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The Maharaja of Sydney | Udaipur, India. By Benjamin Gilmour
28/02/2013 10:11
Traveling offers adventures, misadventures, stories, and freedom to escape oneself and be part of another culture. Enjoy this tale of how Benjamin becomes a Maharaja in India. For two decades I’ve dreamt about an Indian palace on a peaceful lake in the desert of Rajasthan. It’s a hotel now, but...
Mysore
28/02/2013 08:32
Mysore is the second-largest city in the state of Karnataka, India. Located at the base of the Chamundi Hills about 146 km (91 mi) southwest of the state capital Bangalore, it is spread across an area of 128.42 km2 (50 sq mi).
Until 1947, Mysore served as the capital of the Kingdom of Mysore. The...
Coorg
28/02/2013 08:20
If you’re looking for a lovely holiday or an adventure trip, Coorg is a place that can provide everything for you, regardless of what it is. Spend a quiet holiday in the peaceful resorts by the Cauvery River or in the Nagarhole Nature Reserve. If you fancy challenging activities like trekking or...
Vogue Travel – 10 Hotels to escape to
27/02/2013 22:07
1. VAAMIKA, KERALA
Disappear into the backwaters. Fly into Kochi and take a speedboat to Vaamika Island, where each of the five recently revamped traditional Kerala houses—one is more than 200 years old—offers its own unique charms, from an original woodcarved shrine in the High Noon Residence to a...
Hayman Island Qld, Australia
27/02/2013 18:33
Romance and a ''serious dose of decadence'' is what personal trainer Michelle Bridges looks forward to each time she holidays on Queensland's Hayman Island.
Write this down – 20.0500° S, 148.8833° E. When the world feels mad and you need to get to a saner place, take these co-ordinates to a...
Western Ghats
27/02/2013 15:54
Sixty or more million years ago, what we know today as peninsular India was a separate land-mass drifting northwest across the ocean towards central Asia. Current geological thinking has it that this mass must originally have broken off the African continent along a fault line that is today...
Taj Mahal & Fatehpur Sikri
27/02/2013 15:51
Described by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore as “a teardrop on the face of eternity”, the Taj Mahal is undoubtedly the zenith of Mughal architecture. Volumes have been written on its perfection, and its image adorns countless glossy brochures and guidebooks; nonetheless, the reality never fails to...
Chennai
27/02/2013 15:51
In the northeastern corner of Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal, CHENNAI (still commonly referred to by its former British name, Madras) is India’s fourth largest city, with a population nudging seven and a half million. Hot, congested and noisy, it’s the major transportation hub of the south and...
Pondicherry
27/02/2013 15:50
First impressions of PUDUCHERRY (Pondicherry, also often referred to simply as Pondy), the former capital of French India, can be unpromising. Instead of the leafy boulevards and pétanque pitches you might expect, its messy outer suburbs and bus stand are as cluttered and chaotic as any typical...
Varanasi
27/02/2013 15:49
The great Hindu city of VARANASI, also known as Banaras or Benares, stretches along the River Ganges, its waterfront dominated by long flights of stone ghats where thousands of pilgrims and residents come for their daily ritual ablutions. Known to the devout as Kashi, the Luminous – the City of...
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