Books I love as I travel
Can a square become a circle? It’s the inverse of the classic geometric problem of squaring a circle. A visit to Borobudur on the Indonesian island of Java gave me Continue Reading →
Saudi Arabia remained an enigma for me, like a blank on the world map. In 1993, I made a long trip to Asia, from Yemen to Hong Kong, but being Continue Reading →
Singapore enjoys a reputation for excellence and efficiency. On my recent trip, this was confirmed as soon as I arrived at the airport. Nowhere else had I experienced such fast Continue Reading →
Syria has been embroiled in civil war for more than ten years and has yet to emerge from it. Although fighting has subsided since 2020, the country remains divided, and Continue Reading →
After more than ten years, I finally returned to Japan and was able to stay a little longer than on my first visit. I was there again for a conference Continue Reading →
My last visit to India was a treat. The December weather in Delhi was very pleasant, sometimes even cool in the morning or evening. Luckily, there was little pollution that Continue Reading →
China remains a difficult world to understand and decode. The language barrier makes even the most fascinating journeys seem to touch only the surface. This same barrier also limits the Continue Reading →
« Somehow, I was sure that if people were willing to read each other, and see the light of other cultures, there would be no war on earth». This sentence summarizes Continue Reading →
From the first pages of Yangsze Choo’s novel « The Ghost Bride » I recognized the atmosphere I experienced a few years ago walking through downtown Malacca in Malaysia. The old Continue Reading →
A honeymoon in Kyrgyzstan? Most of our friends widened their eyes when we made this announcement. But my wife and I like trekking in the mountains, so after having visited Continue Reading →