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Long Road to a Ghost Town – Fatehpur Sikri, India

roger — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:01:45 +0000

No matter how much time you spend in India, it continues to be a challenge, as Phillip Donnelly continues to find out.

Shah Jahan, Akbar the Great et moi

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Phillip becomes rich, gets a chauffeur, leaves Delhi and begins to arrive in India

What the Travel Books Leave Out: Part 2 – Delhi, India, Asia

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Phillip Donnelly describes touts, scams, rules of engagment, and how to get out of a scam in Delhi, India. He also takes in a few of the sights of Delhi, and sights they are.

What the Travel Books Leave Out: Part 1 – Delhi, India, Asia

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Phillip Donnelly experiences culture shock, tout wars, explains 'the con' and finds time for a museum in a city that represents a little of all of India.

Lots and Lots of Rocks – Guilin and Yangshuo, China

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Once you get past the touts and the yapping of guides, Guilin can be quite beautiful.

The Unfamous City – Zhuhai, China

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Phillip Donnelly vists the China's promised land, a SEZ.

The Rich China – Hong Kong

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Walking around Hong Kong is all a bit like being an extra from a Star trek episode, a contented automaton in a futuristic metropolis.

The First Asian Colony – Macao

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

In the city with the highest population density on earth, the large wooded park remains empty and is left to the birds.

Failing to Impress – Beijing, China

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Phillip Donnelly had expected something equivalent to Red Square in Moscow, where a sense of history seems to seep from every cobblestone, but Tiananmen was just an enormous slab of concrete, like an

The Modern China: An American City – Xian, China

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Most of the Chinese dynasties rose and fell in Xian, but judging by the downtown area, they left no trace.