I realized yesterday that not only have I been in India for 7 weeks, but this is - and will be, when I leave after two and a half months - the longest I've been in any one country outside the US, except for my year in France. I guess India wins some sort of …
Mountains of Maharashtra
I am currently in one of the more stunningly beautiful places in the world, with a natural landscape similar to that of the Grand Canyon, only much more lush and green, though similarly hot. Thankfully, at night it is cooler, and overall it is cooler than Mumbai. Before I get started, I want to do …
Advice From My Dear Readers…
Just a quick post to ask for some advice/suggestions/recommendations from whoever's out there... I'm in Bombay at the moment (Mumbai, if you'd rather be official, but everyone here calls in Bombay), and soon enough will be on my own, at which point I have approximately 10 days to do whatever I want, within the realms …
Kerala, Part 2: Munnar
Note, I'm posting twice, so be sure to read the one below this one first, for chronology. ----- After a couple days in Fort Cochin, we took the ferry back over to the more industrial, bustling, typical Indian city of Ernakulam and caught a government bus up into the Western Ghats, the mountains here that …
Kerala, Part 1: Fort Cochin
There are many problems with trying to post in India, the most important being that internet is surprisingly difficult to find. (There are plenty of internet cafes, mind you, but sometimes internet is out on the whole street, and many places we’ve been don’t have wifi, so I can’t use my own computer and hence …
Cambodia
In case you're confused by the last post and this post, I am actually in India at the moment, but I felt the need to catch up, so that's why you're getting all these posts now, when I have time to write things out. Here's Cambodia for you: The best way to describe Cambodia would …
The Motorbike Story
So, I promised that I'd tell you guys the story about when I rented the motorbike in Bali. Here it is, though it is completely unedited and terribly long, so I apologize. The final version will be shorter and pithier. “You go slow, ok? You go slow.” “Yes, of course.” I nod enthusiastically, putting my …
Happy Anniversary
Yesterday, Friday (when we went from Thailand to Cambodia), was my 4-week anniversary of arriving in Asia, and, consequently, beginning my travels. Since arriving in Hong Kong on January 16th, I have been in six countries - China/Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Cambodia - taken three flights, gone on three train rides over …
Misadventures in Malaysia & Travails in Thailand
After Mikey arrived in Singapore last Monday morning, we proceeded to continue exploring the city together. We wandered Little India and Chinatown, explored to the impressive zoo (we saw polar bears!) and Night Safari (hyenas at night, anyone?), ate tasty roti prata (Casti girls - this is that amazing bread at that place in Mountain …
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Uniquely Singapore
So, those promised articles are still in the works, I assure you. But, in the meantime, I'm not going to stop updating about my continued travels. I have so much more I could say about Bali (Why do they drive on the left side of the road? I think I really liked Ubud, in the …
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