NEPAL | Thursday, 26 Mar 2009 | Views [379]
The countdown has started. After six and a half months (even I can’t
believe it’s been this long) it is getting near the time to depart. Today
I moved out of the apartment that I have been calling home for half a
year and into a cheap hotel. Well ... Read more >
NEPAL | Saturday, 28 Feb 2009 | Views [450]
For the 1st time in such a long time I was up early for a reason! My sister and I were going to Chitwan National Park. The
journey to the Temple Tiger Jungle Resort was long and weary or I had
completely lost my ability to travel in a bus. Travelling ... Read more >
NEPAL | Thursday, 19 Feb 2009 | Views [284]
Meeting my sister at the airport was really nice but only because she
was bringing a couple of bottles of decent wine for me. Brotherly
love…you just can’t beat it! A few days later I thought I should
be sociable, stop flying and spend some time ... Read more >
NEPAL | Tuesday, 3 Feb 2009 | Views [350]
Or as some people call it: thermalling! Now, this is truly a
dark art, which if you try and teach yourself all you will get is WAY
TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND!!!!! (This is only a good thing if you are
coming into land!) So, I once again allowed Adam’s ... Read more >
NEPAL | Thursday, 15 Jan 2009 | Views [293]
……at least that way I would have wing(s)!!!!! Because what I
don’t have right now is mine. I mean I paid for it 28 days ago. For the
last 6 days it has been hiding somewhere in Kathmandu…why? • They have to break down the shipment and sort through ... Read more >
NEPAL | Friday, 9 Jan 2009 | Views [267]
I decided a break in my lounge experiment was needed. So…I spent the day examining Nepalese road conditions; nice! To
do this required the hiring of a twist and go scooter. I did try and
find one which had good brakes front and rear and tread on ... Read more >
NEPAL | Tuesday, 6 Jan 2009 | Views [398]
The MONDAY AFTERNOON DRINKING SESSIONS By Sfau Chapters Drinking beer Travel Work Religion Being alive What happens when the pub is closed for a refurbishment Politics Wage slave Closing time DRINKING BEER “Afternoon Rosie” ... Read more >
NEPAL | Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | Views [538] | Video
“I’m learning to fly but I haven’t got wings and coming down is the hardest thing!” Well, that’s not strictly true…landing is easy…but landing softly on your feet and where you want to is another matter entirely. It
all started at around 6pm on Tuesday ... Read more >
NEPAL | Tuesday, 4 Nov 2008 | Views [274]
I’ve been hanging out in Pokhara for a while now; it’s a lot busier
than when I first arrived! Mind you I am still being tracked down the
road by the “Tibetan Ladies Mafia” who for some reason still want to
sell me jewellery. When I’m in the bar ... Read more >
NEPAL | Tuesday, 7 Oct 2008 | Views [368]
I’ve been hanging out in Pokhara for just over 3 weeks now. I have
become used to the almost daily power cuts but when they happen just
before the start of the championship deciding motogp race it can be
frustrating! On the “Brightside” all the bars ... Read more >
NEPAL | Saturday, 13 Sep 2008 | Views [257]
The sky is blue, the sun is out, it’s warm and I don’t have anything to
do! Welcome to the lakeside town of Pokhara. I’ve been here a few days
and until yesterday morning I haven’t done much of anything… The
town itself is large but the tourist ... Read more >
NEPAL | Saturday, 6 Sep 2008 | Views [587] | Video
It takes several long hours by bus to travel from Kathmandu to
Pokhara. If you’re like me and you have time on your hands it can take
several days. There are a couple of places I want to visit on the way,
the 1st being the village of Gorkha. The ... Read more >
NEPAL | Saturday, 30 Aug 2008 | Views [651]
The flight from sweaty Varanasi was short but sweet. It was a case of
climb up to 35000 feet count to 30 and then descend. Taxing to a
standstill the pilot informed the self loading luggage that it was 28oc
outside. Now, that’s as hot as London usually ... Read more >
INDIA | Tuesday, 26 Aug 2008 | Views [278]
Arriving at midday I had already decided on a hotel and was thus able
to ignore the touts. Whilst having “the fag” outside the train station
a head strong bull found its way to the bin blocked by my bags and me.
Needless to say, I got out of his ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 23 Aug 2008 | Views [342]
Arriving at the town of Gaya at 05:30 in the morning after a night-time
train ride left me feeling knackered! Outside, having my traditional
fag, I was surrounded by at least 9 rickshaw drivers all touting for
the early morning trade. I would hate ... Read more >
INDIA | Monday, 18 Aug 2008 | Views [260]
I hate flying! Why you ask…well the reason is that somehow due
to all the various wars on terror you ain’t even allowed to have a
lighter in the bag that’s going into the hold, or matches come to that!
Come on!!!! The 1st thing a smoker wants to ... Read more >
INDIA | Monday, 28 Jul 2008 | Views [364]
I left the airport at Port Blair (the capital of the Andaman Islands)
with just 17 minutes to catch the 1pm ferry to Havelock Island. The
reason for the rush was that the dive centre was open and so was my
wallet. The ferry was an old rust bucket ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 24 Jul 2008 | Views [179]
Damn, there are a lot of white people in this town and they’re mostly
French. Not that’s a bad thing I mean it could be worse, they could all
be Germans or even worse Australians…G’day mate!….O the horror! Mamallapurum
is a small seaside town with ... Read more >
INDIA | Tuesday, 22 Jul 2008 | Views [294]
Well it has a world heritage listed temple. Was that a good enough reason to go? Yes but then again maybe no. Anyway
back to the temple. It’s not the biggest I’ve seen and it was very
similar to the ones at Hampi. It did have a large craved bull ... Read more >
INDIA | Friday, 18 Jul 2008 | Views [250]
The train ride out of Rameswaram was easy, relaxing and as the sun went down we headed into an electrical storm. Now,
being inside a large metal box, on big metal wheels rolling along a big
metal track made me wonder…do trains get hit by lightening? ... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 16 Jul 2008 | Views [249]
I was glad to get off the bus after a long and amazingly bumpy 10 hour
ride. The next several minutes were spent tying to get some feeling
back into my arse…I failed! The bus station was a 10 minute
rickshaw ride from the centre of town and I was ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 13 Jul 2008 | Views [297]
Following several weeks of travelling in a mostly southern direction
from Mumbai, I can’t go any further. I have reached the bottom of
India, Cape Comorin and the small holy town of Kanyakumari. After
spending 5 nights on the cliffs of Varkala it’s ... Read more >
INDIA | Tuesday, 8 Jul 2008 | Views [276]
The train ride was short and sweet but only because I snuck into a sleeper carriage.
The town of Varkala is about 2kms away from the beach and cliffs and I had three places to look at for my accommodation needs. The 1st place was, due to it being ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 6 Jul 2008 | Views [253]
Its now Monday evening (I think) and I’m back on the road tomorrow,
well actually, it’s back on the tracks as I’m travelling by train (by
general class for the 3rd straight time…the magic can’t last forever). Kollom
isn’t anything special but it ... Read more >
INDIA | Tuesday, 1 Jul 2008 | Views [377]
I spent just the one night in Kottayam. Trust me, it was enough. One
good thing going for the place was that it had a very good English
language book shop. After browsing for a while I decided on two books.
One was an introduction to the works of ... Read more >
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