiful country but was subject to many wars and brutality. These wars also took a great...
On the third day of my stay in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, I was walking down the embankment of the Fontanka river late at night after a heavy meal and a few too many glasses of vodka. The chilly October weather only excited me more to stay out late. Ah! The city did...
You know if a road is a different kind of long drive if James Bond zooms past on it. Gear up for some romance between the sea and the road! We are talking about the Atlantic Road, which is a part of Norwegian national road 64. Not just a road connecting islands, it is about the...
I am reminded of a game I have played as a kid, a game with colours. Tipi Tipi Tap, what colour you want? The person says, I want red and everyone would run helter-skelter to find that colour, in the garden, in their clothes, the wall paint or anything that came close to that colour. As...
As Indians, all of us have our share of stories when it comes to train journeys. Call it the DDLJ effect or the Mere Sapno Ki Rani memories, trains have always held a magical place in our hearts. The mountain trains like the Himalayan Queen of Shimla or the Toy train of Darjeeling or Ooty...
Medjugorje is a small town located in the Herzegovina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first thought that comes to anyone’s mind when they think of Medjugorje is of all the miracles tied to this place. I, for one, was very curious to visit this place and know what all the fuss was about. The...