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Hola Spain! – Malaga and Rhonda

This is a blog on the second leg of a two week holiday in Spain. The first leg that included Barcelona and Gerona can be reached by clicking the ...

The majority of our holidays abroad have been dictated by family occasions. In September 2023 it was the wedding of my nephew in Toronto that ...

With due apologies to Mr. E. S. Gardner, this particular blog has all the ingredients of a masonic whodunit. Way back in the 19th century, there ...

Friday, 12, May, 2023. Calangute, Goa. 7.30am. A short while ago I had brewed my coffee, unlocked the door leading to the backyard, ...

"There he met the mahseer of the Poonch, beside whom the tarpon is as a herring, and he who lands him can say that he is a fisherman." - ...

Spectacular scenery... territorial disputes... pashmina shawls... Wazwan cuisine ... walnuts. These are some of the things that most people would ...

Wow... What a year!! As I go through the photographs of the past 12 months I realise that there was so much happening that a lot of nice images ...

December 16, 2022 by driandsouza 4 Comments

I’m a Mumbai-based cancer surgeon by profession. By the time you read this that opening sentence will have to be read in the past tense! ...

When it comes to Indian wildlife, the one name that automatically comes to most minds is 'tiger'. I consider myself a very passionate, though ...

In February 2019 a couple of birders and I did an amazing, 1500Km long birding trip to the North East of India. Covering the States of Assam and ...