Recollections of a Rover “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more nearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilization…” -Robert Louis Stevenson-

India

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A walk in another world

Friday, 9 May 2014 | Views [487]

The remote Indian village stands exactly as it was a decade earlier. Raggedy weeds still cleave through the winding dirt roads. The ramshackle shops offer the same toys and sweets from a lifetime ago. It seems as if the same men are standing outside, ... Read more >

Tags: forest, home, india, kerala, nature, village, walk

Losing myself, finding a city

Wednesday, 16 Apr 2014 | Views [442] | Scholarship Entry

I am standing in a whirlwind of chaos. It sweeps me up in its heavy heat and then wraps me in a dusty yellow blanket. My senses are overwrought: eyes flicker between nervous mongrels and rundown buildings; nose conflicted by the stench of old urine, ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip