Posted in Cambodia notes, Published, tagged Cambodia, Chong Khneas, floating village, HT Cafe, in print, Published, Siem Reap, Tonle Sap, travel story, travelog on September 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My article on life on the floating village near Siem Reap, on the Tonle Sap lake… appeared in HT Cafe today…
Read the article online here… or here now…
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Our very first evening in Siem Reap, we venture tentatively in a noisy boat into the Tonle Sap lake. We are there for a ‘sunset tour’ of the [...]
Posted in Heritage notes, tagged Amritsar, golden temple, Harmandir Sahib, Punjab on September 11, 2008 | 12 Comments »
A few memories from a visit to Amritsar almost a year ago. I usually like to write a lot even in photoessays in this blog, but this time I am going to cheat and just put in images (blame it on bad health)…
The temple at Amritsar must be the most peaceful place of worship [...]
Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey - Pat Conroy
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing"
- Daniel J. Boorstin
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware
- Martin Buber
A good holiday is one that is spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours
- J. B. Priestley
For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort
- Aldous Huxley
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