Best travel experiences of 2023: Asia
Leopard-spotting in India, riding horses on the beach in Indonesia, doing very little in Bali, these are the moments of Asia.
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Travelling to Darjeeling, Gangtok, and Kalimpong
So near, yet so far. This is how I would like to sum up our recent visit to Darjeeling, Gangtok, and Kalimpong. We flew from Kolkata to Bagdogra — the gateway to the North East located in Siliguri, in northern West Bengal. We hired a vehicle for Darjeeling, popularly known as the 'Queen of the Hills.' Darjeeling is a favoured tourist destination, noted for its scenic beauty,
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Asia and the East through the eyes of Russian artists
Asia and the East through the eyes of Russian artists RBTH 19 May 2021, 16:55 GMT+10 It was common for pre-revolutionary Russian artists to travel around Europe, and some spent their entire lives there. But other intrepid souls were more attracted to the biblical landscapes of the Middle East and the unexplored terrain of distant Asia. Vasily Vereshchagin (1842-1904) Vasily Vereshchagin was a military man for whom painting was more of a hobby. And it is primarily his battle paintings that earn...
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