Travel is my passion. I cannot imagine life without travel. This blog hopes to convey some of that passion....to inspire you to spread your wings. This is home to some of my journeys. This is what I saw.
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Latest Blog Posts for The Urge To Wander
- The Marvellous Mosaic Map Of MadabaIt is quite remarkable how an accidental archaeological discovery can catapult an obscure little town into the world map. The discovery in question is a map in fact, that is eponymous with the Jordanian town of Madaba: once a biblical fortress...
- Fine Wines, Bodegas & Hill Towns Of Rioja AlavesaFor our 40th anniversary last month, (You read right. And ditch the math, I am not quite as old as you are thinking right now!) we consciously decided to give showy sights a miss for a slow savouring of food, wine and languorous coastal village...
- Déjà vu – Petra Revisited!on Sep 28, 2015 in TravelOriginally posted on The Urge To Wander:To my mind, it is the long preparatory trek through the narrow path – the 1.2 km gorge called the Siq – that lays the groundwork for the dramatic unveiling of the city of Petra. A natural geologica...
- Photo Essay: Some Memorable Jordan Momentson Sep 20, 2015 in Jordan Travel architecture Asia Culture Jerash Madaba Petra Photography Tourism Travelogue World Heritage SiteJordan as a destination has typically played second fiddle to its larger neighbours and usually ends up an add-on to a longer itinerary in Egypt or Israel. Last week the Jordan Tourism Board kicked off a mega tourism campaign in an attempt to a...
- Postcard From Jordanon Sep 12, 2015 in Jerash Jordan Travel architecture Cardo Maximus Decapolis Photography Postcards Roman City TourismThe 1st century Oval Plaza and the colonnaded Cardo Maximus (main street) of the Roman city of Jerash as viewed from the temple of Zeus. The new city in the background is a striking contrast.Filed under: Jerash, Jordan, Travel Tagged: architectur...
- Who Gets To Visit Jordan A Second Time?I do! R and I went to Jordan in 2010 en-route to Egypt. But I was forced to cut out a number of things from our itinerary due to ill health caused by a severe reaction to antibiotics. Being in no shape to walk back through the Siq for the candle...
- A Man And His DogI don’t think I have ever seen as many people with infants in strollers as I did during our recent visit to Spain. Or as many with dogs of every breed, size and colour on leashes. After all the disturbing stories about how deeply most everyone...
- Cuenca & The Last Of The Casas Colgadason Sep 5, 2015 in Spain Travel architecture Cuenca Culture Day-Trip Photography Tourism World Heritage SiteThe avant garde metal and glass interior of the Fernando Zobel train station was the last thing we expected when we disembarked after our 45 min. high speed train journey from Madrid. A nagging feeling that we had inadvertently got off at the wrong...
- Guggenheim Bilbao – A Spectacular Symbol of RenewalWhen we dashed across, nearly a decade ago, on a (crazy) day trip from Barcelona to Bilbao just to gaze upon those stunning overlapping waves of shimmering titanium, we were clueless about the city’s history of industrial decline, or of the ...
- Hola From Spain!It is a good thing I enjoy planning my travels in advance, for spontaneity in travel (abroad) is denied to those of us holding Indian passports. Even more so, it seems, for married couples. You might remember I was required to submit a no-object...
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