Travel writer, poet, memoirist and writing teacher, author Suzanne Roberts was once called, by National Geographic Traveler Magazine no less, “The Next Great Travel Writer”. That’s a
A chat with Dubai travel expert Sarah Hedley Hymers, author of the Dubai chapter of Lonely Planet’s recent title, Secret City.
If you’re looking for books about Ladakh–because you want to travel there, or are interested from a casual/scholarly perspective—here are a few books that are good place to start your reading.
I’m a book snob, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I’m also a long-time fan of India, and dislike the cheap, easy caricatures of
William Dalrymple is one of the few authors whose books I have read all of. With my recent completion of In Xanadu, that is. Based on a
The Rocky Mountains around Banff are stunning, and one of the most impressive places I’ve visited in a long time. But I’m not used to
If you had the money and the time and the necessary level of fitness, would you climb Mount Everest? Would you climb it “because it’s
I read travel literature both to learn about places I want to visit (or have done already) and to learn about places or journeys that
I devoured this in about three days when I had lots of other work I should have been doing. While the Gods Were Sleeping is
The best, and first book that anyone should read, on Nepal. I wish I had read this as soon as I had arrived in Kathmandu,
