Heritage & Culture

For those who want more from a travel experience. Here's something for the culture vulture in you, for when you want to explore the extraordinary and see how other cultures make sense of the world. If you love to spend your time getting to know a place through its people and its finest museums, theatres, vibrant festivals, opulent churches, grand mosques, wondrous temples and more, this one's for you.

Brazil

11 Unconventional Ways To Experience Brazil

Malavika Kumar -
Brazil is known for its stunning diversity. The vast South American country stretches from the northern Amazon Basin to the vineyards and Iguaçu Falls in the south. Rio de Janeiro, with its Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mount Corcovado, the...
Germany

Marvellous Munchen aka Munich | Germany

Mavis Mendonca Smith -
Before you wonder why another article on Munich and why I’m calling it marvellous – my son lives and works there! That’s why I tend to lean towards it and deem it as special. My earlier article was purely on...
Cambodia

The Museum Of Mines – Part II

Anu Asokan -
We started this story with the Museum of Mines in Cambodia and the tragic history behind it. The story of Aki Ra’s life closely intertwined with the story of his country. It is impossible to speak of one without speaking...
Cambodia

A Museum Of Mines – Part I

Anu Asokan -
A Museum for Mines sounds odd at the very outset. This museum is probably one of a kind in the world too. The nondescript concrete structure is a mere 10 minutes away from the ancient splendour - The Angkor...
Heritage & Culture

Celebrating Holi-day In The City Of Lakes, Udaipur

Aahna a.k.a RedRidingWanderer -
When you think of Rajasthan, what immediately pops into your head? A picture of undulating sand waves, women in their bright colours of lehengas and odhanis, a camel safari to experience rural desert life, or the thick silver anklets....
Heritage & Culture

My Experience Of Visiting The Perfectly Preserved Pompeii

Mavis Mendonca Smith -
Naples or Napoli is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The building most worth seeing is the ancient Castle Nuovo, also known as Maschio Angioino; it was built during the time of Charles I, the...
Heritage & Culture

Romantic Rome | Italy

Mavis Mendonca Smith -
Aegean Airlines took us from Athens to Rome…not such a great experience. It’s a budget airline, but they charge you Euro 35 for each bag you carry, immaterial of the weight! This is of course in small tiny minuscule...
Heritage & Culture

When I Felt Blessed At Vatican City

Mavis Mendonca Smith -
No visit to Rome is complete without a visit to the Papal State. So we made the crossover to Vatican City from Rome by walking across the road at the traffic lights! Awesome – couple of steps and you enter...
Cambodia

What Are The Faces Of Bayon Trying To Tell Us?

Anu Asokan -
A visit to Bayon, an ancient temple complex in Cambodia would make anyone feel small. This 12th-century temple is home to disconcertingly beautiful stone faces that only seem to grow bigger with each step. Getting closer, you would realize...
Greece

The Legend Continues | Greece, Part 2

Mavis Mendonca Smith -
You can read about my first encounter with Athens, Greece here. Following that, with a sense of great excitement, we moved on to the our first stop of the day - to see the statue of Leonidas, the great...

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