Istanbul 2019, part 3
Topkapi was the imperial palace from the middle of the 15th century (the construction started soon after the Ottomans conquered Constantinople in 1453) up until the »
Istanbul 2019, part 1
I can’t remember any longer when I decided to set aside a week and go to Istanbul, but once I’d made up my mind, »
India 2007, part 13 (Alappuzha, Kollam, Varkala)
As agreed, early in the morning we transferred by taxi from Kochi to Alappuzha. There we embarked on a small ship, but before the ship left »
India 2007, part 12 (Kochi)
Unfortunately, from Mysore to Kochi we had to travel by coach since there was no train and that journey was quite nightmarish. The entire night the »
India 2007, part 5 (Panaji, Ponda, Old Goa)
Irrespective of the difficult night that I had had on account of the poisoning of the previous evening and the currently very much present feeling of »