Ancient Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries are a wonder to behold in real life, and as I wrote last week, there are a number of them to see in Ladakh, India.
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Giant 40 foot Buddha sculpture at Thiksey monastery, Ladakh, India
So You Want to Visit A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery? Part 1
If there's one thing Ladakh is famous for, it’s ancient Tibetan Buddhist monasteries.
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Exploring the Khajuraho Temples of India
"There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore."
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Surviving Agra to Visit the Taj Mahal
"There are three things you need when driving in India," says our rickshaw driver after nearly colliding with another taxi. "A good horn, good brakes, and good luck!"
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The luxurious palaces of Mehrangarh Fort overlooking Jodhpur, India.
Visiting Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India
Long term travel may sound glorious, but in practice, it can be hard.
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An ancient 24-foot reclining Buddha inside the Ajanta caves
A Buddhist masterpiece: The Ajanta caves of India
We've flown north, through Mumbai and then east to Aurangabad to visit another impressive art historical site—the 2,000-year old Buddhist caves of Ajanta.
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Virupaksha temple sits at the end of one of the main thoroughfares in Hampi, India
Welcome to Hampi, India
I can't knock the feeling that as a child, I was cheated in my education of the history of the world.
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Red, the color of fire, good fortune, and Communism
Questions about China and other unanswerables + Famous places in Beijing
This is how I entered the People's Republic of China: by foot.
A subway ride from central Hong Kong deposited me at the border just south of Shenzhen. Backpack buckled, I walked through one round of customs before being dumped into a wide corridor flooded with a sea of people, most about a foot or two shorter than me. Together we're headed straight towards a second round of customs, but for now we're hovering in between two entities, Hong Kong and China proper.
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The largest excavation pit of the terra-cotta soldiers containing 6,000 figures from 210 BC. No wonder it's a UNESCO site.
The great terra-cotta warriors of Xi'an, China
There is another gap in the Great Firewall so I'm taking it and skipping forward to post about this: the great terra-cotta soldiers.
This army is one of those historically important art sites that I've always wanted to see in person, ever since my undergraduate days of art history.
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