Peacocks, Fenugreek and Blue Pottery
Peacocks, Fenugreek and Blue Pottery. In exotic Jaipur, I am having breakfast after a short but wondrous visit and am feeling adventurous. After all, we have surveyed the city from 2000+ feet above it in a sunrise hot air balloon ride, entered the courtyard of the magnificent Amber Palace dating from 1592 on top of…
Suzhou: paradise on earth?
Suzhou China, paradise on earth? Read our previous posting at “French Concession Shanghai” Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant who visited China around 1275 AD, wrote that if there is paradise on earth, it is in Suzhou and Hangzhou. I know Hangzhou well from my previous trips to China, and today we will be going to…
Dulles Airport to Marrakech via Paris France!
We have just flown out of Dulles Airport in Washington DC, and are on our way to Marrakech, Morocco where the daughter of a close Parisian friend is getting married on Saturday October 1st to an attorney, who also hails from Paris France. It just happens that the groom’s French family owns an estate in…
Brunei, the fifth richest country in the world!
Brunei. Read our previous country posting: “Brazil, land of the Samba, the beaches, the Amazon!” COUNTRY ROLL No 26 : Brunei, the fifth richest country in the world, but be aware that shariah and martial laws rule ! Photo BorneoTropicalAdventures.com Read our related posting: “Best of Brunei food: Ambuyat!” Read our next country posting:…
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