Back from Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan 14.06.2019
My favourite place? The Fergana Valley is in the eastern region of the country bordering with Kyrgyzstan. Its natural mountains and substantial greenery is a beautiful change of contrast from the flat desert-like area seen elsewher…
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Sri Lanka - Good News
Sri Lanka 07.06.2019
As of 6th June 2019, the FCO Travel Advice for Sri Lanka has been downgraded, to no longer advise against all but essential travel. The full wording of the travel advisory can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/sri-lank…
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Iran: Q & A with Managing Director Amrit Singh
Iran 31.05.2019
April 2019 saw TransIndus MD, Amrit, returning to Iran once again, this time leading a group of very lucky clients on a special departure of our Wonders of Iran Group Tour. Combining all the big-hitting sights with many less well-known d…
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Wildlife Sri Lanka: Where & When to Go
Sri Lanka 15.05.2019
For wildlife lovers, there are few destinations as magical or memorable as Sri Lanka. Packed with the best romantic, luxury resorts and home to rainforests and wetlands, this country is one of the best places in the world to spot creatures…
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On the Frankincense Trail
Oman 03.05.2019
Author David Abram traces an ancient trade route along the coast of Oman It has to be the most evocative perfume on the planet. One whiff and I’m immediately transported, in high Proustian fashion, to a gloomy chapel in the mountains of Cr…
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Oman’s Nine Natural Wonders
Oman 03.05.2019
In Oman, the locals are amused by their neighbours in the Emirates building giant skyscrapers, and shopping malls with ice rinks and ski slopes. “Why bother when we have Wadi Nakhr?” Why indeed . . . The Sultanate boasts more than its fair…
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Hats; Central Asia
Uzbekistan 22.03.2019
For the inhabitants of Central Asia (at least, those of a certain age!), hats are more than merely a means of keeping heads warm, as our team discovered on a recent recce in Uzbekistan... You don’t have to be in any Central Asian country f…
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7 Unique Experiences: Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan 21.03.2019
Few people could tell you much about the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia, but it is, quite simply, among the most beautiful places on the planet. Bisected by the Tian Shan, or ‘Celestial Mountains’, the country forms a…
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Magical Malabar
India 15.03.2019
Rough Guide to Kerala author, David Abram, on why the north of the state gets his vote It’s late afternoon on a remote backwater in the far north of Kerala. Warm sunlight gilds the curtain of coconut trees on the shoreline, where a low-slu…
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11 Amazing Places in China You’ve Probably Never Heard Of...
China 07.03.2019
We’d expected some impressive scenery. This was the flipside of the Himalayas, after all – the far side of range, where its peaks formed a mighty, final flourish as they marched around the top of Myanmar and cascaded south towards Thailand.…
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Hanami: Surfing the Cherry Blossom Wave
Japan 22.02.2019
David Abram on Japan’s flower-focussed Ode to Spring I’ve always taken issue with the opening lines of TS Elliot’s The Waste Land. For me, February, not April, is by far ‘the cruellest month’. Winter at this time of year often feels like i…
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Japan’s ‘Borrowed Landscapes’
Japan 22.02.2019
A love of gardens and all things green is deeply embedded in the DNA of both the Japanese and British. But it’s rare to find anyone who has a profound knowledge of both cultures. Having studied horticulture in Kew and Kyoto, Hannah Gardner…
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