Posts from the ‘Asia’ category

India in Pictures – Goa, Mangalore, Cochin

Goa, located in West India in the region known as the Konkan, belonged to Portugal for 450 years until it was annxed by India in 1961,…

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India in Pictures – Elephanta island

Elephanta, an island lying seven miles southeast of Mumbia, is one of many Indian temples carved into caves with some of the most amazing collections of…

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India in Pictures – Mumbai

Gateway of India   Built to commemorate the visit of the British Monarchs, King George V and Queen Mary, to India in 1911, it is both the…

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Muscat, Oman’s City in White

As soon as you drive out of the port area into Muscat, you begin to realize that almost all the buildings you are seeing are white.…

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Fujairah, Something of a Surprise

From the sea, Fujairah appears to be a narrow strip of flat land with tall, starkly barren mountains rising immediately behind the coast.  But hidden in…

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Dubai, Capitalism in Overdrive

From the moment you step foot in Dubai, you need to keep reminding yourself that it’s real.  Most of what you see – ten lane highways,…

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Cruising the Canadian Arctic – A Learning Experience

“Be sure to take shorts and a bathing suit” my friend who had already sailed on the Arctic Expedition, I was about to take, told me.…

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Yangtze River Cruise

A cruise on the Yangtze River in China is nothing like a voyage on an ocean going cruise ship and has little in common with a…

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