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Travel: Bath, England

The cursing stones The ancient curse tablets of Bath continue to cast a potent spell on the modern tourist. It’s a day of weak sunshine in September and I’m at the Roman Baths in Bath. I am hypnotised. The water is a celadon green, the steam that rises from the hot springs, a wispy, ethereal white….

Travel: Nilgiris Nostalgia

Return of the native SHEILA KUMAR sings a paean to the enduring beauty of the Nilgiris, which was once her home This article should in all fairness, carry a disclaimer. I’m no wide-eyed tourist or first-time visitor to the Blue Mountains. I used to live there, some years ago, and in a life marked…

Travel: Singapore Spas

JETWINGS INTERNATIONAL Pure Hedonism Kick off those shopping shoes and slip into something more comfortable as we take you spa-hopping through the island city of Singapore, home to some of the best spas in the world. For a country that is forever re-defining its tourist attractions, Singapore does one great job. It’s been…

Travel: Bali, Indonesia

POSTCARD FROM ULUWATU Another day in paradise A villa by the sea in Bali affords one an entirely new perspective on the island. You’d think a small island, an oasis surrounded by the deep blue waters of the Indian Ocean, an island that was discovered by the adventurer/lotus-eater/surfer tourist way back in 1930, has…

Travel: Singapore`s Orchard Road

POSTCARD FROM SINGAPORE Shop till you drop A ready reckoner for shopping in Orchard Road IT is a lovely long street, dotted with leafy trees, wooden seats at strategic intervals, street stalls selling sumptuous finger food. Once the site of nutmeg and pepper plantations, now Orchard Road is dominated by the many mega malls,…

Travel: Finding Farhan`s fort in Goa

Finding Farhan’s fort A journey across Goa looking for a fort THE sun is beating down relentlessly on us, a quartet of friends who go back a long way. We are rendezvousing in Goa, it’s a reunion of sorts, and at my behest, we are seeking one particular fort. You know, the one where the…

Travel: Just One Place….

JETWINGS INTERNATIONAL Just One Place If time constraints forced you to choose just one city in…

Travel: Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand

Silence of the wildflowers Dhanaulti in the Tehri Garwhal hills is a walker’s paradise This is what my cousin Mallika had to say about Dhanaulti. “I went for a walk. Kept walking towards the horizon. And then, all of sudden, I was at the edge of what seemed an abyss. A deep valley opened…

Travel: Stresa, Italy

Sojourn in Stresa Discover a delightful resort town by the splendid Lake Maggiore. Every corner I turn affords me yet another glimpse of the lovely lake, brisk moisture-laden winds playing on its surface. I AM looking at a landscape in blue. In fact, I am in a landscape of blue, the blue used by Tiepolo…

Travel: Down the Chao Phraya river in Thailand

Online edition of India’s National Newspaper Saturday, Aug 05, 2006 Metro Plus Mangalore Cruising alongside a culture Gliding down the Chao Phraya provides an exotic view of of the many facets of Thai life The river, erstwhile Siam’s bloodline, is unrecognisable by night. In the uncompromising light of day, the water runs a muddy…