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Tag: Travel
Flying like Darth Vader with the people in white coats
Heavy breathing under a mask and wearing a visor. I’m now feeling like Darth Vader on a flight. I’m off … More
Similar objects of Assam and Myanmar: some travel notes
A couple of years ago I visited Assam, a state in north east India, and Myanmar on the same trip and noticed several similar objects.
Flying in the time of Covid
It’s not all bad news. The airport queues are short, bookshops are a breeze and even wearing a face mask … More
A hike in the Himalayan snow
We left the glimmering lake at Dodital to climb another thousand metres, ascending pine forests, crossing streams and meadows to … More
The whirling dervishes of Istanbul
The Galata Mevlevi Museum | Istanbul | February 2020 *** A few months ago I had the good fortune to … More
Spending half a day at the bank
It wasn’t quite how I imagined the start of my Himalayan adventure. This is the second part of the blog … More
Taking buses up the Himalayas
The first post of a new blog series about going up the Himalayas mainly on Indian public transport buses. Taken … More
To Bali and Beyond…
The final week of our amazing 90 days backpacking in southeast Asia arrived far too soon. In search of some … More
Thoughts on returning home after backpacking around Southeast Asia for 90 days
Or … why you can never really ‘do’ a country We’ve been back now for six weeks after our 90 … More