I last reported on Goa, from where we drove over the Western Ghats to Badami, Pattadakal and Aihole, where for two days we visited the archaeological remains of the great Hindu Chalukyan Empire which controlled much of south-central India from the 6th through the 8th centuries. Badami served as the capital from 543-757 AD. Four … Click to View Photos & Read More →
I reported last from Kanha National Park where our first 2 safaris saw us pretty much riding through rain in an open jeep. After two nights and 1 day of heavy rain, our final day turned out beautiful, but the Park cancelled the morning safaris because of downed trees and mud; so we really were … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. From Nepal I flew the 17th of February to Calcutta, where I stayed just two nights before flying on to Guwahati, Assam in the far northeast of India. My free day in Calcutta I spent about 4 hours in the very old Indian Museum, which dates from the 1850s. It is the oldest … Click to View Photos & Read More →
From Delhi I flew to Kathmandu 9 days ago; I again had a little trouble clearing security – my daypack is filled with camera and hiking items, most of which have metal. The Indian security, much tighter than in the USA, requires every item with any metal to be removed and put in separate containers … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Since my last posting, I have visited the more famous tourist spots of Jaipur, in Rajasthan, as well as the small National Park of Sariska, and the first of the great Indian National Parks and Tiger Reserves, Corbett, in the Himalayan foothills. First Jaipur: I traveled to the “Pink City” where I spent just a … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. Again I have been many days without internet access, so am forced to file travelogues less often; more pictures per report for those who may look at the site just to glance at the pics. I visited a number of sites in Agra, mostly Mughal tombs, but just one so overwhelms all others … Click to View Photos & Read More →
On Jan. 6 my flight left Tucson, arriving in Delhi Jan. 8 at 1:30 am. Without much thought, I had booked my first 4 nights hotel for the 8th through the 12th, missing the fact I was arriving at the hotel in the wee hours of the morning on what for the hotel was the … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. After a month on the road around 4-corners, I have returned home to a hot and stormy Tucson – on Thursday afternoon, in less than 30 minutes, we had a huge rainfall just over the few blocks around my house. An official local rainfall meter just blocks away showed over 3/4 of an … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello everyone. Since last I wrote from the Petrified Forest and Homolovi, I have re-visited 3 areas in northern Arizona and one in southern Utah, all unified both by their stunning monumental bluffs and canyons and by their having served, around a millennia ago, as homelands to the Ancestral Puebloans (“Anasazi”). All are within or … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last posted a travelogue while traveling in Cambodia and Thailand last winter. I spent several months over Spring in Tucson taking care of house issues, and then exploring some medical issues. I became bored and decided to pack up the little Scamp RV and head north towards the 4-corners. I have been … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last wrote from Pak Chong on Feb. 27, where I was employing private guides to visit the Khao Yai National Park, photographing birds and wildlife. I spent several more days in Pak Chong, and my final day in the park proved very successful; I was able to get a number of new … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last wrote from Chiang Mai where I had fun doing local birding with my high school classmate from India, David Bosch. David and his wife Leslie threw a dinner party for friends, inviting me, at a fine Italian restaurant their last day before they moved back to Oman. It was great fun; … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I wrote a week and a half ago reporting on my initial visits to the great temples of Angkor. I spent another 3 full days visiting additional temples, and revisiting Ta Prohm and Angkor Wat. I will not further review the Angkor history, which I briefly discussed in the last report, but I … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last wrote a week ago upon reaching Siem Reap, which lies in the central western part of Cambodia. Siem Reap is just a few kilometers south of the ancient capital of what became known as Angkor, and the seat of power during the Angkorian Empire (800-1200AD) and the subsequent fragmentation and decline … Click to View Photos & Read More →
Hello all. I last reported from Can Tho, Vietnam, but had not yet visited the great Floating Market. Cai Rang, on a channel of the Mekong River, boasts the largest floating market in the Mekong Delta. I had hired a boatman and large boat for the 40 minute trip upriver, and left Can Tho before … Click to View Photos & Read More →