Shatrunjaya, a Glorious Sacred City on the Crest of a Mountain

Two thousand years ago in India, the legend goes, a Jain priest who could fly, and a disciple who could create gold founded a glorious sacred city on the crest of a mountain. They called it Shatrunjaya (place of victory). Now it is the Jains holiest pilgrimage site, and every year believers come for a [...]

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Keep Your Baby Safe on Vacation

Going on a vacation with our family must be really great since we would have a better chance to have some fun with all members of our family. However things will be a bit tougher when we have to go for a vacation with baby. It certainly isn’t wise at all to leave our baby [...]

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The Fourteen Story Hotel Indonesia

The vintage red ‘Hotel Indonesia – Kempinski ‘ sign above Jakarta’s busiest traffic circle is nowadays nearly dwarfed by the gleaming skyscrapers all around it, but it’s a curious historical landmark. Known locally by its acronym ‘HI’ , the hotel is an eerie symbol of President Sukarno’s obsessive 1960s effort to create a ‘New Jakarta’ [...]

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