A trader arriving at Samarkand The Silk Road was a vast network of interconnected land and sea trade routes that connected Asia with the Middle East and Europe. Started around 2nd century BCE, it extended about 6400 kilometres and linked cities and trading hubs across civilizations. The routes stayed active until the mid-15th century. A Silk Road map showing trade routes from China through Central Asia to Europe The Road takes its name from silk, a valuable textile first prod

Besra Walong, a remote frontier town in Arunachal Pradesh and an eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, is one of India’s least explored birding destinations. It offers a range of habitats, from river valleys and bamboo patches to forest edges, scrub slopes, and dense hill forests. Its location near the Indo-Chinese biogeographic zone gives Walong a distinctive avifauna shaped by Himalayan, Indo-Chinese, and Southeast Asian influences. For birdwatchers, that means the chance

A 3-day Kaziranga National Park safari in Assam (India) involving wildlife watching (rhinos, elephants, wild buffalo, a rare golden tiger, otters, reptiles), and superb birding. Golden tiger After a rewarding trip to Manas National Park , we drove nearly 8 hours to reach Kaziranga National Park. Near the park, we spotted a rhinoceros by the roadside, grazing, unaffected by the passing traffic. Despite this being my third visit, I found Kaziranga different. The park continues