South Asia

The Road Was Gone - India, Asia Bus travel through India's mountainous regions involves dramatic scenery, remote villages, fresh air and colorful passengers. On Derek Baron's recent journey, the only thing missing was the road itself!	Vesak Celebrations in Sri Lanka's Ancient Cities - Asia Sri Lanka's ancient cities remain sacred sites to the island's many Buddhists today. Claire Allan explored the ruins by bicycle and gained an insight into this venerable way of life.

Downhill Journey to Kathmandu - Nepal, Asia Barry Rogge and friends had a long, arduous, but fascinating car trip from the Tibet border to Kathmandu.	In Defense of Street Food - Mumbai, India, Asia A true adventure story - Bryan Davis attempts to order breakfast in a Mumbai restaurant.
Get That Stick Out of My Ear - India, Asia With the assitance of a half-naked man armed with a small stick, Derek Baron quickly discovered the dirtiest place in India.	Madness at Thirty Nine Thousand Feet - India, Asia Vasudev Murthy experienced a harrowing, confusing and most novel flight.
You Gotta Have Faith - India, Asia Many people are, as it were, struck by the traffic in India. Graham Smart offers a brief, light-hearted view from the streets of New Delhi and Varanasi.	Ramadan in Pakistan - Asia Lloyd Raleigh discovers that the month-long, dawn-to-dusk fast is more than meets the eye.
Volunteering in Southern India - Asia Volunteering provided Dawn Kane with a new lens to view her own culture, and a different perspective on what makes for a satisfying and rich existence.	Vicissitudes of Language - Asia Misha Gitberg shares some inadvertent and common traps of language while travelling in Turkey, India and Asia.

This is India - Asia Fasten your seat belts. Misha Gitberg takes you on the drive from hell - in India, as a passenger, all limbs in tact, barely.	Chai with Baba - Chitai, India, Asia Graham Smart finds that there are many paths to enlightenment, at least an extra cup of chai. This one begins with walking a dog on a Himalayan hillside near Chitai.
Land of Contrasts: India - Asia When Sherry Ott clicked on the "purchase" button for her 5-week volunteer work in India, she wondered if she was crazy. Looking back, she laughs now.	A Functioning Anarchy: India Traffic - Asia Sherry Ott takes you through the intricacies and humor of driving in India.
Trekking Beautiful Bhutan - Asia Bhutan's beautiful country and friendly people will capture your heart, as it did for Barbara Colliander.	Surviving Mumbai: From the Airport to Victoria Station - India, Asia Josh Bloomer lands in Mumbai/Bombay with no preparation. He negotiates a ticket to Goa, getting a full dose of the famous Mumbai heat. In 36 hours, he feels he has been in India for weeks.
Snippets of India - Asia Sheli Snir reflects on the changes she has undergone after seven months of traveling through India.	Pushy Pushkar - India, Asia Something about the energy in Pushkar made Sheli Snir tired. Was it the backpackers, the Israelis, the locals, the Brahmin priest, or something else?

Pakistan, the Surreal - Asia Almost one year from the devastating 2005 earthquake, Azad Kashmir was still struggling to recover. Tim Tulloch sees the event, the aftermath and Pakistan with the help of Kashmiri friends.	Travels in Afghanistan: Detox With a Difference - Asia Caroline Hamilton's drive into the wild, desolate and remote region of central Afghanistan, over horrendous roads, was worth every second, if only to see the Minaret of Djam and the Domes of Cjhist-i-Sharif.