INDIA | Thursday, 23 Jul 2009 | Views [6056] | Comments [1]
Expecting the unexpected and prepared for anything I was in Mumbai's hectic CST station a full two hours before the train was scheduled to leave. I plonked my conspicuous rucksack down in the middle of the station and sat on it, joining the crowds ... Read more >
Tags: cave, monsoon, tour
INDIA | Tuesday, 21 Jul 2009 | Views [5669]
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
VIETNAM | Saturday, 6 Jun 2009 | Views [2080]
It was an inauspicious start to the trip. We had slept through the alarm and were awoken by a heavy thumping on the paper thin bedroom door. The thoughtful receptionist had given us a 20 minute headstart before the promised air conditioned minivan ... Read more >
Tags: boat, cave, island, karaoke, mate, passport, tour
THAILAND | Friday, 10 Apr 2009 | Views [6465] | Comments [2]
Choosing a trek in the North of Thailand felt like a bit of a lottery at the time. Every seemed to offer the same thing – 3 days 2 nights of a jam packed agenda including visiting a hill people village, doing an elephant ride, bamboo rafting and ... Read more >
Tags: cave, culture, trekking, tribe