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“Why do they switch the r’s and l’s here?” “I don’t know. My fax said ‘have a good fright’.”

May 26, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

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 […]

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The Rodeo Drive experience on Tridevi Marg

May 23, 2014by Alex 1 Comment

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 […]

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Monks, meditation and mantras at the monastery

May 19, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

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 […]

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“Welcome to sky”

May 16, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Date: 16 May Location: waiting for my turn to paraglide, the second highest peak above the Kathmandu Valley Notable sightings: the Himalayas We so like to snicker at all the […]

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Cool karma collected in Kathmandu

May 15, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Date: 15 May Location: the beautiful outdoor daybed, Kathmandu Guest House, Kathmandu Notable sightings: a smattering of the baby mountains of Nepal, an honest to god decent burrito. Maybe the […]

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Respect Your Rhino

May 13, 2014by Alex 2 Comments

Date: 12 May Location: watching the sun go down over the jungle, Ghumtee Rivera Lodge, Chitwan National Park Notable sightings: one-horned rhinos! “And the bathroom situation…” This is Ravi, explaining […]

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Through the vortex and into the land of silence and smiles

May 11, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Date: 11 May, Mothers' Day. Location: on the road again, between Lumbini and Chitwan, Nepal. Notable sightings: the most chilled immigration imaginable; peace in the birthplace of Buddha, Lumbini, Nepal. […]

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Out with the Kingfisher, in with the Everest

May 11, 2014by Alex 2 Comments

Date: 10 May Location: on the road trip from hell, somewhere between Varanasi and the Nepalese border. Notable sightings: urgh, too tired and hot to care. Hours driven: 9 Hours […]

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Burning bodies in the City of Silk, the City of Light

May 10, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Date: 9 May Location: trapped in Hotel Haifa, Varanasi. Notable sightings: my first up-close corpse. On any day, Varanasi hits like a hot assault. Today, in high summer, in the […]

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Of piña coladas, predators and questionable hygiene

May 9, 2014by Alex 4 Comments

Date: 8 May Location: a sand island, the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh Notable sightings: dolphins in the Ganges! Showers enjoyed in the last few days: nil. Right before sundown our three […]

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  • Let’s float, lets glide
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"The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time." - George Bernard Shaw

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