In the Land of A Thousand Splendid Stupas, A Little Patience Goes A Long Way The little Air Mandalay craft landed us safely on Bagan soil. From the air, we could already see the Stupas, spread across many many acres. Yet, I couldn’t feel the magic. Outside, we […]
An Armour Readied, But Never Put to Use The first sign was its airport. It was small but clean and modern. Almost a miniature of HKIA or Incheon. And I was there, armed with nerves of steel, ready to take on touts; ready to fend off endless haggling, […]
Because, It Was The Only Place We Could All Agree On We had some time to kill in Nov 12 and thought of going somewhere. Laos came to mind but flying there wouldn’t be cheap, plus it would require us to connect flights in BKK. The discussion dragged […]
Bangkok – Or ‘Wat You Want, You Get’ Bangkok has a lot of Wats (temples). In fact, Bangkok itself is a huge Wat. Because it has everything to suit all kinds of travellers. The gourmet, the shopper, the party-animal, the religious, the cultural-ist, the hedonist, the backpacker and […]
… a 130 year old institution goes up in a sea of flames The other night, I heard that (horrors!) Kanda Yabu Soba was ravaged and completely destroyed by a big fire. I was there last Feb and was looking forward to going back again this may, with the rest […]
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