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Bangkok Haul

Julia_M December 19, 2023 No Comments General India Travel GuidesLiterature & Fiction (Books)Travelogues & Travel Essays

An excellent 2nd hand bookstore in Bangkok is Dasa Book Cafe. Stacked with multi-language fiction & non-fiction plus CDs it’s a gem. Prices are reasonable.

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Cameron Highlands 2022 – The meaning of life -searching for silence (Part 3)

Julia_M October 28, 2022 No Comments Buddhist History (Books)General India Travel GuidesIndia History

No trip is complete without scones at the venerable Olde Smokehouse Hotel and Restaurant. This 2019 book The Frozen River gives us a glimpse of…

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The Indus & Ganges: The two mighty rivers

Julia_M October 11, 2022 No Comments Bangladesh Travel GuidesGeneral India Travel GuidesGeography (Books)History of Civilization & CultureIndia HistoryPakistan History

There are 2 major rivers in the Indian subcontinent. The Ganges, or Ganga the term used by native Indians, flows from upper India at the…

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Pakistan

Julia_M September 27, 2021 No Comments General Asia Travel BooksGeneral India Travel GuidesHistory of IslamJournalism Writing Reference (Books)Pakistan HistoryTravel (Books)Travel Writing ReferenceTravelogues & Travel Essays

Pakistan has attracted adventurers and reporters alike. Its wild beauty and violent environment are an intoxicating mix. Here are 3 vivid reportages. Geoffrey Moorhouse traveled…

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Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found

Julia_M September 2, 2021 No Comments General India Travel GuidesIndia HistoryRomance Fiction Writing Reference

Bombay is the most cosmopolitan city in India. It is also the home of the Parsis of India. Recently, Bombay saw a titanic court battle…

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By VS Naipaul – Trilogy on India

Julia_M May 4, 2020 No Comments General Asia Travel BooksGeneral India Travel GuidesIndian TravelPakistan History

The late Sir VS Naipaul is one of the best English prose writers in history. Here is his famous trilogy on India, his ancestral home.…

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Ibn Battuta of Tangier

Julia_M April 14, 2020 No Comments General Asia Travel BooksGeneral India Travel GuidesGeneral Middle East Travel GuidesMiddle Eastern TravelTravel Writing ReferenceTravelogues & Travel Essays

There are 3 great land travellers from ancient times. One of them is Ibn Battuta of Tangier. He started from there in 1325 and only…

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