Nepal: Katmandu and Patan
With my meeting in Delhi over, on Saturday 15th February we flew on Royal Nepal Airlines to Katmandu. Formalities at Katmandu airport, and transfer into...
Category: Past Times
Nepal: Outside Katmandu
On the Monday (17th February) we took a bus to Bhaktapur. Built in 1707 the pagoda style Nyatapola Temple is the only building in Bhaktapur...
Nepal: Nagarkot Ridge
On Wednesday afternoon we were picked up by an Everest Travel Service minibus to be taken up to Nagarkot Ridge from which it is possible to...
Agra: the Taj Mahal
It had been around midnight on Thursday (20th February) when we got back to Delhi from Nepal. We took it eassy on the Friday, visiting...
Agra: the Red Fort
The Red Fort at Agra was really a walled city dating back, in terms of its present appearance, to the latter part of the 16th...
Agra: Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri is about 36 km west of Agra. It was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire in 1571 by the Emperor Akbar but...
India: Street Scenes
These are various photos which maybe convey some of the general atmosphere although some of the best photos we took seem to have disappeared. In...
Kyoto
Until the 19th Century the capital city of Japan, Kyoto is still considered the cultural capital (Wikipedia) with its ancient temples, shrines, and gardens. We...
First Weekend: Nikko and Niigata
During our first week in Japan, while I was in the IGOSS seminar at the Japan Meteorological Agency, Nicky had been exploring Tokyo. The weekend...
Sendai, Hiraizumi, and Matsushima
I had been invited to visit Sendai by Professor Yoshiaki Toba at Tohoku University. We were booked into the Aisaki Japanese Inn, a family owned ryokan...