Bonding in a Belarusian Banya
Bonded by the burnishing from Belarusian blokes with bushels of birch. View Post Belavia: Flight Review – B2 852
Flying on the flag carrier of an emerging former Soviet nation is to climb aboard the aspirations and the reality of that country. View Post Hooded Penitents of Santanyí
You could have thought it Halloween not Easter, as the hooded procession walked the cobbled backstreets in silence. View Post Backpacking the Maldives
It’s a popular misconception that the Maldives can’t be experienced and enjoyed on a budget – it certainly can. Local water taxis to … View Post Houseboats of Kerala
One of Kerala’s most popular delights is to navigate its charming, narrow back water channels. Bisecting paddy fields and lined with palm tress, … View Post Kerala – Choosing Your Houseboat
Houseboats are to Kerala what gondolas are to Venice. Choosing which houseboat to travel on though, can be a tricky business... View Post Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala
Fresh paw-prints in the mud, the size of my own footprints, and deep claw marks into the tree bark, told us we were in … View Post Neelakurinji, Kerala
Neelakurinji flowers bloom but once every 12 years in the high hills above Munnar in Kerala. 2018 is one such year... View Post