Water Lily (Eng.)

Thailand is working hard on a new railway system. Double track and electrified. No doubt train travel will become more efficient. But the ol...

There was this huge departure board at the Bangkok airport.  It was about 3x4 meters in size.  Each departing flight was on a line consistin...

" Nathaniel's Nutmeg " is a vivid and gripping story about the search for the spice islands and about the struggle to get ...

William Dalrymple - The Last Mughal Dalrymple describes the events surrounding the great uprising in India from an original perspective,...