I took a quick flight today from Cairo to Amman, Jordan. I was very pleased by the scenery on the drive from the Amman Airport. Clusters of white buildings are scattered across the hills. I am staying at an apartment in the center of Amman, high up on a hill with a view across to …
This afternoon I visited Dharavi, the biggest slum in Asia. Originally factories occupied this area. They gave each worker a one-room space for living. At a certain point, a labor disagreement caused the factories to shut down, and the workers lost their jobs. The disagreement is still hung up in the courts many decades later. …
This morning I visited the Elefanta Caves, an UNESCO Heritage Site located on an island about 10km east of the city in the bay of Mumbai. Ferries leave from the Gateway of India and take over an hour to reach the island. This young man and his mother on the ferry are from Dubai. The …
Today I visited the Indian Museum, the largest and oldest multipurpose museum in India and SE Asia. Founded in 1814, it is housed in an enormous building which has seen better days. Despite the building’s aging facilities and lack of signage, the museum is full of interesting and surprising content, particularly the remains of an …