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Off Beat Track : Western Iran (January 2 – 5)
Zendan-e Soleiman
Persia has captured travellers’ imagination for centuries. Iran has been on my ‘must – see’ list for decades. I joined a classic 10-day tour to Central Iran and visited Tehran, Shiraz, Yard, Esfahan, Kashan and Qom (ie the ‘In the footsteps of Empire’ route as described in the Lonely Planet) from December 23, 2010 to January 1, 2011. In addition, I spent another ten days before and after the tour to explore Western Iran. Read more
Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Pasargadae
Persia has captured travellers’ imagination for centuries. Iran has been on my ‘must – see’ list for decades. I joined a classic 10-day tour to Central Iran and visited Tehran, Shiraz, Yard, Esfahan, Kashan and Qom (ie the ‘In the footsteps of Empire’ route as described in the Lonely Planet) from December 23, 2010 to January 1, 2011. In addition, I spent another ten days before and after the tour to explore Western Iran.
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Off Beat Track – 6 Days in Western Iran (December 17-22)
Choqa Zanbil
Persia has captured travellers’ imagination for centuries. Iran has been on my must – see list for decades. I joined a classic 10-day tour to Central Iran and visited Tehran, Shiraz, Yard, Esfahan, Kashan and Qom (ie the ‘In the footsteps of Empire’ route as described in the Lonely Planet) from December 23, 2010 to January 1, 2011. In addition, I spent another ten days before and after the tour to explore Western Iran. Read more
Machhapuchhre (6997m)
Mt Everest from Kala Pattar
Europe-Asia Marker, Yekaterinburg, Russia
I love trains. A Trans-Siberian journey has been on my must-do list for three decades. My dream finally came true when I left London for Hong Kong upon completion of my assignment in London. As I only had 20 days and wished to visit as many places as possible, I gave up the idea of taking the classic 9289km-long Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Vladivostok. Instead I made my journey overland following the Moscow-Beijing line and then tried the newly completed high-speed Wuhan-Guangzhou line. Ieft my office in London after work at 6:15 pm on Monday, September 13 to start my 12000km journey and visited ten cities en route. I finally reached home at 5:15 pm on Sunday, October 3. Read more
I first visited Australia in 1988 to visit my elder brother and his family. I have been a frequent visitor and spent one year at the Griffith University in Queensland ten years ago. This time, I flew to Sydney on 6 October in order to attend my niece’s wedding on 8 October. I love the sea and snorkeling and booked two last-minute back-to-back cruises in the Whitsunday from October 15 to 21. Read more
