American Southwest: A road trip from Berkeley, California to Pagosa Springs, Colorado, during a full moon in the winter. |
Amritsar: Home of the Golden Temple and the center of the Sikh religion. |
Biking Ecuador: Biking from Quito through the Quilotoa Loop and down to the Amazon basin. |
Birds: My collection of class Aves. Mostly San Francisco Bay Area birds. |
Bodhgaya: The site of the tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment. At the end of January 2003, the Dalai Lama was in Bodhgaya performing a Kalachakra initiation, an important Buddhist rite for world peace. |
Cambodia: Swiftly rising from the ashes of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia is more developed than Laos, but not to the point of Bangkok's neon glare. |
China: Pandas, Horses, and SARS. |
Delhi: The City of Djinns, capital of India, eipcenter of Moghul culture, and home to a stupefyingly thick cloud of pollution. |
Dharamsala: Home to His Holiness the Dalai lama and a good place to eat gnocchi. |
Egypt: Being chased by the Egyptian Camel Police on the Giza plateau on horseback was definitely one of the highlights of my trip. The Pyramids were pretty, too. |
Europe: Bike Tour Summer 2012 |
Fort Cochin: Cochin, or Kochi, is located in Central Kerala, with the town of Ernakulam across the water to the east. |
France Bike Trip: Solo Bike Tour Through Bretagne and the Loire Valley |
Galapagos: Darwin finches and fearless blue boobies. |
Greece: Blue sky, white buildings, blue sea; it leaves little room for speculation on how they chose the colors of their flag. |
Hampi: The ruined capital of the Vijayanagar empire, and a relaxed river town. |
Hyderabad: Staying with my friend Hari Tammana in his hometown. |
Ireland: Biking Through Ireland on My Way to France. |
Jordan: I was only in Jordan for about 72 hours, but it was enough to encounter Petra and a Palestinean refugee. |
Kanyakumari Express: The forty hour train ride from Mumbai to Ernakulam. |
Kodaikanal: At the Kodaikanal International School, the sometime home of my generous hosts here, Don and Betchen Oberdorfer. |
Korea: One day stopover in Seoul Inchon |
Ladakh: Centered around the town of Leh, at twelve thousand feet, Ladakh is a region of friendly people and big mountains. |
Laos: Beautiful rainforests and old French colonial heritage. |
Madurai: A dirty town with a magnificent temple. |
Mumbai: Formerly Bombay, Mumbai is the commercial capital of India. |
Munnar: Tea, tea, and more tea. Munnar is in the midst of some of the world's highest tea-growing estates. |
Ooty: Ooty, or Udhagamandalam, is a hill station in the Niligri hills with a steam-driven narrow gauge train going up to it. |
Rajasthan: The land of kings, and their many forts. |
Syria: From the Al-Haramain hotel to the desert ruins of Palmyra, Syria's isolation has given it an ingenuous charm. |
Turkey: Aya Sofya, The Blue Mosque, and how to live underground to avoid barbarians. |