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INDIA | Monday, 24 Aug 2009 | Views [2354]
The night bus to Shimla was “semi-deluxe”, which should be read as completely ordinary. It was however uneventful and I managed to snatch a few minutes sleep in between potholes and hairpin bends. It arrived literally at the crack of dawn – just past ... Read more >
Tags: history, mountains, temple, trekking
INDIA | Friday, 21 Aug 2009 | Views [6104] | Comments [2]
As I waited for the train to leave the platform a tall Sikh with a large sword sat opposite me and promptly lay down to sleep. I'm no expert but it didn't look like the deadliest or most ostentatious of swords although, along with his clothes and turban, ... Read more >
Tags: cooking, live music, mountains, religion, temple, yoga
INDIA | Sunday, 9 Aug 2009 | Views [2498]
Many guesthouses in India have telephones but seem rarely to deem it appropriate to answer them. Thus I arrived in Bikaner train station undecided as to where to go because nowhere would pick up the phone. As I was giving the hotel one more chance ... Read more >
Tags: camel, rat, temple
VIETNAM | Friday, 22 May 2009 | Views [3352] | Video
Crowds of overpriced baguette-wielding hawkers thronged around the bus as the rucksacks were crammed into its belly. They had a captive market and knew it – expensive la vache qui rit baguettes for breakfast it was then. The return trip to Phnom ... Read more >
Tags: crash, history, home, moped, religion, temple, tunnel
CAMBODIA | Monday, 18 May 2009 | Views [2895] | Comments [1]
As with Laos, we had been learning that time is a bit of a variable concept in Cambodia, so we weren't worried when the minibus failed to pick us up at the agreed time. Perhaps it was a ploy – the owner (what he owned was not mentioned, I assumed ... Read more >
Tags: hospital, temple, tuk tuk
THAILAND | Thursday, 16 Apr 2009 | Views [3834] | Video
By the time we got back from the trek we were too tired. even for a massage, so we sold out and grabbed a pizza and watched a movie in bed. This was followed by a catch-up day – lots of internet and blogging for me while Claire did a few chores ... Read more >
Tags: culture, festival, massage, new year, temple
THAILAND | Wednesday, 1 Apr 2009 | Views [1466] | Video
On
our last day in Bangkok we were just about checked out when an
enormous thunderstorm rolled in and opened on the city. It was more
ferocious than spectacular – simultaneous bellowing thunder and
lightning combined ... Read more >
Tags: storm, temple, train
THAILAND | Friday, 27 Mar 2009 | Views [1172]
It
was time to sample some legendary Thai food so we stopped in at a
restaurant which had a menu – not feeling brave enough for street
food just quite yet. Claire went for the red curry and I for the
hotter green.... Read more >
Tags: guest house, haircut, phone, teak, temple
THAILAND | Thursday, 26 Mar 2009 | Views [1100]
Bangkok
is known as Krung Threp to the locals – the city of angels. Our
arrival in the massive and massively modern Suvarnabhumi airport was
straightforward after the three hour puddle jump to Sydney and a
quick ... Read more >
Tags: hectic, temple, tuktuk
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