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Rainforest retreat

Kalimantan is literally caught between paradise and palm oil as Borneo's fabled biodiversity gives way to an endless continuum of monocropping.

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MACHU PICCHU (OLD mountain) and Huyana Picchu (young mountain) form an awesome backdrop to the Inca ruins.-

Inca mystery

MIST, mystique and mystery are the defining characteristics of Machu Picchu, the Inca ruins in Peru, the latest addition to the list of new world wond

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The snowfield at the Khardung la.-

The dizzy heights

AFTER spending eight days exploring the remote Zanskar valley in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, we, a group of three women, retrace our foots

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Herding their goats through the treacherous Zoji La pass.-

Across Zanskar

AT 4,200 metres above sea level, Penzi La may be the official gateway to Zanskar, a valley embedded deep in the entrails of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmi

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Angkor Wat at sunrise. In this magical moment, the sun makes a grand entrance on the eastern horizon, first peeking shyly from one of the gopurams and then sailing gracefully above them to illuminate the world.-

An epic in stone

A VISIT to Angkor Wat, in Cambodia, by the river route would be a fitting tribute to an ancient civilisation that flourished primarily because of its

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Mystique of a mountain range

Exploring romance and reality in the Caucasus, which forms a bridge between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

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Moor's last hurrah

Built by Moorish rulers of Granada between the 13th and 15th centuries, Alhambra in southern Spain is breathtaking in its beauty.

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Ageing Queen of the Adriatic

Venice has the unmistakable appearance of decay and yet it is enchanting.

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Lost cities of the Roman empire

The remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the two cities in western Italy that were destroyed in a volcanic eruption in A.D. 79, speak volumes about lif

TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS: SUDHA MAHALINGAM recently in Pompeii

The Chitrakote Falls. The horseshoe-shaped waterfalls in Bastar district is Chhattisgarh's own `Maid of the Mist'.-

GLIMPSES OF BASTAR

Bastar district, in Chhattisgarh, is the land of green jungles, waterfalls and a tribal community that has managed to maintain its distinct identity a

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The Pioneer bridge on the Shyrok river, near the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir border.-

On the trail of two rivers

LADAKH beckoned again. Two years ago, I had travelled from Demchok on the Indo-Tibetan border, where a youthful Indus enters Indian territory and cour

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History etched in stone

The fabled city of Persepolis, which has by and large survived the ravages of time and invasions, is a splendid specimen of Persian architecture and t

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