Get to know me through my encounters with civilisations and cultures while traveling in Asia, Africa, North and South America.
The world is filled with wondrous natural features and human-built structures I still have not had the chance to see. I have, however, travelled worldwide, and I feel very fortunate to have witnessed some of the world’s preserved treasures. Writing this article has allowed me to wander down memory lane and reflect on my encounters …
I discovered the Hawa Mahal Palace while travelling to India with my family back in February 1997. I was 12 years old. Living in the United Arab Emirates, at the heart of the rimland, offered a fantastic window into Asia. My family and I thus used every opportunity we had to fly to Asian destinations …
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The Bolivian Altiplano offers spectacularly colourful lagoons and breathtakingly lunar landscapes. Each stop you make is yet another picture of shapes and gorgeous colours, filled with the local fauna. One scenery, however, struck me with beauty: the Laguna Negra (4.100 m), Potosí, Bolivia. We planned a three-week honeymoon a year into our marriage to turn …
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Amidst all the wonders the Middle East has to offer, my trip to Petra in 2006 is a precious memory I will cherish for all my life. There is something special about traveling to the Middle East—a region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq—I did not find anywhere else. The smells, the food, the musicality of …
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The Machu Picchu (2.430 metres above sea level) has been on my travel bucket list for years, ever since another Spanish class about the South American Andean civilizations and the pre-Columbian era before 1492. We were fortunate to be able to plan a fantastic journey in Latin America a year into our marriage. We believed …
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To me, the Alhambra is the most unique architectural treasure and exquisite wonder the world has to offer. Studying a foreign language allows us to learn about the history, culture, and civilisation the language conveys.I first read in Spanish class about the ‘Golden Age’ of al-Andalus, ‘الأندلس’, a succession of Islamic states in modern Spain, …