This was my fifth visit to Sri Lanka. On all my earlier visits, I had been wowed by the sea, the mountains, the food and the people- not necessarily in that order. So when I was to travel to the island for a couple of weeks, I wasn’t exactly jumping in excitement. But the next...
For people staying in the Floating villages on the Tonle Sap river, the entire livelihood and life revolves around the fish. Catching fish is simple – The water level drops and the Tonlé Sap river carries away thousands of fish. The fishermen simply keep dipping in and lifting away cone-shaped nets into the water… from...
If you want to lay a road, build a house, or construct a dam in Iceland, there’s one influential group you have to clear it with first – Elves, the ‘hidden people’, the Huldufolk. Legend has it that they are similar to humans, and wear 17th century clothing, tend to livestock, pick berries, and even go...
