Posted in DesiPundit, Heritage notes, tagged "Meenakshi temple", heritage, Madurai, Tamilnadu on January 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
My favourite spot inside the Meenakshi temple is not the long corridors where people sit for hours, staring at the lotus pond or the imposing towers. Nor under the stunning paintings of the god and goddess, a million stories including the divine wedding, on the walls of the corridors.
It is not in the narrow lanes [...]
Posted in This and that on January 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I can now ‘cross’ Cambodia and Turkey off my wish-list – for now, having made my first visit to both countries in 2008. Siem Reap with its magnificent Angkor Wat and the Bayon and Ta Phrom and Istanbul in the cloak of early winter were both enchanting and I am thankful that I was able [...]
Posted in DesiPundit, This and that on January 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Another year. Another wish-list. And a time to take stock…
2008 was a good year in terms of travel. I managed to combine my much-recommended short breaks with longer holidays in countries I have been dreaming of but never thought I’d visit so soon. 2007 had ended with a maniacal road trip across thousands of kilometers, [...]
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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