Still, I was in search of something more, something concrete, something material. Last October, I walked on the trail of ...

One day our friend Tatyana who arranges guided tours in Moscow called us to ask if we would be interested ...

Bilqis Here's a, sadly blurry, picture of a painting that hung in my hotel room in San'a.  Now, this may ...

Tower of Peace Trying to organize my generally messy life, I was working my way through some old boxes and ...

I was born in a little hospital located at the tallest point in Anguilla overlooking a dazzling blue sea. I ...

Whenever the brothers, Tim and Matthew got together, reminiscences from their childhood 50 to 60 years ago usually surfaced. The ...

It is unusual for Indians, especially two Indian women, to go backpacking to the Sinai. Most Indians who do visit ...

Egypt sits proudly on its 5000-year history, straddling the ancient and the modern with élan.  Eight years after the Arab Spring ...

A day-long journey along the Black Sea from Russia to Georgia can be quite an experience for anybody. The journey ...

The is the second part of  the story about Joan's travel to Lyon After two or three days of complete ...