I'm in India now, on my fourth long stay. Choking on fumes and listening to car horns as I bounce in an auto-rickshaw on a pothole-studded road, I wonder why I keep coming back. It's a question that I ask myself every day here. While spending time in India, meeting...
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Varanasi, Dawn on The Ganges
As the fiery ball of the sun began to rise over the eastern bank of the Ganges on our left-hand side, the lighted candles on banana leaves, offered in prayer to the gods, started to float past our boat. The oars lapped gently in the water as the high stepped bank, on...
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Sanchi, Buddhism By Bhopal, India
Sanchi is the site of some of India's most important Buddhist temples. The oldest of these were built by King Ashoka after he converted to Buddhism in roughly 258BCE. Altogether there are fifty monuments at Sanchi, including three stupas and several other temples. The...
The Darjeeling Mail Train Tour
BOMBAY, INDIA "“ How many workers did it take to create the Taj Mahal, one of the architectural wonders of the world? The answer is 20,000. This you'll learn"”along with the fact that it took 22 years to build it"”should you join the...
In The Belum Caves
It isn't everyone's idea of a great way to spend the weekend. Definitely not for the city bred, disco and mall addicted youth. A day's exploration of one of the longest underground cave systems in the sub-continent, can put off even the most adventurous...
Gutsy Woman Culinary Tour
This release from Gutsy Women Travelers is one for my Aunt that keeps threatening to travel more. This would be perfect the foodie of the fairer persuasion. -Editor ITKT- Fort Washington, PA - July 1, 2008 -- Gutsy Women Travel, a leading operator of experiential...
That Mumbai Magic
They say, if a person comes to Mumbai and stays for a while, the city grows on the person so much that you can take the person out of Mumbai but cannot take Mumbai out of the person. It has surely worked on me. When I came to this city a few years ago, I was a...
India’s Culinary Tours (video podcast)
Ah the lentil bean. Eileen has a chat with Sunil Trehan of Easy Tours of India at the Los Angeles Times Adventures in Travel Expo. Sunil specializes in all types of travel in India, today we focused on food -- some of my favorite! I was surprised by Sunil's final...
Rick Steves on ITKT (video podcast)
Our own lovely and beguiling Eileen caught up with Rick Steves for a few thoughts on traveling in Europe and one of his favorite destinations in the world at the Los Angeles Times Adventure and Travel Expo. Rick is the author of numerous travel guides, is a radio and...
Solo Traveling in Asia
Asia Transpacific Journeys Is Wise in Ways Of Welcoming Guests Traveling Solo in Small Groups Noah's Ark is to blame. The concept of couples seems seared into our genetic coding. But sometimes folks who are single want to take that exotic journey even though they...
A Day in Mahabalipuram, India
My mother and I traveled to Chennai for a friend's wedding. The morning following the post-wedding celebrations, we decided to visit Mahabalipuram, which is about 60 kilometers from Chennai. Mahabalipuram, or Mamallapuram as it is also called, was the chief...
