The pros and cons of rum
Date: 29 May Location: the balcony, out of the heavy southern rain, Inn On Ursulines, New Orleans Notable sightings: the a French Quarter, Hurricanes, beignet and bad coffee, the Lalaurie […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Hot Child In The City
Date: Hard to say. Still 27 May, I suppose. Location: seat 26G (aisle), over the Pacific Ocean just about to cross the International Date Line, Japanese Airlines/American Airlines flight from […]
Umami: the fifth taste
Date: 27 May Location: 4th floor, Shibuya Station, Tokyo, waiting for the Narita Express train. Would love to sit down on my backpack but fear the silent censure of the […]
“Why do they switch the r’s and l’s here?” “I don’t know. My fax said ‘have a good fright’.”
Date: 26 May Location: Scramble cafe, the biggest scramble crossing the world, Shibuya, Tokyo. Notable sightings: Meiji Shrine, Harajuku, Shibuya, a shower toilet. Pretty early on it became apparent to […]
Monsoon and mountains; lotus buds and laundry; sadus, sweat and sweet tea
Date: 24 May Location: Somewhere over Thailand, seat 23A (window — view out of Nepal so required), Malaysian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to KL. Notable sightings: the last day on […]
More than 3 wise men
The Rodeo Drive experience on Tridevi Marg
Date: 23 May Location: the peaceful Garden Of Dreams, Kathmandu. Notable sightings: you really don't want to know. And then I got sick. Oh, I've seen others suffer far worse […]
Even lentil soup looks brilliant by candlelight
Date: 21 May Location: getting my feral talons and claws seen to, The Zen Experience Spa, Kathmandu. Notable sightings: a gut-wrenchingly awful drive down from Nagakot to Kathmandu; the gross […]
The Hotel At The End Of The Universe
Date: 20 May Location: Berg House, Nagarkot, just chilling and looking out at (teeny tiny in the distance) Everest whilst drinking a (massive bottle of) Everest. Notable sightings: well, Everest. […]
Monks, meditation and mantras at the monastery
Date: 19 May Location: Breakfast table, Kathmandu Guest House, Thamel. Bit over the 'buff' sausages. Notable sightings: a Monday I don't hate! Up at Neydo Monastery, waking up to observe […]
An unsettlingly big place 