"The summit was almost continuously obstructed by clouds, and one had to gaze at it for quite long before coming to the idea of the shape...

"Whom God loves, he drops in this country" -Bavarian poet Ludwig Ganghofer, describing Berchtesgaden Few travellers to Germany have...

Some mountains are so imposing, so mighty, that those who live in their shadow feel compelled to set their stories and legends on their...

“Wherever we had been in Russia, in Moscow, in the Ukraine, in Stalingrad, the magical name of Georgia came up constantly. People who had...

“To follow the Silk Road is to follow a ghost. It flows through the heart of Asia, but it has officially vanished leaving behind the...

"Bokhara, the most shameless sink of iniquity that I know in the East." -Arminius Vambery, Hungarian traveller and first European to...

“We travel not for trafficking alone; By hotter winds our fiery hearts are fanned: For lust of knowing what should not be known We take...