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In Mesoamerica: Retracing glories of Mayan culture

October 20, 2013October 20, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Leaving Mexico City and its hillsides covered thick with humble dwellings of the poor, we drove through the remarkable southern and northern Sierras, furrowed with deep canyons, dimpled with lakes, …

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Gliding through Mexico

October 3, 2013October 9, 2013 - by Editor

An early morning Greyhound bus brought us to San Ysidro on the US side of the Mexican border. Transferring into another shuttle we crossed into Tijuana, an expanding Mexican outpost …

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Footloose, along the West coast…

September 26, 2013October 9, 2013 - by Editor

In spite of all the delays and the fog, our ferry docked at Bellingham, Washington State, an hour earlier than scheduled. Terence Finan, my friend and dorm-mate from University of …

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The Little Mermaid: 100 years of fairytale splendour

September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 - by Diya Aggarwal

SHE has turned 100, and looks as young. And unlike you and me, she has no qualms about her age being revealed. After all, she is no ordinary human being; …

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Homer: Deeper into Alaska

September 19, 2013October 9, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Homer, on Cook Inlet of the Gulf of Alaska, is known for its Spit – a five-mile road stretching into the waters. A row of shacks selling fishing trips – …

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Arctic Circle Route: Along the Roof of the World

September 19, 2013October 9, 2013 - by India Writes Network

We were well on our way now… We hit the Dalton Highway on September 3. It had rained, and the 662 km track mostly gravel, was wet. The Dalton Highway …

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Tipping the northern edge of North America: Within the Arctic Circle

September 11, 2013October 9, 2013 - by India Writes Network

We were at the Fairbanks Airport, waiting for the fog to lift. For four hours we waited in the NATC shack in a corner; meanwhile the fog lay thick in …

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Travel Tales: A journey from North Pole to South Pole

September 5, 2013October 9, 2013 - by India Writes Network

“What brings the two of you to US?” asked the immigration officer at Seattle Airport. It was the first step in a long series of steps we are to take. …

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Downturn or upturn, never say no to luxury travel

September 3, 2013September 4, 2013 - by Hoihnu Hauzel

SYDNEY: Impresarios of luxury and high style have an uncanny talent for beating the recession blues. Unfazed by the festering global downturn, Sydney hosted an uber luxury travel show this week. …

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In Poland, listening to whispers of history

August 2, 2013August 2, 2013 - by Hoihnu Hauzel

During my trip to Poland, I did not get to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp, that of the World War II notoriety. I wished I could have visited the place, …

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