Monthly Archives: September 2025

Day 7 Sat Oct 17 CHHATTISGARH  (Raipur, Korba, Jashpur, Bilaspur, Durg, Kanker) Tentative WHS: Kanger Valley National Park RAIPUR Flight. Lucknow to Raipur @08:50-10:10. Indigo. $75. I took an Uber from the airport to the bridge (600R) and then bargained … Continue reading →

GENERAL KASHMIR & LADAKH CHANDIGARH, UTTAR PRADESH  CHHATTISGARH, ODISHA WEST, JHARKHAND,  WEST BENGAL SOUTH RAJASTHAN NORTH & DELHI ASSAM & NE SEVEN 

Day 6 Wed Oct 15 CHANDIGARH I was up early with a plan to see everything before my 15:30 flight, so I left the hotel at 7:45 to see the rose garden and walk all the way to the Capital … Continue reading →

RAJASTHAN NORTH (Jaipur, Bharatpur, Jaisalmer, Bikaner) DARE: Extreme west border area (Longewala, Tanot) World Heritage Sites Hill Forts of Rajasthan Jaipur City, Rajasthan Keoladeo National Park The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur AJMER BIKANER JODHPUR Jodhpur (JDH) Mandore Gardens Jodhpur: Umaid Bhavan Palace … Continue reading →

Flights Oct 8. Flair YVR-SFO @7:00-09:30. 10′ layover Swiss Air: SFO-ZRH @19:30-15:50+1 11’20”. 20’20” layover. Oct 10.  ZRH-DEL @12:10-23:35 7’55” ON I slept at the domestic gate of the airport.  Day 2 Sat Oct 11 UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH (Leh, … Continue reading →

India – Assam (Guwahati, Jorhat, Tezpur) Visited by: 539 nomads +−  Leaflet | NomadMania OSM Maps, © OpenStreetMap contributors     Enter your visits to this region not visited   DARE India – Assam – Barak Valley (Cachar, Karimganj)   series who visited this region nomads … Continue reading →

Thirty years on, our research linking viral infections with Alzheimer’s is finally getting the attention it deserves. It has taken decades for our theory that Alzheimer’s is triggered by viral infections to be taken seriously. The common cold sore virus, … Continue reading →

The strange history of the anti-vaccine movement Vaccine scepticism may seem like a new, growing movement. It’s probably a lot older than you think. Since the dawn of human history, our species has been besieged by terrible viruses and deadly … Continue reading →

THE UNIVERSE Scientists estimate there are about 10,000 stars for every grain of sand on Earth’s beaches. Astronomers calculate that the observable universe holds roughly 200 billion trillion stars (that’s a 2 followed by 23 zeros). In comparison, all the … Continue reading →

LED light therapy for skin is trendy—but does it work? Dermatologists explain the science behind the wildly popular treatment, which is now available at home—for a steep price. Full-face LED masks like this one can cost up to several thousand … Continue reading →