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A Round-the-World Journey to Find a New Home #24
Mysore, Ooty and then into Kerala
Mysore has to win hands down for being the unfriendliest town in India we’ve been to, and comes close to the top for hassling rickshaw drivers. It has, though, a nice atmosphere once you get past all that but it does detract from the enjoyment factor of
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A Round-the-World Journey to Find a New Home #23
Hampi, Holy Town and Traveler Hang Out
On our trip to Hospet (the stopping off point for Hampi), the overnight sleeper train was full. Opposite was a woman with a sick child that wailed most of the night. I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the mum, it was obvious that it was her first ch
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A Round-the-World Journey to Find a New Home #26
Bangalore and Nandi Hills
We spent a night in Kottayam waiting to catch a train the next afternoon to Bangalore. We traveled 3 tier A/C instead of our usual sleeper class as it was fully booked, and although we always traveled A/C on our previous trip I was surprised at the difference between
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A Round-the-World Journey to Find a New Home #25
Kerala and the back waters of Alleppy
After an uneventful train journey south we arrived in Cochin, also known as Kochi. The air is noticeably warmer and humid here and sweat was starting to gather on our bodies, which is a bit of a novelty this time around. Kochi is just a stopping off point
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Chasing Horizons #1: Arrival in India – India
Arrival in India
For all those of you who don’t already know, I am a complete dickhead.
After months of planning and research, the anticipation was just about unbearable. I had spent two months back in South Africa over Christmas and New Year. It was great to catch up with family and fri
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A Round-the-World Journey to Find a New Home #9: Bodhgaya
Buddhist temples in Bodhgaya
Unfortunately we have had two things go missing from our packs, one a Maglite torch that was lifted from our room in Nahan, and a camera, which we suspect but cannot be sure, was removed from our hotel in Varanasi. Both these rooms had key locks; the safer rooms a
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A Round-the-World Journey to Find a New Home #10: Calcutta and the Andaman Islands
A hectic city and long white sandy beaches
Calcutta and the Andaman Islands
Calcutta has a reputation; at least it did in our minds. Guidebooks describe it as a place densely populated and polluted, with extreme poverty and a desperate feel to the city. Others have told us stories of the home
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Slow Train from Igatpuri (1 of 2) – India, Asia
“But Madam, don’t take the ‘ladies’ compartment. Travel safely with the men.” My eyebrows arched out of my face, like in a comic strip. The mobile tea vendor, with his huge stainless-steel can, had to be joking. The train was sliding in menacing, python-like, and
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Slow Train from Igatpuri (2 of 2) – India, Asia
I studied the crowd and saw a 4-year-old girl sit in a 14-year-old’s lap, who in turn sat in her grandmother’s lap. How does one get off the train? I wondered, looking around. The woman opposite reassured me: “Don’t worry, it will empty out at Kalyan – the next big sta
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Tea in Manali (1 of 2) – Tibet, Asia
The yak stared at me, unblinking. On my knees, I saw myself reflected in the grey-black, glassy eyes, the size of little globes. I shivered.
Two minutes ago I had visions of shooting him. Now, with his huge head and horns inches from my face, I tried to creep backwards. He watched my every mo
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The Best of Human Nature – Rajastan, India
The Best of Human Nature
Rajastan, India
Down the open road – until the bike got other ideas.
Whilst biking in the afternoon through Rajastan, India, the Enfield became parched of fuel. Furnace-like sunshine was beating down. Water was down to a half-litre. Dehydration was imm
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Back to Pakistan: A Traveler’s Tale (1 of 2) – Pakistan
Back to Pakistan: A Traveler’s Tale
By Kelly Sobczak
Shopkeeper in Gilgit
On September 10, I flew into Pakistan, where the plan was to spend two months as part of my trip around the world.
On September 11, I watched in horror as terrorists ambushed America.
On September 1
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Back to Pakistan: A Traveler’s Tale (2 of 2) – Pakistan
Back to Pakistan: A Traveler’s Tale
Women in Altit
At Peshawar’s normally full Tourists’ Inn Motel, we hung out with the two other guests: Will, a 30-year-old New Yorker who was putting together a video about the tense times in Pakistan, and Charles, a 30-somethin
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On A Tourist Bus to Shangri-La: My Journey to Ladakh – Ladakh, India
On A Tourist Bus to Shangri-La: My Journey to Ladakh
Ladakh, India
It was 4:45 in the morning and the streets of Manali, a resort town in the Himalayan foothills of India, were dark and still as I stumbled sleepily to the bus stop. My guesthouse was in the center of town, so sleeping had proved
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Yes, We Have No Banana Pancakes
Given the state of things on the Eastern seaboard, New Yorkers Shannon Holman and Erica Harris figure they may as well take their chances against southeast Asia’s giant spiders and dengue fever. On November 2nd, 2002 they begin a year-long Chautauqua through Thailand, Burma, Laos, Vietna
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Leaving Paradise Can Be Hell (1 of 3) – Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
test story
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Leaving Paradise Can Be Hell (2 of 3) – Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
Leaving Paradise Can Be Hell
Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
The “Hobbit Forest”, the wonderful rainforest behind the beach where the Tent Resort and Jungle Resort are set.
Of course a beach is more than just perfect, idyllic nature. There are two small places to
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Tour Guides and Tusks – The Wodeyar’s Palace, Mysore, India
Tour Guides and Tusks
The Wodeyar’s Palace, Mysore, India
Palace hall
We walk in from the vast courtyard into coolness of the Wodeyar’s palace. The path, intricately tiled in maroon, black and ivory leads us into a hall, lined from floor to ceiling with murals. Men, pri
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The Calcutta Railway Riot
The Calcutta Railway Riot
Calcutta, India
It was my third day in India. A street festival the day before had brought all of Calcutta’s ten million into the streets. Lights and fake blood covered the heads of goddesses inside a carnival display hall. A man all in white served me tea. Surel
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Learning the Hard Way – India
Learning the Hard Way
India
by Kiran Summan
The phone rang. It was my friend Sarah from Somerset. I’d moved from the sleepy town over five years ago now, and luckily still managed to keep in touch with some the people I’d grown up with.
“So…you planning to go to Indi
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