Ahu Tongariki: Sunrise over the Easter Island ‘Heads’
The taxi arrived in the darkness, as promised. I scrambled to gather my things, and struggled briefly with the fidgety lock on the door. I was going to see the famous Easter Island heads...
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Rapa Nui Moai Saga: My Unexpected Way to Tahai
My first morning in Rapa Nui* broke with rain. The incandescent sky of the previous day had been quickly overtaken by storm clouds fetched by the fleet Pacific winds. Overnight, the wind howled over...
The Famous Delft Blue Pottery – As Street Art!
One negative thing about the efficient Dutch public transport network – it made me complacent. I thought I should go to Delft on my final weekend in the Netherlands, since it’s supposed to be...
The Curious Cylindrical Painting of Panorama Mesdag
In hindsight, I suppose I could have gone to Panorama Mesdag on the same day as when I went to the Escher museum. I could have saved a few euro. I was curious about it...
M.C. Escher Museum: The Mathematical Artist
Let’s get one thing out of the way. I had two weekends in the Hague, and I did not see the Girl with the Pearl Earring. In fact, I did not go to see any...
Mondrian in The Hague: Celebrating Dutch Street Art
For a couple of weeks in 2017 I was in the Netherlands, neither a tourist nor just in town for meetings. I had the opportunity to switch offices, and work with colleagues there for...
What! There Are TWO Love Stories in Agra?
I came to Agra on a day trip from Delhi, intending to see the famous monument to love, the Taj Mahal. But I left with two love stories, not one. You see, I also...
Victorious
How do you enjoy art without feeling the human behind the poured genius? You are afraid of grief. You cannot bear to listen to trauma and refuse to note its signs not even when...
Shadows of the Mughals by the Red Fort of Delhi
I had a free day in between the day I got my train tickets to Agra, and the day of actually going to Agra. So I decided to join a Delhi walking tour that my...
How to Spend Just One Day in Lucknow
I had one day in Lucknow, and a laundry list of must-sees, courtesy of an Indian travel blogger in my network. I figured, even if I came to Lucknow on a whim, I thought I...
Experiencing Singing Bowl Sound Therapy in Nepal
There was a little cafe in front of the meditation place in Pokhara, where I was instructed to go to for my sound therapy session. Umbrella Cafe was a hippy sort of place, with...
Dancing with Pulau Carey Guardians on Mah Meri Spirits’ Day
“Why don’t you ask the shaman directly? He’s at ease now, since we’re waiting for low tide,” the organiser said. He led me over to the rough wooden platform, bedecked in nipah frond origami decorations,...
