by | | Mexico, Mexico City, Terry Travels
The Centro Historico exemplifies the fact that Mexico City was built on top of a lake and it’s sinking at a rate of three centimeters per year. The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe isn’t helping; the giant cathedral dominates the Zolcalo, the city’s main square, and...
by | | India, Mumbai, Terry Travels
I met Sameer last night, a driver with an air-conditioned box cab who’s curried enough favor with the hotel’s front staff to get the better fares. I was determined to go on a club crawl and after the hotel-suggested bar turned out to be a wedding banquet,...
by | | Malta, Terry Travels
I got out of the flip flops area of San Giljan and toured Valletta, the current capital that was built in the 16th century, then onto Mdina, a walled city that served as the location for King’s Landing in Game Of Thrones in season one. Though a European country,...
by | | Dharvi, India, Mumbai, Terry Travels
My tour guide, Shailesh, grew up in Dharavi, the second largest slum in the world, made famous by “Slumdog Millionaire.” He led me through impossibly small alleys lined with tiny huts, each one holding three generations, all soap-makers, leather workers,...
by | | Myanmar, Terry Travels
If I was back in the US, I’d have gone to the emergency room immediately, but here, I was afraid to even use tap water to clean the wound. So I cleaned the deep angry gash with bottled water, put some Neosporin under a few cotton balls and wrapped it up in gauze...
