Fatehpur Sikiri Fatehpur Sikri FollowFollowFollowFollow Akbar’s Palace The city is predominantly built from red sandstone, about 40 kms from Agra – built by the Mughal Emperor Jalal-ud-din Mohammad Akbar, or Akbar the great, in honour of the great Sufi...
The Jal Mahal Jaipur The Jal Mahal Jaipur FollowFollowFollowFollow Water Palace As you may know, ‘Mahal’ in Hindi means palace, as in Taj Mahal, and ‘Jal’ means water and you may run into this in other cities in India where there are water...
Jaipur the pink city Jaipur The pink city FollowFollowFollowFollow The city palace Jaipur The pink city is so named after the pink coloured sandstone from which many of the buildings are built, that shimmer in the hot Rajasthani sun. We are also from a pink city,...
On The Backwaters of Aleppey Kerala The backwaters FollowFollowFollowFollow Venice of the east Alappuzha the venice of the East – The Alapuzzha backwaters are dubbed ‘The Venice of the East’ by the tourist books, but then again, so is Udaipur , but...
A trip on the Nuova Venezia Livorno Italy Lying on the beautiful Ligurian Sea is the small port of Livorno on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. and for some unknown reason, It is known in English as Leghorn, although it is probably from the Genoese name...
