January 6, 2010 | 32 Comments

Charms of an animal farm in a little town in NorthEastern Ontario I spent few days of the 2009 Christmas holidays at Chad’s dad’s place, in his charming house near Timmins, a town about 800km north of Toronto. He keeps reindeer and rabbits (among other animals) and it was fun to spend time watching them. [...]...
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October 16, 2009 | 15 Comments

This post is part of a series of travelogues narrating my trip to Russia. Here are the other posts and pictures! « Previous post: New Jerusalem Monastery » An idle one-street town on the outskirts of Moscow, Pereslavl Zalesskiy was the last orthodox religious center I visited…. by then I was stuck with church fatigue. [...]...
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May 17, 2009 | 22 Comments

This post is part of Mystic Druk Yul, a series of travelogues narrating my trip to Bhutan. Here are the other posts! « Previous post: Wangdue Monastery | Next post: Paro » Eight Chortens, River Punka Tsang and the road to Thimphu/Punakha. Legends relate that Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, the unifier of Bhutan as a nation-state [...]...
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March 22, 2009 | 31 Comments

This post is part of Mystic Druk Yul, a series of travelogues narrating my trip to Bhutan. Here are the other posts! « Previous post: The Divine Madman | Next post: Lunch at a ‘Tourist Restaurant’ » Relaxing in the countryside Chimi Lhakhang is a 20-minute walk from the main road and the trail offers [...]...
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August 23, 2008 | 8 Comments

This blog post is part of my Peru travelog series. Click here for Index pagePrevious post: Amantani island | Next post: To the Sacred Valley The Inca moral community code says, “ama sua, ama llulla, ama qhilla” (Quechua: do not steal, do not lie, do not be lazy.) Taquileños (तकीलेन्योस), inhabitants of the Tequilé (तकीले) [...]...
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August 21, 2008 | 14 Comments

This blog post is part of my Peru travelog series. Click here for Index pagePrevious post: Floating islands of Uros | Next post: Tequile island A welcome break from sleeping in hostels or buses, this night I spent in an authentic Quechuan village in a real home with indigenous people. The tourist company arranged to [...]...
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August 17, 2008 | 12 Comments

This blog post is part of my Peru travelog series. Click here for Index pagePrevious post: Food | Next post: Amantani island Floating islands The Uros is the name of a tribe of pre-Incan people who live on 42 self-fashioned floating man-made islets located in Lake Titicaca off Puno, Peru. The Uros use the Totora [...]...
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