Bhutan’s only international airport is located in Paro, but the airport is the least important reason to visit this town. Paro is a...

With 98.8% of its surface area covered in mountains, Bhutan is the world’s most mountainous country. The runners-up are not even close;...

Great Master Kunley, a Buddhist Lama of the highest order, is known throughout Bhutan as the Divine Madman. Unconventional and...

The Big Boys of Bhutan are without a doubt Buddha, Guru Rinpoche, and Shabdrung. Between them, they laid the foundations of all Bhutanese...

Update: 28 January 2024: It is all change as Bhutan’s liberal politician Tshering Tobgay, leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),...

Today, 19 March 2023, I touched down in Paro, Bhutan. Bhutan takes my country tally to 167 countries and territories. Due to rounding,...

Imagine that your country’s despotic leader suddenly decides to illegally invade another country. In the outrage that follows, your...

Scuba diving is possible in many places around the world. Every location is unique, which is one of the key attractions of diving;...

One of best places in the world to spot leopards is undoubtedly Arathusa Safari Lodge in Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa. Sabi...

Today, 28 February 2023, I touched down in Male, Maldives. The picture above was taken through the window of the plane as we came in for...

Southern Sri Lanka was one of the first landmasses to the west of the epicentre of the 26 December 2004 Indonesian earthquake to be hit...

Before reading on try to zoom in on the leopard‘s eyes. That’s intensity! There are nine recognised subspecies of leopards including...

British colonialism was an abomination. However, one of its less onerous legacies in Sri Lanka was tea. The imperialists first brought...

Once upon a time, some fifteen hundred years ago, King Dhatusena ruled Anuradhapura, the ancient capital of North Central Sri Lanka....

As of today, 21 February 2023, I have been to 165 countries and territories. I arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka this morning after ten days...

Few countries can claim to have undergone more visceral changes in as short a time as India. The sub-continent literally vaulted from a...

In no other place on Earth can you witness the remarkable and unique spectacle of fully grown leopards co-existing in close and...

Located smack in the centre of Chanoud village, some two hours by car south of Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Chanoud Gahr is no hotel, insists...

From Mumbai take a local flight to Nagpur and then drive three hours south to reach Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. Here is the big...

Halong Bay is full of green water under heavy grey clouds. There is almost no wind and no noise. Black Kites - one of the most adaptable...