Burma and Madras have traditionally been linked by the British rule, people and customs. They still are... Burma- A mix of the old and the new This is a picture that I had clicked of a monk in one of the temples that I visited in Burma (current Myanmar). He was delivering a sermon under a makeshift...
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...
I have been a full marathoner for the last 5 years and I picked up running in my forties. However, I realized that while I enjoyed participating in the marathon events at various cities; I also liked the early morning practice sessions at various cities. Soaking up the scenic beauty, the changing landscape and looking...
I keep hearing this question - should Laos be an item in my bucket list ? Well, the simple answer is why not. But for those looking for reasons, I can list a few. The list is endless but I am sharing a few from my travelogue. I happened to be in Laos during summer,...
There were quite a few highlights of my 2 weeks of traipsing around Indonesia. I did some of the must-dos, didn’t do some of the must-dos, did some of the needn’t dos, panicked at some of the mustn’t-dos, walked lots, made lots of friends, consumed lots of beer… a trip like many of my others...
I was very fascinated by this country called Laos since I had heard quite a bit about it. I had not met too many folks who had travelled there, though had read a lot of dope on the internet. This was a country that had been closed to outsiders till a couple of decades...
Angkor Wat, Cambodia is the largest temple complex of the world. The city where the temple was built, Angkor (meaning city in Khmer), is located in Siem Reap, and was once the capital of the Khmer Empire. This city contains hundreds of temples. It is said that in its prime, Angkor had a population of...
Our travel to Cambodia is always for and about Angkor Wat . And why not? Angkor Wat is the largest temple complex in the world. This UNESCO site features in the bucket list for a lot of people. However, limiting this country just to Angkor would be huge injustice. Along with the ancient history experience...
The story of Samudra Manthan (churning of the ocean) originates from Indian mythology and is described in the books like Bhagvata Purana, Vishnu Purana and Mahabharata . All these books are considered as directional in Hinduism. The books describe how the Devas (gods) and the Asuras (demons) churned the ocean under the aegis of Vishnu,...
Angkor Archaeological Park is 20 minutes away from the Siem Reap city centre , and it is spread across an area of approximately some 400 square kilometres, including forested area. It contains the magnificent remains of several capitals of the Khmer Empire of the 9th to the 15th centuries, including the largest pre-industrial city in...
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