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At the desert hotel/tent site in Erg Chebbi, Merzouga desert, tourists are offered a sunrise camel ride for 200 dirhams which seemed like...

Anywhere in Morocco, when you sit down for a meal, the first thing they bring to your table is some Hobs bread, a plate of olives, and...

The British overseas territory of Gibraltar is a massive rock in the southern part of the Iberian peninsula. From the northern city of...

Next to the north Atlantic, right off the water is the modern and spectacular mosque Hassan II, built in late 1990s and is the largest...

The Sahyadri mountain range has many forts from the period of Moghuls and Marathas. I learned about a very old fort named Dhodap and...

I spent a month in Nashik which is in Maharastra state in India. I wanted to be with my ailing father and continue maintaining an active...

I was surprised to find that in 2013, LVMH setup a winery in Dindori, a town about 20km away from Nashik. It is situated in very serene...

One of the few forts not conquered by the Moguls is the Ramshej fort a few miles away from Nashik. We went to hike there and it is a...

Like most of my recent hikes, for the one to Harihargad, I started early morning at 5 AM with a few colleagues. We all traveled in one...

In the Saatmala hills of Maharashtra, there are a group of seven hills, with a moderately challenging hike ending in a big roundish...

In Taharabad city, which is in the district of Nashik in Maharashtra, lie the ancient temples carved by monks of the Jain religion....

I don't have the capability to carry. Twenty two years ago, I went to climb Mt. Whitney with several friends and each of us carried...

Ho Chi Minh, the president of Vietnam whose picture is on all of Vietnamese currency has a city named after him, and it was originally...

On a four day, 500km mini motorcycle ride across the picturesque Ha Giang region of northern Vietnam, I encountered many beautiful vistas...

Near Vietnam's northern border with China is the Đồng Văn province. It is a very beautiful, hilly region and has many UNESCO world...

About 4 hours train ride from Taipei is the Taitung Highland. It hosts an international hot balloon festival for two months annually. To...

Two hours train ride on the express train from Taipei is a city called Hualien which has the Taroko Gorge National Park. The train itself...

An hour's bus ride from the Taipei main train station is the Yangmingshan national park. It has a short but moderate to challenging level...

Before the Dubai's Burj Khalifa was completed in 2010, the Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the world and is first one to cross...

In many places around El Nido, one can see signs of four tours, A, B, C and D. Each is a full day trip in a boat to the open sea and...