responsible tourism
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(Excerpt from my articles published in WEEKEND- KHALEEJ TIMES, August 1997 and in THE TIMES OF OMAN 1996) The mystique of the Dhofar region or of Salalah is not its salubrious climate or its architecture: It is its sacred perfume, one of the gifts given to Baby Jesus by the THREE WISE MEN. This aromatic… Read more
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August 2009 – *7.30 a.m. Shanghai railway station and the city waking up to early morning sounds and rituals. We arrive from Beijing, the second part of our journey, stifling yawns and sidestepping persistent cab drivers on way out of the station. I survey the unimpressive surroundings while waiting for friend who had gone to check… Read more
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2009: Some places and events remain etched in memory, for whatever reason, and the San Antonio River Walk or ‘Paseo del Rio’ along the banks of San Antonio River is one such event. The Walk was a peek into the soul of a city, into its rich past savoured through different time spans from the… Read more
Journies of change 