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The Train In Spain
There’s something I still find boyishly thrilling about the very idea of getting on a train in London, where I live, and getting off it six hours later in, say, the South of France as I did a couple...
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On The Ganges
It’s a misty, cobalt coloured dusk and I’m out in the middle of the Gangetic plain, a place not normally visited by tourists. From the top deck of the beautiful river cruiser, I look around 360% and,...
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Yellowstone
When an American says ‘awesome’, they might mean anything from ‘quite good’ to ‘see you later’. So when I say this trip was awesome, I mean it in the old-fashioned sense of the word; i.e. makes you...
View ArticleRajasthan and Gujarat
Reggie Singh, in a blazer, white shirt and old-style cravat, greets us with a billiard cue slung nonchalantly over his shoulder. Traditional Jazz music is blaring out of his huge sound system. “Hello,”...
View ArticleGanesh, the God of Travel
When I was twenty I dropped out of college and travelled alone, overland to India. I didn’t tell my parents where I was until, some months after my disappearance, I sent them – from Mt Abu in Rajasthan...
View ArticleValentine’s Day in Rajasthan
It is Valentine’s day, and for the first time ever, an enormous multi-faith, multiple wedding has been arranged in Mt Abu, Rajasthan. It takes place in a big bowl of dust which is still called ‘The...
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Adios, Old Cuba
Cuba: it’s still all there – the classic cars, the political posters, the music, the crumbling colonial buildings, the absence of advertising – but it won’t be for long. I would advise booking that...
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Kindness Defeats The Killing Fields
Kindness defeats the Killing Fields: Falling in love with Cambodia and its determination to escape the horrors of the past By Nigel Planer For The Mail On Sunday 21:01 30 Jun 2018, updated 21:01 30...
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My Kind of Town Chicago is
Yes, it’s my kind of town. Nigel Planer appeared in the original London production of Chicago… now he declares it’s America’s greatest city. Sherry, a charming woman in her 70s, tells me: ‘There are...
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A Return to Mt Abu
Nigel’s article on his journey back to Mt Abu, written for Travelers Roundtable website. “When I was twenty, I dropped out of college and travelled alone, overland to India. I didn’t tell my parents...
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