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Goodbye to McLeodganj

UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 5 May 2008 | Views [128] | Comments [2]

The last couple of weeks have been fairly uneventful so I’m afraid this entry is rather less exciting than previous ones, though mercifully shorter… Perhaps the most interesting news is that after we left the march for McLeod, our fellow ... Read more >


Destination Dusty Delhi

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 18 Apr 2008 | Views [120] | Comments [1]

Well hello again from a beautiful sunny McLeodganj, to which I returned from an amazing two weeks on the march on Monday. I must say that this little microcosm of Tibet with a hint of the west, buried in the Himalayan foothills, really feels ... Read more >


Cops and Yogis

UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 24 Mar 2008 | Views [131] | Comments [2]

Yesterday I attended a press conference with Nancy Pelosi, third in line for the American presidency, who was visiting the Dalai Lama here in sunny McLeodganj. As is always the way here, I only found out about it over dinner the previous night, ... Read more >


Shimla and Other Places

UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Views [99] | Comments [1]

Hi everyone, Firstly – apologies for the strange format of the last installment. I’ve no idea why it did that, bloody computers have a mind of their own, so here’s hoping this one behaves! Thought I should get another installment in as ... Read more >


Dramas and Lamas

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 22 Feb 2008 | Views [130]

Hello Punks! Hope you’re all well and looking forward to the next exciting installment of The Blog. Well, I’m still having a nice time here in sunny McLeodganj, and in spite of being India’s second wettest town, it HAS been sunny here for quite ... Read more >

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Parties, Politics and Pestilence

UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 10 Feb 2008 | Views [101] | Comments [1]

Well hello from a pleasantly sunny McLeodganj!   What a time I've been having. Have been blighted by cold and pestilence since I last wrote, but have also hooked up with a bunch of fabulous likeminded internationals (most of who are leaving over the next ... Read more >

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Hi From McLeodganj!

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 25 Jan 2008 | Views [173] | Comments [5]

Well hello all, I hope all is well back home Well I have been in India for two weeks now and am more or less acclimatized. I’m delighted and surprised to report that as yet I have not succumbed to Delhi Belly, and have not seen any large spiders ... Read more >

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