[Note: This is an older post written on 18 Feb in Jaipur]
On Station Road (below) the busiest restaurants serve the Rajasthani specialty, Dal Batte Churma.
The Dal portion of dal batte churma is of course the...
This hardly seems like the time to worry about cholera in Zimbabwe. Or the rapidly deteriorating availability of medical care for the dying and women unfortunate enough to be pregnant. Heaven knows we've got our...
This volcano is located in Chile, on the border with Argentina in Patagonia (see the map below with volcano, not to scale and enhanced for dramatic effect). The volcano erupted last May and although there...
Last night I was walking home from work and decided I wanted to take a detour down to Parque Calderon, where I'd heard there were a lot of Carnaval festivities going on. Sure enough,...
Before sunrise in Jaisalmer a roadside vendor makes chai.
Later, a delivery of milk. Across rural India milk comes fresh every morning and is always boiled before serving.
Jaisalmer is 600 kilometers west of Jaipur and less...
Travel writer Jason H. Harper from Concierge.com loved the scenery, the amenities and the choice of activities at the Hotel Correntoso in Villa La Angostura, Patagonia. Fly fishing, full spa treatments or taking a scenic...
This temple near Bikaner, Rajasthan is literally crawling with rats.
I asked this man why he faced the rats instead of the goddess on the shrine, and he said simply to be closer to the holy...
The best way for visitors to get around the city is by taxi. They are inexpensive, ubiquitous, available at all hours and will get you to your destination quickly. The taxis are unmistakable in their...
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