INDIA | Monday, 10 Aug 2009 | Views [1160] | Comments [1]
I knew it was going to an interesting journey when the fight developed as the crowd on the platform pushed forward, preventing those on the train from getting off. Nowhere seems to be immune from this phenomenon. And in India there's no point in waiting ... Read more >
Tags: train
INDIA | Tuesday, 28 Jul 2009 | Views [2965]
It was an auspicious start to the day. As I ate breakfast there was a beautiful hindu song on the radio with a hypnotic, repetitive mantra. I had been reading “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert. The author had been struggling to concentrate during ... Read more >
Tags: stupid, train
INDIA | Tuesday, 21 Jul 2009 | Views [5604]
The
sound of heavy rain on plastic woke me up. I was disoriented at first,
wondering first where Claire was and second where I was. Then it clicked.
London (or quite possibly in a holding pattern around the M25). Mumbai. I
looked out the window to ... Read more >
Tags: cave, crazy people, religion, scam, tour, train
THAILAND | Wednesday, 1 Apr 2009 | Views [1467] | 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
BOLIVIA | Tuesday, 4 Nov 2008 | Views [5416]
As we were in the taxi to the bus terminal in La Paz I noticed something funny about the "hippy" bag I had bought. It had a quite large hole in the side, and not the type of hole you get from overuse. It was a very precise cut designed to allow ... Read more >
Tags: attempted robbery, bolivian army, dogs, marching band, train
