
It was not surprising that the Killing Fields in Phnom Penh didn’t attract eager visitors - Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre (famous as Killing Fields), a grim tourist attraction, is a lesson in Cambodia's turbulent history.

A small town 9 km away from Goreme, Avanos is essentially a pottery town picturesque, cobbled and easy to negotiate, on the banks of Red River (Kızılırmak), Turkey's longest river

Kudremukh, anyway you look at it is mesmerizing. High in the verdant Western Ghats in Karnataka surrounded by thick forests and pleasant nature walks that singular cycling trip continues to haunt me.

A waterbuck snaps to action as the vehicle approaches; buffaloes roll in slushy ponds as egrets pick ticks off their backs. The King suddenly appears, blocking all this at the murchison falls national park...

Borobudur Temple Indonesia is the largest and one of the oldest temple complexes in the world - older than Angkor Wat in Siem Reap

Like any other touristy place, Egypt too, lives up to its reputation. It has all the trappings of a "typically" tourist place, complete with touts, 'hasslers,' self-appointed guides, middlemen, 'working' tourists and well, thousands of tourists

I inevitably begin Cambodia with a hmmmm, like a prelude to a long and interesting story. Then I plunge straight into the story with - "Killing Fields."
My eyes are on Siraji. He belongs here, to this town, this bar. He belongs in Africa with his friend Festo. I will never belong here.

The 1957 Oscar for David Lean’s The Bridge on River Kwai, catapulted the hitherto unknown remnant of WW II into limelight. Since then The Bridge has become the soul of Kanchanaburi in Thailand’s western region.