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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Tag: General India Travel Guides
Cameron Highlands 2022 – The meaning of life -searching for silence (Part 3)
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
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
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
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
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
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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