In The Van (Manali – Leh)
When the alarm sounds, I wake in a jolt to the glare of the overhead fluorescents scrambling to remember where I am. Our bags are packed and leaning impatiently against the […]
When the alarm sounds, I wake in a jolt to the glare of the overhead fluorescents scrambling to remember where I am. Our bags are packed and leaning impatiently against the […]
The idea of a guru has always been, to my western mind, a little unsettling. To a secular rationalist the concept of a living deity sounds ridiculous at best. Cynicism […]
The second we step off the overnight train from Agra it begins. Barefoot and chanting, the sea of orange swells around us and streams away as they jog along the […]
The Taj Mahal can literally take your breath. Turn your back on it for a moment and the mind relinquishes belief that anything so beautiful, so majestic, could exist. Your […]
And to think, we almost didn’t make it to Rajasthan at all… Our 12 hour train journey from Goa dumps us in Mumbai at 9pm. Due to the inexplicable intricacies […]
Haze hanging low on the horizon the greatness of lakes becomes infinity muted blue sky chameleons into water winking mirror gentle lapping water camouflages to sky and long necked white […]
I have this thing about hippies. The thing being that I hate them. Which is weird because some of my best friends are hippies so clearly it’s not hippies on […]
Monsoon makes dry land feel like ocean and indoors like a small boat at sea. I’m standing in the middle of our room, perched above the open air dining area […]