#Travel
My week in Umbria, Part 1
Varanasi (aka Benares, aka Kashi)
Varanasi or Benares, as the British called it, is known for a lot of things. It’s one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, the oldest, certainly, in India. It is the holiest of seven holy cities for Hindus, known as Kashi in olden times. The might Ganges, flows through here and yes, thousands …
Going to Goa
I’d never been to Goa until last week. My cousin Rahul and his wife Shraya moved to Goa several years ago but I hadn’t had a chance to visit them on my rapid-fire trips to India before. The western state in India is a haven for tourists who flock to its beaches and revel in …
Beam me up, Scotty
Water, water, everywhere: Gaining perspective on New Year's Day
The boat docked at Uros Island. Jose came to meet us with a smile on his face and a totora reed in his left hand. Totora are the living reeds that float around Lake Titicaca, a massive body of water between Peru and Bolivia that is almost 13,000 feet in elevation. It’s known as the …
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Hamlet's Elsinore
Our first view was just five minutes after we got off the train from Copenhagen. There it was, in all its magnificent glory, though less ominous than I had imagined it perhaps because of this glorious day. There was hardly a cloud in the sky; the brisk breeze whipped my hair about my face as …
