A short history of trains*
*Disclaimer: not much about trains in here at all.
Tag Archives: india
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 […]
Respect Your Rhino
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 […]
Out with the Kingfisher, in with the Everest
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 […]
Burning bodies in the City of Silk, the City of Light
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 […]
Of piña coladas, predators and questionable hygiene
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 […]
Cranky Caterpillar & Friends
Date: 7 May Location: floating down the Ganges on a dinky sailboat filled with carpets and pillows, blasting The Lumineers on Babysitters' Club's bluetooth speakers, somewhere between Allahbad and Varanssi. […]
Lunch for lunch. Dinner for dinner. After that, feed it to the cow.
Date: 6 May Location: cooking demonstration, Orchha. Notable sightings: more creative things to do with veggies than even a hippie would know what to do with. India would be a […]
The cast and crew: Team Northern India
Date: 6 May Location: Breakfast, devouring the half loaf of toast set before me (funny tummy), Betwa Retreat, Orchha Notable sightings: A low of 31 degrees overnight. This witch is […]
Hidden
Date: 5 May Location: Ramaraja restaurant rooftop, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh Notable sightings: a pre-monsoon storm. Monuments seen: god, countless. Tonight we're staying in tents in Orchha. But saying they're 'just […]
An unsettlingly big place 