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2 November 2017
Above: Random sign for a restaurant. After a very restful day of doing nearly nothing yesterday, I’m moving on from Cherrapunjee to Guwahati through Shillong. I had sore calves yesterday from the hike the day before; a little unexpected as I thought I’d get sore quadriceps perhaps. My knees lasted surprisingly well. After breakfast, I […]
1 November 2017
The sun rises around 0530 here so I woke early. I had breakfast at 0730 and had organised a packed lunch. Having not heard from the girls last night I had resigned myself to getting my own taxi at INR800 roundtrip to Tyrna, the starting point for the hike for the living root bridges. But […]
31 October 2017
There was a bit more light this morning when I woke compared to yesterday. But it was only 0530 when I checked my clock. That’s because the weather wasn’t gloomy like yesterday. With a 0745 report for my tour, I talked my way into having tea at 0720 in the restaurant, 10 minutes before it officially […]
30 October 2017
My hotel room included breakfast starting at 0730. I had semolina, potato curry, hard-boiled eggs and puri. That all went very well mixed together even though I don’t think it was meant to be. A banana made the breakfast complete. I explored the area around Lake Ward which was the centre of the colonial town. […]
29 October 2017
Above: View on the flight from Delhi to Guwahati. Having retired early last night, I was up before my alarm and left the hotel at 0615. Delhi before dawn is a different world with people sleeping on the streets, stray dogs sleeping on the streets and hawkers starting to fire up their tea stalls. Quite […]
28 October 2017
Today I leave Central Asia but I’m headed to the biggest “stan” of all … Hindustan. Also known as India or Bharat. As usual for me, when there is an early flight to catch, I didn’t sleep well. Alarm was set for 0430 with a 0500 taxi. At the airport, I got my boarding pass […]
15 December 2013
After doing a yoga class next door, I checked out of my hut and had breakfast. I found a taxi for INR700 to take me to my hotel in Panaji, which took about an hour. I managed to get straight into my room at the Casa Paradiso even though it was before the official check-in […]
10 December 2013
Today I finished my five day Iyengar yoga course. After lunching and farewelling my coursemates, my guesthouse owner biked me to Mandrem, a quieter village about 10 minutes south of Arambol. It lacks the colourful people that make up Arambol. It is so quiet and laid back it makes Arambol feel like a town rather […]
6 December 2013
My five days in Arambol I woke at 0500; about an hour earlier than I had planned. It’s not too bad considering the 7.5h time difference that my body is on. I had a mango before going to my first yoga class here in Arambol. The yoga course consisted of five days of classes, starting […]
5 December 2013
Arriving in Mumbai We landed in BOM at 0115 and was bused to the International arrival hall bursting with people waiting to be processed. It took 1h30 for me to clear. I was feeling pretty tired and all I needed was for the ATM to not read my card (actually the guy in front of […]