Born Spectator

"Grande pescado!" — he whistles to me, and makes a calling gesture. It's midnight, and we are sitting at the base of the ligh...

The first thing that a solo traveller will notice about Prague is beer. A beer bottle for 29 crowns is cheaper than water, and says a lot a...

Doe gewoon, dan doe je gek genoeg. (Just act normally, that's crazy enough.) - Dutch saying Amsterdam is a quintessential Dut...

Sticking out as a rather imposing and easily identifiable landmass in the northern hemisphere on a world map is the amazing country of Nor...

Straight from the blistering 42 degrees May heat of New Delhi, landing at Oslo several latitudes up on the globe can cause a steep, unexpe...

In these darkest hours of my existence in the middle of this melancholic night, when the rain outside befalls the putrid leftovers of last ...

Another Boeing 737, on its way into the Tribhuvan International Airport, hovers in the clouds, playing hide and seek above the bowl-shape...

"Dhyaan dibin dada, mayjik dakhabo!" - shouts the boy in an attempt to attract attention. The second class air conditioned...

The entire stretch of Asaf Ali Road between Kamla Market and Daryaganj is dotted with people in pink turbans. Clad mostly in kurtas and dh...

राजधानी दिल्ली में हमारा आगमन जीवन के उस पड़ाव पर हुआ, जिसकी व्याख्या "अनिश्चितकाल" नामक संज्ञा देकर मोटे तौर पर की जा सकती है। ...