Another in the “Days Gone By” section: a trip up and down the mighty Karakoram Highway from Gilgit in Pakistan to Kashgar in China in 1988, just two years after this spectacular road opened to visitors. 

Tea on the deck: houseboats on Lake Dal in Kashmir, India, in 1987

Ieper, at the heart of the Ypres Salient, makes a great base for touring WWI sites and memorials

The fort of Bidar in Karnataka was once the centre of a thriving empire

St George’s Church in Hyderabad was founded in 1844 on land donated by the Nizam

Indian woman at Bidar fort

VENERABLE BIDAR

The town may be scruffy and dusty, but it has a rich history with plenty to see

TRAVEL SKETCHES

Nothing says slow travel more than spending hours sketching or painting the scene in front of you