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Tag Archives: wanderlust

Is everything glorious for you?

June 17, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

Date: 16 June. Location: so very LA right now, by the pool of über trendy The Standard. Notable sightings: the Hollywood sign, walk of fame, Sunset Boulevard, lots of Darth […]

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The magical vanity fair

June 12, 2014by Alex 2 Comments

Date: 11 June. Location: by the pool, Palm Desert. Notable sightings: the ritzy El Paseo shops (the Rodeo Drive of the desert), a rattlesnake, a real kitchen of our own! […]

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Hot Child In The City

May 28, 2014by Alex 4 Comments

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 […]

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Mid-air thoughts, travel

“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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Monsoon and mountains; lotus buds and laundry; sadus, sweat and sweet tea

May 24, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

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 […]

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Mid-air thoughts, travel

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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Even lentil soup looks brilliant by candlelight

May 21, 2014by Alex Leave a comment

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 […]

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The Hotel At The End Of The Universe

May 20, 2014by Alex 2 Comments

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. […]

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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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Oh, c’est la vie / Maybe something’s wrong with me

May 18, 2014by Alex 2 Comments

Date: 17 May Location: Fat Camp. Ok, actually yoga camp in the Neydo Monastry in the Kathmandu hills — but it really should be fat camp given how much I've […]

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