Most of India swelters in July-August, but there’s no better time to make tracks for India’s ‘Little Tibet’. The Dalai Lama thought so, too.
Flying over Nun and Kun in the Hindu Kush, en route to Ladakh
The fabled land of Ladakh, a geographic and cultural outlier of Tibet, fits somewhat uneasily within the State of Jammu & Kashmir. [...]
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Chasing the Dalai Lama
Most of India swelters in July-August, but there’s no better time to make tracks for India’s ‘Little Tibet’. The Dalai Lama thought so, too.
Flying over Nun and Kun in the Hindu Kush, en route to Ladakh
The fabled land of Ladakh, a geographic and cultural outlier of Tibet, fits somewhat uneasily within the State of Jammu & Kashmir. [...]
A Canadian First Nations Sense of Pla...
A First Nations sense of place
It has often been said that Canadian literature, especially the novel, is distinguished by “a sense of place” which reflects in a very distinct way the historical and geographical realities of this nation.
In part, this is the result of Canada being a vast land of “regions” that are clearly demarcated by formid [...]
The Spatial Sense and Sensibility of ...
Architectural travel and playfulness
At The Westin Resort & Spa in Cancun, you are never entirely sure whether you are inside or outside; and this is the fundamental enigma and challenge that award-winning Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta has not only conceptualized but internalized in this very human-friendly space.
It is a place in [...]
One Day On Earth Project – the ...
Volunteer videographers around the world shot footage Friday 1/11/11 for the second “One Day On Earth” documentary, which aims to capture the world in moving pictures.
One Day On Earth is an entirely crowdsourced project. Anyone, anywhere in the world can join. Its website, at the center of the operation, has many social layers — members can [...]
New Seven Wonders of the World Announ...
The Amazon rainforest, Vietnam’s Halong Bay and Argentina’s Iguazu Falls are among the new seven wonders of nature, according to organisers of a global poll.
The other four crowned the world’s natural wonders are South Korea’s Jeju Island, Indonesia’s Komodo, the Philippines’ Puerto Princesa Underground Riv [...]
Travel blogging seminar
Advice on Travel Blogging from Caz and Craig Makepeace
Some excellent advice on travel blogging was delivered by Caz and Craig Makepeace yesterday, at the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Society of Travel Writers, held in Rotorua (New Zealand). Catch their web/blogsite at http://www.ytravelblog.com/, and also check out their Twitter [...]
