Asia
Punakha Apr 2018
We left Thimphu early in the morning heading over the 3,050-meter mountain pass of Dochula towards Punakha. There are 108 memorial chortens here known as
May 8, 2018
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We left Thimphu early in the morning heading over the 3,050-meter mountain pass of Dochula towards Punakha. There are 108 memorial chortens here known as
The long awaited trip to Bhutan has finally happened. I have always wanted to visit this small Himalayan Buddhist nation coined the “Happiest Country on
The drive from Chengdu to Leshan Giant Buddha took about 2.5 hours. Leshan Giant Buddha is carved out of a cliff face during the Tang
Dujiangyan irrigation system 都江堰 was first constructed in 256 BC to control floods. It is still used today to irrigate the region. Instead of building a
Sanxingdui 三星堆 is the name of the archaeological site outside Chengdu of a previously unknown Bronze Age culture. The site is believed to be a major
Giant Panda Breeding Research Base is a must when visiting Chengdu. It is the closest panda base to the city. You will see many pandas
Chengdu is the capital of China’s Sichuan province and is one of the only major places that has maintained its name nearly unchanged and its
From Munnar, we continue our journey west to Cochin. It took us about 4 hours by car to arrive at the Taj Malabar Hotel where we
From Madurai, we drive about 4 hours to reach Munnar. Munnar is a hill station located at 1,600 meters in the Western Ghats range of
From Tiruchirappalli, we drove about two and half hours southwest to Madurai. Madurai is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu state in South India. It
From Chennai, we fly to Tiruchirappalli or Trichy, about 300 kilometers south of Chennai. Tiruchirappalli is one of the oldest inhabited cities in Tamil Nadu
Kanchipuram or Kanchi, also popularly known as the City of 1000 Temples, is a small town about an hour and half away from Chennai. It
Mamallapuram, also known as Mahabalipuram, was the major seaport of the ancient Pallava kingdom, located about an hour south of Chennai. It is famous for
Leaving the Ajanta and Ellora Caves, we flew to Chennai as we continued our journey in South India. Chennai is perfect as a base to
About an hour away from Aurangabad are the Ellora Caves which are made up of 34 monasteries and temples cut into the basalt cliff dating from
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