The Freaks of Freak Street in Kathmandu
In the center of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, lies the city’s main square, Durbar Square. The King’s Palace is here, now a museum since Nepal became a democracy in 2006. Dozens of pagodas and shikaras are scattered around the palace area, each one with its own centuries-old story to tell. Our guide pointed…
The autonomous polity of Mount Athos!
Mount Athos. In 1960, Greek shipping magnate Yannis Carras, aboard his three-mast 58-meter schooner yacht Carita (later renamed Argonaftis), decided to cruise north to the Mount Athos peninsula of the Halkidiki region of Greece to celebrate the 1,000 year anniversary of the establishment of monasteries around Mount Athos, I am instinctively intrigued by any…
A Royal Welcome at the Taj Nadesar Palace !
Nadesar Palace. The Taj Nadesar Palace Hotel is a property owned by the maharajah of Varanasi and managed by Taj Hotels. There are only ten suites in this luxurious hotel. Ours happens to be the Queen Elizabeth Suite, so named because that is where Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip stayed on February 25th and…
Vamoose : between New York and Washington, take the bus
Vamoose : between New York and Washington, take the bus! The distance between New York City and Washington DC is a mere 200 miles or so, but the area is one of the most densely populated in the United States and if you want to minimize travel time, cost or stress, you may want to…
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