Sipinsur & Muara on the Shore of Lake Toba
Sipinsur and Muara are located on the North Tapanuli side of Lake Toba. It is about 25 minutes drive from Silangit airport, the main gateway…
PARIS, weekend with friends, cold January 2010
Paris is only a few hours away from London, and we often find ourselves spending a weekend here. We have been visiting Paris many times…
Rome, a short Christmas break, December 2009
I have always wanted to visit Rome. To me, Rome always sounds so elegant, adventurous, religious (not that I am religious at all), romantic and…
Trek Peru, The Lares Valley Sept 2008, trekking for Charity
Peru is a country in South America that's home to a section of Amazon rainforest and Machu Picchu, an ancient Incan city high in the…
LA. USA, a family new year holiday in 2007
Los Angeles is a sprawling Southern California city and the center of the nation’s film and television industry. Near its iconic Hollywood sign, studios such…
Australia, Christmas visit 2001
Australia is a country and continent surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans. Its major cities – Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide – are coastal.…
Malaga, Spain, April 1989
Málaga is a port city on southern Spain’s Costa del Sol, known for its high-rise hotels and resorts jutting up from yellow-sand beaches. Looming over…
India, a long visit in 1988
India is a vast South Asian country with diverse terrain – from Himalayan peaks to Indian Ocean coastline – and history reaching back 5 millennia.…
BURMA, a historical visit, April 1988
Myanmar (formerly Burma) is a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos, and Thailand. Yangon (formerly Rangoon), the…