Inspiring Travel Writing from Philip Sen: Page 2 of 2
Articles by Philip Sen: Page 2 of 2
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Archaeological Mysteries of Laos
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Philip Sen
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Laos
Often enough, the divisions that demark nations give you little idea that you've stepped over a line. They are no-man's lands recognised only by man, cutting off families, peoples, cultures and whole histories from each other - yet despite this...
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Dying for a Dollar: Animal Issues in Asia
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Philip Sen
It's a familiar story. The elephants on the Bangkok begging circuit. The sorry-looking bears that dance on the streets for Indian rupees or are kept in pits for Japanese Yen. The big cats in tiny cages at some of China's public parks. But, though...
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Tiger-Spotting at Corbett Park
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Philip Sen
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India
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Uttarakhand
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Corbett Park Reserve
There is a reverence involved in the art of spotting a tiger in the wild; a reverence, should I say, mixed with a little fear. I'm tracking one now, a large male by the looks of it. You can tell this by the breadth and shape of its footprints; even...
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Banks of the Ganges
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Philip Sen
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India
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Uttar Pradesh
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Varanasi
To get to know a country, even your own, you must get to know its people. In India there are few better ways to do this than to visit Varanasi, Benares, the holy city on the banks of the river Ganges. But my family in Delhi warned me not to go....
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Before You Die: Soak Up a Storm
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Philip Sen
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China
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Shanghai Region
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Shanghai
Think you've seen rain? There's nothing quite like the elemental violence of a tropical storm or the freshness and clarity of the afternoon air when it's done. In Shanghai the sky turns black and the waters cascade like thunder from the elevated...
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Echoes of Glory
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Philip Sen
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Vietnam
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North West
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Dien Bien Phu
The boom of disco music creeping slowly up the main road may lead you to expect a local wideboy edging towards you in his sports car. More likely it will be a small wooden cart. A mobile junkstore. About the size of a shopping trolley, the carts...
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Elephant Heaven
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Philip Sen
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Thailand
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The North
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Chiang Mai
He's asleep and no matter how much we shake him he won't get up. It's early in the morning and it's a long way home, but like a grumpy teenager he just wants five more minutes. You can't blame him; he's in elephant heaven. Elephants are one of...
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The Lonely Khao Sanh Road
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Philip Sen
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Thailand
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Bangkok Region
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Bangkok
With a squeal of elderly brakes, the taxi disgorged me jetlagged and perplexed at the open mouth of the tourist trap. Immediately I was beset by more cab drivers, who just wouldn't take the hint that having just got out of one I didn't need another...
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The Painted Monasteries of Bucovina
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Philip Sen
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Romania
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Bucovina (North-Western)
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Bucovnia
It doesn't always rain on Romania, though had you visited recently you might be forgiven for thinking so. As in much of central and eastern Europe, the heavens opened last spring and for an awfully long time they did not close. It rained upon the...
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Cycling with Rembrandt
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Philip Sen
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The Netherlands
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Amsterdam Region
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Amsterdam
Everyone loves a party, and few more so than the Dutch. Never mind that the cause celebre is a chap some three centuries dead. The year 2006 marked the 400th birthday of the Netherlands' most famous son, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (just '...
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