When visited: April 2014 Weather: 11-18C. Cool Tokyo is always an experience; its culture, its cuisine, its people, its politeness, its cleanliness and I always come away with something new. This time … Continue reading
When visited: March 2014. Weather: Hot 25-30C Found myself here for the weekend and thought I’d do something different from the usual day trip to the Phi Phi islands. Searching for birding sites, the only place near … Continue reading
When visited: March 2014 Weather: Hot 28C In Chennai for a meeting over the weekend and had a morning free; it was between visiting Guindy Park or The Theosophical Gardens and I chose the latter … Continue reading
Having been an enthusiastic birder for many years, I’d never ever seen a pitta before…had read about them…seen pictures of them but just never been able to find them. I even went to Borneo to seek the elusive pitta…I saw … Continue reading
When visited: February 2014. Weather: HOT 25C Arriving in Penang after sleepy Butterworth, it was immediately obvious how much wealthier and more developed Penang island is compared to Butterworth. The traffic though is truly terrible! I stayed at the … Continue reading
Butterworth: When visited: February 2014. Weather: HOT 25-30C Most tourists to Malaysia would go to Kuala Lumpur (KL), Penang island and maybe Malacca. Divers and ecotourists might go to the East coast isles of Tioman and Redang … Continue reading
Bharatpur revisited : Time of visit:February 2014 Weather: 12-20C My last visit to Bharatpur was last September when I did a whirlwind visit over a couple of hours, a couple of hours that barely whetted the appetite and left … Continue reading
Agra revisited: February 2014. Weather 15 C. Following my last trip to Agra in September 2013, I found myself heading to Agra again in February 2014. This time instead of departing from my hotel in Delhi, I was picked up … Continue reading
I’d been given a pair of these new SONY DEV-30 digital recording binoculars by a friend of mine (yes, I have a very generous friend!) and this was my first opportunity to take it out and see if 1) it … Continue reading
Singapore is a tiny city state, largely built up and teeming with people…not a place you’d associate with exotic fauna..but in truth, if you know where to go, there is a microcosm of beautiful wild life in the forests. We … Continue reading
The Natural Traveller 