In the South from Chennai to Mahabalipuram
India’s Silk Road: Kanchipuram to Mahabalipuram At one time, the silk and spice trade flowed through the town of Kanchipurm and to the great port cities on the Bay of… Read more »
Agra in the Clouds
We rumble down the express highway to Agra in our tourist bus through impenetrable fog. Fortunately, there is now a divided highway and the risk is no longer of… Read more »
A Day in Delhi
Exhausted from their recent arrival into India but eager to begin exploring this new world, our group of 7 (two remain back to catch up on some sleep) dive into… Read more »
Delhi Prologue
New Years Eve in Delhi: It is already 11:50 when I leave my friend Sue at her hotel and get into my Uber car for the ride back to… Read more »
Visiting North and South India 2018
We are off again, this time with a group of 10 friends to travel across South India, from Chennai to Kerala, experiencing some of the many extraordinary facets of this… Read more »
Galapagos Part II
It is difficult to describe the beauty of the beach we just left at Cerro Brujo on San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos archipelago: the softest white sand and the… Read more »
Galapagos Part I
Every day is a wonder of natural beauty on this tour around the eastern islands of the Galapagos on our luxury ship, La Pinta. With only 14 passengers on board… Read more »
Mashpi in the Cloud Forest
The Ecuadorean cloud forest is magnificent. The difference between a cloud forest and the rainforest is that the cloud forest is at a higher altitude (3,00-5,000 feet) and is… Read more »
Quito Encore
I have a day to myself in Quito before I join my tour group and I decide to spend it walking around the old part of town. One of the things… Read more »
Cuenca
It is 6:30 am as my plane rises over the northern hills of Quito heading south toward the old city of Cuenca. In this country of perpetual 12-hour days,… Read more »