Inspiring Travel Writing About Religion

"“I am a Bollywood fight director,” explained the man holding the goat, “and for many years I was a stunt fighter. Now I am standing for election. That is why I have brought this bakri all the way from Bihar, in my own car-- to offer it to the..."

"I had always thought of Maisons-Laffitte as a bourgeois residential suburb probably not worth exploring. But a local’s recommendation and its easy access by train decided me to try it with a friend one Sunday – and proved me wrong..."

"We clamber across the rocks to the foot of the waterfalls, looking for an appropriate spot to lower ourselves into the pools underneath. The Evason Ma’in Hot Springs, at a balmy 38C, are where King Herod (of beheading-John-the-Baptist-and-dancing-..."

"La Rochelle usually wins hands down in any list of the most attractive ports along France’s Atlantic Coast. Its appeal is instant: the sight of two imposing 14th-century stone towers flanking the entrance to the harbour is enough to hook you in...."