My travels to exotic locations abroad mostly happen on days when I read travel magazines like Conde Nast Traveler. In the post about the book finds last Sunday, I had forgotten to mention that I had also found a magazine- the April 2006 issue of Conde Nast Traveler. I got this almost-new magazine for only twenty rupees.
The issue contains articles on the French Riviera and other lovely places I’ll never get to visit unless I suddenly become a bestselling author overnight earning millions of dollars with my NaNo book!
But seriously, I read about socially responsible hotels in this magazine. It is written that many hotels in poorer countries are soliciting donations from travelers which are being ploughed back into the local economy to help the poor. I found this idea quite good.
I always look if there is anything on India in these magazines but always end up disappointed. The magazines don’t cover Indian places as often as I hope, but I have on a few occasions read about Jaipur and other such places. The South isn’t so extensively covered. Maybe I have to wait for some more time or I might have missed out those issues that have covered them.
The issue contains articles on the French Riviera and other lovely places I’ll never get to visit unless I suddenly become a bestselling author overnight earning millions of dollars with my NaNo book!
But seriously, I read about socially responsible hotels in this magazine. It is written that many hotels in poorer countries are soliciting donations from travelers which are being ploughed back into the local economy to help the poor. I found this idea quite good.
I always look if there is anything on India in these magazines but always end up disappointed. The magazines don’t cover Indian places as often as I hope, but I have on a few occasions read about Jaipur and other such places. The South isn’t so extensively covered. Maybe I have to wait for some more time or I might have missed out those issues that have covered them.
I was struck by an article in it about seven unusual buildings titled ‘Next Wonders’. There was Hotel Puerta America in Madrid designed by Zaha Hadid, De Young Museum in San Franscisco but the most spectacular one was the one with a heart-stopping view of the Aurland Fjord.
With this issue of Conde Nast Traveler I guess I now have more than a dozen of them on my table. I don't feel like parting with them ever.
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