On reflection, we’ve fitted so much into this tour, so a morning of down time yesterday was a bonus. I could catch up on video editing because the Internet was good and relax over breakfast without time restraint.One of the most sensible things we did was to have a single room…
Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
For convenience during my travels I'm creating the blog the blog site on my web page.it allows me to add more and in some countries Typepad is censored so I'm unable to add a post. My travel blog.
Photographic journey.
I woke early anticipating the alarm. Despite the early hour, the streets were busy with preparations for the day. Dawn was breaking the water glowed with a lilac hue. From every…
Varanasi
I really couldn’t write last night, or even this morning. The vision of  the cremation fires  and  the amount of poverty we’ve seen in the past few days has a profound effect on the senses. RSS Feed We bought these children some apples. This little boy was about 18months old, walking the…
Almost there.
Sitting in the airport waiting to go to Varanasi.We had to say goodbye to our driver. He guided us through some difficult traffic conditions…on Tuesday we drove for 12 hours and he had tears in his eyes when we left. Its been a little like keystone cops getting to the departure lounge, well…
eyes open
There is a sense of unreality when you travel. The life you live at home is ever present but traveling you live in the moment. It undoubtedly opens us to a broader perspective of life, to understand new dimensions of life, which are otherwise quite difficult to explain. It also means socializing in an educated…
A day of travel
The waiter put his turban on my head Car travel Im writing this as we are completing 12 hours travel from Gwailior to Khajuraho. Are my eyes round… you betcha. We’ve stopped in the middle of a cross road, motor bikes, push bikes and tuk tuks are attacking…
Our First glimpse of the Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal.In 1631, Shah Jahan, emperor was grief-stricken when his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, died during the birth of their 14th child, Gauhara Begum Construction of the Taj Mahal began in 1632. The principal mausoleum was completed in 1648 and the surrounding buildings and garden were finished five years later. “We will travel by horse.” said…