http://umbrellabooks.com/articles Articles by Sarah Anderson Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:13:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC) opened in Bangkok’s Emporium Centre in November 2005. This enterprising organisation aims to let the world know that Thailand wants to compete in the contemporary world of design. There is a large library that, during the January weekend that I ... http://umbrellabooks.com/articles/?p=49 So much has been written about Venice – what is there to add? But of course there is always something new and for me, initially at least, it was the rain. It poured. “The vice in the air, otherwise, was too much like the breath of fate. The weather had ... http://umbrellabooks.com/articles/?p=48 A literary tour of Patmos Inveterate traveller Sarah Anderson again packs her trunk with books, this time bound for the Greek Islands       div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } ... http://umbrellabooks.com/articles/?p=47 From the moment that I heard that Louise Nicholson was leading a tour up the Ganges, following in the footsteps of 18th and 19th century European artists, I knew that I wanted to go. We started in Kolkata: "It is a huge city and fine, and is called ... http://umbrellabooks.com/articles/?p=46 A literary tour to Scotland Sarah Anderson turns to her ancestors and Scotland's "booktown" for inspiration after the nightlife is a let-down in Scotland's Dumfries and Galloway div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { ... http://umbrellabooks.com/articles/?p=45 An invitation to the Amazon Rainforest was something I couldn’t resist. On our first night, we stayed at Augustu’s Hotel in Altamira, south of Belem at the mouth of the Amazon in Brazil - the only hotel in town with a swimming pool. While there, we watched ... http://umbrellabooks.com/articles/?p=44 Arriving at the Central Station in Amsterdam means being able to walk to any hotel near the centre. We were staying at the Hotel Rho - conveniently located off Dam Square; the rooms are fairly basic but it had once been a theatre so you walk into a large airy ... http://umbrellabooks.com/articles/?p=43 Much has changed since "unbroken beech-forests clothe the mountainside up as far as the line known as the upper tree level" (E.Lucas Bridges, Uttermost Part of the Earth, 1947); now there are practically no trees left and there are many differences since Bruce Chatwin wrote In Patagonia in 1977 when ... http://umbrellabooks.com/articles/?p=42 By the end of next week I shall be back in England. So much has happened in the last three months yet I'm no closer to knowing what I want to do next with my life. I had hoped I would bump into something or someone that would help give ... http://umbrellabooks.com/articles/?p=41 The Mekong is the longest river in southeast Asia and, by volume, the tenth longest in the world; it rises in eastern Tibet, its exact source only having been definitively located by Michel Peissel's expedition in September 1994 and its mouth is in the South China Sea - " … ... http://umbrellabooks.com/articles/?p=40