Shrines aplenty on Mount Popa, Myanmar
Sankar Chatterjee climbs 770 steps to visit the Temple fo the Split Rock, 50km from Bagan. Photos by Rupankar Chatterjee..
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Sankar Chatterjee
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The Romans in Asia: Sagalassos, Turkey
Sangkar Chatterjee finds the Roman Empire left its traces high in Turkey's Taurus Mountains, in Sagalassos.
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Enchanting Chefchaouen, Morocco’s “Blue Pearl”
Sangkar Chatterjee finds it's well worth driving 200 miles from Fez to find a more relaxed, village location in Africa's far North.
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The wettest attraction in Lima, Peru
Fresh from a Machu Picchu trek, Sankar Chatterjee finds a gentle consolation - and far less strenuous exercise - amongst Lima's magic fountains.
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A dawn of enlightenment at Angkor Wat
In a post-Covid world, Sankar Chatterjee finds sunrise over Angkor Wat a transformative experience.
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Scaling Skaros Rock in Santorini, Greece
Sankar Chatterjee climbs sheer cliffs to summit Santornini. Climbing Skaros Rock is a hot long push but ther's history here - and views.
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Meeting the Mayas in Copán, Honduras
On a road trip through Central America Sankar Chatterjee stops off to see the worldfamous ruins at Copan, just across the border from Guatemala. Unlike nearby Tikal this site has stelae and engravings aplenty.
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Exploring Myanmar’s Schwedagon Pagoda
Sankar Chatterjee flies into Burma and visits its most famous temple, the Schwedagon Pagoda in the largest city, Yangon.
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The Roman Empire’s African arm: Volubilis in Morocco
In its prime, the Roman Empire stretched across all Europe and deep into Africa. Sankar Chatterjee visits Volubilis, the great Roman city built in Morocco.
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Freezing rain and snow on the Triund Trail from Dharamsala
The Indian Himalayas are pretty unforgiving, even in summer. So it's a brave move for Sankar Chatterjee to take his wife and nephew on what he probably thinks is just a winter walk.
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Tunneling into the past: an underground glimpse of the Mayas
Deep below the jungles of Belize, Sankar Chatterjee drags his wife into a subterranean adventure as he seeks out signs of human sacrifice in the ancient Mayan civilisation.
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A glimpse into Burma’s only synagogue
Myanmar might have problems accepting its Muslims, but it's not widely known there are also Jews in Burma. Sankar Chatterjee explores Yangon's (once Rangoon) only synagogue.
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An ascent to the Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Paro, Bhutan
A gentle hike through the Bhutanese Himalaya proves a rewarding challenge for Sankar Chatterjee as he makes a pilgrimage to the world's most remote and enchanting Buddhist Monastery, Taktsang.
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Exploring the medina in Tangiers, Morocco
If you'd ever wondered what Sankar Chatterjee got up to on his daytrip into Africa from nearby Spain, fear not: he tells you here. Photos by Shelley Chatterjee.
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