India

The river - Indus, which paved the way for one of the oldest civilisations in the world takes its title from the Sanskrit word 'Sindhu', implying 'defender'. However, it was far-famed in ancient Hindu mythology as the Lion River. Not until ...

Breeze-blown golden sand envelops the Taklamakan Desert in mainland China all throughout the year. Sand dunes ascend as high as 950ft (286m), and currents reach storm force, they blow up sand walls and are four times as high. The word 'Taklamakan' ...

Yellow Mountain, lying to the south of the Yangtze River, is a vista from the world of make-believe. Sheer walls of rock ascend from soft folds of cloud and mist. Hither and thither - lanky pines extend out from improbable toeholds ...

Nature's symmetry is something we take for granted in flowers, insects and the face of a tiger, for example. In geology, however, it is rarer and its occurrence is something to marvel at. In a Giant's Causeway, Nature has spectacularly revealed ...

Marshes crisscrossed by countless river channels, scrubland dense with rockroses, and dunes of glistening white lie side by side in a remarkably varied tract of wilderness in southern Spain. Together with pine woods, lakes and cork oak groves, they make up ...

India is so vast with amenities that it offers options for both the extreme budget traveler and extreme luxury traveler who wants to experience the beauty of any place with so much royalty. A luxury travel experience is not a question ...

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has removed price caps on domestic airfares with effect from 31st August 2022. This has been declared after almost 27 months and was earlier implemented when the COVID-19 pandemic hit India. Now, after the removal of ...

In the 7th century, Du Fu, a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty, depicted the gateway to the gorge around the Yangtze River as the haven where all the water bodies of Sichuan province combated to gain entrance. The water ...

From a forest vantage point beside the exquisite view of the lake, there are strips of cloth or ribbons tied to the tree branches. Travellers and wanderers who tie or hook them there make a lasting wish to return ...

Cloaked in a tangle of ragged vegetation, the steep flanks of this ancient extinct volcano in northern Tanzania give little indication of what lies within its crater's walls. The silence of the thin air some 6000ft (1800m) above sea level is ...

Across the broad, flat surface of Lake Turkana, a 'river highway' snakes its way between silt banks so regular that they appear man-made. More than 3 miles (5km) from the lake shore, the highway ends in a dramatic, sprawling delta, shaped ...

In the parched heart of southern Africa lies an oasis that once a year grows larger than Wales, and brings pulsating life to the surrounding desert. This is the Okavango Delta, a wilderness of waterways, swamps, islands and emerald reed beds ...