Having just completed my tiger safari in Ranthambore, I was looking forward for something a bit different at my next stop, Lucknow, because it has quite a reputation as being a “foody” destination. The Nawabs of olden days had enjoyed…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Ten, Tiger Safari at Ranthambore National Park
With apologies to William Blake’s The Tiger e.g. “Tiger Tiger Burning Bright, In the Forests of the Night..”, my version is: “Tiger, Shmiger hiding right, in Ranthambore only to be seen at night, I paid a fortune for this sight,…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Nine, Udaipur and Kumbhalgarh
My next major objective was a Tiger Safari that had been pre-booked with fixed dates, for Ranthambhore National park.. but that was still a few days away, and I needed to get closer, so my next stop was to be…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Eight, The Rann of Kutch
I had signed up for another photo tour with my pals from Indian Photo Tours, this time the trip was to the Rann of Kutch (in the State of Gujarat) which consists of a white desert of salt flats and…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Seven, Mount Abu
I was coming from Jodhpur, and was on my way to Ahmedabad for another excursion on a set date. The distance between those two points was only about 300 miles, or about 6 hours on the road by bus,…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Six, Rajasthan
Rajasthan State and the Bus Ride from Hell My next step was to venture into Rajasthan State in order to see some of the desert, and the historic forts and palaces that had been used to hold and control the…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Five, Amritsar – A Truly Holy City
Santa Claus is Coming to Town One of the more amusing sights on my bus trip from Dharamshala to Amritsar was the Santa Claus Parade that I came across in one of the small towns that the local bus transited…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Four, Delhi and on to Buddhist Dharamshala
Dabbling in Delhi Returning from the excursion to Agra and nearby areas, back to New Delhi, I did have a couple of days to start to explore the Capital. I was staying in the Pahar Ganj or Main Bazaar area…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Three – Abort on the South, Back to Delhi
My initial plan for touring the south by gradually moving northward, came to an abrupt halt when the city of Chenni experienced extremely heavy flooding. I had planned to cross over from the southern west coast to the east coast…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Two – South, Kerala Province
After a two week side trip to Sri Lanka, that also included a few days of R&R in the Maldives (mostly scuba diving), I was back into India for more adventures, but this time I was entering in the far…
Into the Deep End of India – Part One, A Rough Crowd at Pushkar
Pushkar What was supposed to be a CALM three day visit to New Delhi, i.e. take it easy, get my bearings, figure out the main systems in place for India, get sorted out with an Indian SIM card for voice…
Into the Deep End of India – Introduction
Having toured around South East Asia fairly extensively over the last decade (Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Bali in Indonesia), I was looking to explore a bit farther afield, and India was looming in my sights as both…
Images from Sri Lanka
Please follow this link to portfolio page of images from Sri Lanka, taken over the course of a 12 day visit.
Thailand Survival & Travel Tips
Ahhh Thailand, that wonderfully exotic location full of mystery, adventure, and good times… Here is what you really need to know about going to Thailand.. Caveat, these my own opinions – based on 13 years of visiting Thailand over eighteen…
Go Ahead, Bite Me or at Least Try To!
I am most certainly have never hoped or planned to “go out” in a glory of false bravado with wildlife, but I think perhaps I have had more than my fair share of interactions with them. I consider myself lucky…
Images from Myanmar
A link to a portfolio page of images from Myanmar, taken only with my mobile phone, but they inspired me enough to get back into serious photography after a 30 year lapse.
Our Thai Food Creations
I did the photography for all these shots, and jointly did the styling with the other two chefs, Chef S. Prongthong, and Chef P. Thinnakorn, and I actually prepared a number of the dishes below as well.
The Luckiest Guy In Thailand
One Saturday at least, I think that “I” was the luckiest guy in the Land of Smiles (LOS) aka known as “Thailand”. I was driving out in one of the provinces near Bangkok that day with my Thai friend Y.…