World Without Compass

Persian Gardens – paradise on earth

4 Apr 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.
Bukhara and the dance of the peacocks

7 Mar 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.
In every darkness, we see the light

6 Mar 2018.Reading time 19 minutes.
Pyongyang Metro – an underground museum in DPRK

12 Feb 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.
A bull can’t be blue

1 Nov 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.
Aral Sea – the world took away the sea and left behind salt-sand

29 Oct 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.
Amman – Philadelphia of the past

5 Aug 2016.Reading time 8 minutes.
Exquisite – another word for Oman

4 Aug 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.
Hoi An – where even a 1000 pictures can’t capture all its beauty

2 Aug 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

Pasargad – from reverence to irrelevance

5 Apr 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

In Cyrus the Great’s capital in Pasargad, there is nothing but dust to show that nothing is ever permanent.

Iran – behind the walled gardens

4 Apr 2018.Reading time 14 minutes.

Proud of its plurality and a wealth of arts and culture, Iranians live happily within its Walled Gardens

Finding Firdaus in Tashkent’s Chorsu Bazaar

15 Mar 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

Now, if ever there was a Firdaus on earth, it would have to be in Tashkent’s Chorsu Bazaar

Vegan & Eggless Cakes and Desserts in Singapore

12 Jan 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Vegans rejoice for you are spoiled for choice

A despicable meal of all things yellow

11 Jan 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Minions cafe, Singapore

Uzbekistan – travel info, itinerary and other details

18 Nov 2017.Reading time 13 minutes.

Uzbekistan is the Pearl of the Orient that lies at the crossroads of Silk Route