Category Archives: Media Update 2012

I felt like Dorothy in the Emerald City. The profile of a pointy-nosed man, bearing stunning resemblance to the great and powerful Wizard of Oz, stared at me from outside the immigration office as I waited to cross into Turkey. … Continue reading →

This is the first country where we’ve hitchhiked, and we’ve hitchhiked several times while here—in the snow-capped mountains of north and in the dry hills of the south. Muslims and Christians alike often seem to be offering a taste of baklava, … Continue reading →

“Hey, do you want to be in a Bollywood movie?” asked a pot-bellied guy reclined on a motorcycle as we passed him on a street in downtown Mumbai. “I’m recruiting for extras who can work tonight.” The offer was enticing, … Continue reading →

We rode by Jeep into India’s Thar Desert, which borders Pakistan. We’d been promised an ultra-non-touristic camel trek, which hopefully meant that we wouldn’t be seeing other people or getting caught in camel traffic jams (which have apparently become a thing amid the growing tourism to the … Continue reading →

Twenty thousand workers over 17 years hauled materials from all over Asia to build the Taj Mahal, a porcelain white memorial to Shah Jahan’s favorite wife in 1653. (There’s no mention of what he built for his other wives.) But the Taj isn’t as white as it used … Continue reading →