World’s best cruises : South East Asia Cruise
An increasingly popular cruise among ocean cruise lovers is the two-week South East Asia cruise, which typically starts or ends in Singapore or Hong Kong, and includes stops in Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City and Halong Bay (Hanoi) as well as a number of other ports of call along the South East Asia coastline. The…
BEST of Bulgaria food : Monastery Gyuvetch !
Gyuvetch : best of Bulgaria food! Read our previous posting: “Best of Brunei food: Ambuyat!” Monastery Gyuvetch, an oven baked meat and vegetable stew, is a dish from Bulgaria with a very special history. It originated centuries ago in the kitchens of the Rila Monastery, the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria….
St. Michaels on Chesapeake Bay, the town that fooled the British!
St. Michaels on Chesapeake Bay. Now a tourist destination on the shores of the Cheasapeake Bay, the historic town of St. Michaels traces its roots all the way back to the mid-1600s when it was a trading post for tobacco farmers and trappers. In 1677, the parish of St Michael was established and the town…
Mumbai, the Vibrant Heart of Today’s India
The heavily visited cities of the Golden Triangle – Delhi, Jaipur, Agra – highlight the glories of India’s past with their forts, mausoleums and other centuries-old monuments. However, for a real sense of today’s India, head to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India. This metropolitan area of about 21 million…