Around Assam
Early morning in Assam, India. The fog is lifting over the green fields of tea. The caw of various birds is loud as the sun rises red through the slightly… Read more »
Author Archives: Varya
Arunachal Adventure
This is a very different place from Delhi, Bill and I are traveling in our comfortable car through the very rural landscape of Arunachal Pradesh which we crossed into… Read more »
Into Delhi Once More
Delhi, India, always has surprises in store for the visitor. On this trip, whose central focus for me was a legal conference I was attending in Aerocity, allowed me to… Read more »
India Embraces
I am beginning a 5 week trip to the country I have spent more time in and explored more parts of than any other, India. I will be one week… Read more »
The Highlands of Lake Titicaca
It is Sunday morning and the Belmond Andean Explorer Train awaits!! But first getting there — I had understood we were to be there by 8 am and it… Read more »
Arequipa and Onward
I am at the moment on one of my favorite travel experiences: a train traveling through a new landscape. This is the Belmond Andean Explorer in Peru from Araquipa to… Read more »
Cusco Past and Present
The last days of our tour found us in Cuzco, once the capital of Incan Peru and still proud of its heritage. The history, in a nutshell, is that at… Read more »
Machu Pichu Magic
Two Days in the Andes Almost everyone in the U.S. has heard of Machu Pichu, the great remains in the Peruvian Andes of the Incan civilization. And now all the… Read more »
A Visit to Peru
Entering the Sacred Valley We are collapsed on our beds after climbing countless steps up and down this morning in the world-reknown Machu Pichu sanctuary. I am travelling with… Read more »
Southern Sicily
September 25-26, 2025. Siracusa to Catania Sometimes there are special experiences when traveling, unexpected and touching a strong emotion within. Today was one such moment for me when I explored… Read more »