See images from my most recent trip around the North East side of India here, with safaris for tigers and rhinos, and being amoung tens of millions of pilgrims in one crowded location… (Kumb Mela 2019), plus interesting stops along…
Tired of Tracking Tigers? Try Rambling for Rhinos in Kaziranga!
Perhaps a silly premise, who could ever possibly get tired of tigers? Ha ha, but it is worthwhile to note that India has more than just tigers in terms of exotic animals. While my winter safaris in India were most…
On The Tiger Trail – Part 3
This is Part 3 of “On The Tiger Trail” “How I Spent My Winter on Photo-Safaris in Northern India” “Pussycat, Pussycat, Where are You” To paraphrase part of the 1960’s song called What’s New Pussycat, the challenge of actually finding…
On The Tiger Trail – Part 2
This is Part 2 of “On The Tiger Trail – How I Spent My Winter on Photo-Safaris in Northern India” Where to Go India has the largest population of tigers (two thirds of the global total), and the most accessible…
On The Tiger Trail – Part 1
This is Part 1 of “On The Tiger Trail – How I Spent My Winter on Photo-Safaris in Northern India” It wasn’t my first time on a tiger safari, nor my first trip to India, but this time it was…
Stranger in a Strange Land – Witnessing A Pilgrimage for 130 Million People
It’s called “Kumbh Mela“, and it happens over the course of 2 1/2 months in one of the four different holy locations in India that periodically host this festival on a rotational basis. During that time, more than 130 million…
Bangladesh Images are Now Online
See the Bangladesh Image Gallery
Indonesia Photos are Online
The photo gallery from my recent trip to Indonesia (Island of Java, scuba diving Komodo National Park) is now online at http://thewanderinghoneybadger.com/indonesia-image-gallery/.
Angkor Wat Complex Image Gallery is Online
Images from a few days touring around the temples within the Angkor Wat Complex, near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Its a completely amazing place, built from the 8th to 12th centuries, and is in fact the largest religious complex in the…
Benevolent Paparazzi Photographer to the Monkhood?
The Wandering Honeybadger – Benevolent Paparazzi Photographer to the Monkhood? Maybe a new title for my resume? So I recently spent a number of days in Cambodia in Siem Reap in order to tour the Angkor Wat complex of temples. …
Same Same, But Different
Same Same But Different… A phrase you sometimes hear in Thailand, usually when someone is trying to sell you something close to what you asked for, but not exactly the same. After a few years away from the Land of…
Turkey Images are Online
Available at http://thewanderinghoneybadger.com/turkey-image/gallery
Turkish Delights and the Spices of Life
Out for a Saturday morning stroll in Selcuk, Turkey, I scoped out the local farmers market that was being held today for any possible photo ops… while these two presented themselves… … the real reason I was in Selcuk was…
My Turkish Fire Shave in Istanbul
Since I tend to travel two to three months at a time, the issue of getting a haircut in a foreign country comes up usually at least once on each trip. In this case, I had an inkling that I…
The Wandering Honeybadger’s Indian Mojito Recipe
I was in Santiago, Chile, in the middle of an extended tour of parts southern, and I was hankering for something a bit different that was available with the local “Peruvian” Cuisine.. yes I know what I said, I was…
Red Ants as a Salad Garnish?
I fell in love with real Thai cuisine very easily because of the fantastic flavours, and its sophistication in terms of combining flavours compared to western cuisine. Just so we are clear, I am talking about the Thai food that…
Recipe Stir Fry Basil, with Chicken (Kao Pad Grapow Gai, Kai Dow)
This dish is a classic Thai “breakfast”, and it’s absolutely delicious, but for Thai people, it’s the Basil that is the important part of the dish, the chicken is secondary… But Grapow is Thai Holy Basil (spicy) and it can…
Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Paying to Ride Elephants
Which do “you” think is the more natural environment to see an elephant? Decorated Elephant in Chains being used in Temple Ceremony, Varkala, Kerala, India Herd (extended family) of Elephants Grazing Freely, Minneriya National Park, Sri Lanka Do…
My Travel Snake Oil Remedies
One person’s Travel Medicine is another person’s “Snake Oil”, so I need to preface this posting with a disclaimer upfront, do NOT construe any of the following to be medical advice you should consider, let alone follow. Just treat this…
Into the Deep End of India – Reflections
If you are looking for the start of this series of posts about India, go to the beginning here. Otherwise, just continue on to the conclusion of this journey, described below.. and then work your way backwards in time going…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Twenty One, Last Stop – New Delhi
New Delhi is not really my favorite city (not by a long shot), but it does grow on you a bit after you spend some time there, and get used to getting around. My first experiences there were pretty awful,…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Twenty, Meandering in Mumbai
Mumbai (Bombay) is India’s most populated city at 18.5 million people. While I much prefer smaller cities in India compared to the huge ones, Mumbai is one of my favorite cities overall in India, and most certainly the one I…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Nineteen, Going Postal in Hyderabad
I was getting fat, luggage wise that is, particularly from all the spice packages I had purchased – my suitcase was almost bursting. As I have done in many other countries, my plan was to go down to the post…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Eighteen, Goa
For someone thinking about visiting India, but not quite sure if they can handle the culture shock, in my mind at least, Goa is the perfect destination. It resembles popular beach-centric holiday locations found elsewhere around the world, yet offers…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Seventeen, Hobnobbing with the High Class on the Way to Hampi
I actually had little or no choice in my method of getting to Hampi. There was only an overnight train. I actually wanted to do another train trip, in order to explore what first class would be like –…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Sixteen, Mysuru
Mysuru (also known as Mysore), is also called the City of Palaces, with the highlight being Amba Villas (AKA Mysore Palace). I found Mysuru town a bit frustrating photography wise, as there was not much to see that would allow…
Into the Deep End of India, Part fifteen, Lies Damn Lies in Bengalaru
The name Bengalaru means “City of Boiled Beans”, supposedly named by a Maharaja who was wandering through here and was offered that for dinner by one of the inhabitants. Bangalore as it is also called it is now the third…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Fourteen – Chennai, Malipuriram, Pondicherry
At last report I had been in Kolkatta, and after making way eastward across the top of India. It was now time to re-engage back down to the south, specifically the mid-section which I had aborted back in early December. …
Into the Deep End of India, Part Thirteen – Kolkata
My next stop was Kolkata (formerly called Calcutta). I had sat with an amazon sized Aussie gal on the plane from Lucknow, and we decided to share a cab into town to reduce the costs. I had found it interesting…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Twelve, My Veneration of Varanasi
I didn’t quite understand why all my Indian friends laughed like hell and smiled a lot when I said I was going to Varanasi, that is until I had actually spent some time. In, truth, its a bit over the…