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Goa Daze
Sitting on our verandah at Rosario’s Inn, in the shade of the huge mango tree which is host to a fruiting pepper vine, assorted visiting birds and butterflies and its own motionless lizard, we laughed as I read aloud this … Continue reading
Posted in India 2011, India 2013
Tagged Benaulim, Goa., India, Margao, Panaji, Panjim, Rosario's Inn
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A Quiet New Year’s Eve at Ashtamudi Lake
Written to a friend on the morning of New Year’s Eve: “Right now I’m sitting under some coconut palms by a lake in Kerala. We have come here hoping to escape any New Year’s Eve madness, but we’ll be able … Continue reading
Mists of Landour
“Thus shall you think of all this fleeting world A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream..” Diamond Sutra We imagine our destinations before arriving, but that’s just maya, a star at dawn which vanishes with the full light … Continue reading
Minor Mishaps in Mussoorie
* I have realised there may be confusion about Landour/Mussoorie. Landour is the highest part of Mussoorie; a separate village. This is the story of a Julie-and-Michael Landour day, and a series of minor misfortunes, as previously told to my … Continue reading
Posted in India 2011, India 2013
Tagged Char Dukan, India, Landour, Mussoorie, Wolf's Burn
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Community, Memory, and a Visit to Sacred Hardwar
“O Yudhishthira, the spot where Ganga rusheth past, cleaving the foremost of mountains which is frequented by Gandharvas and Yakshas and Rakshasas and Apsaras, and inhabited by hunters, and Kinnaras, is called Gangadwara (Haridwar)”….. The Mahabharata, Vana Parva. This story … Continue reading
Posted in India 2011, India 2013
Tagged Ganga, Har Ki Pairi, Hardwar, India, Mansa Devi Temple
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Small Adventures with Rickshaws and Alleyways
Waking at the Tara Palace Hotel holds many small pleasures. There is this most comfortable of beds, so wide I can barely reach across to Michael, even with my long arms. There are the many dreams I dream here, to … Continue reading
Posted in India 2011, India 2013
Tagged Chandni Chowk, Dariba Kalan, Darya Ganj Book Market, Jama Masjid, Khari Baoli, Kinari Bazaar, Old Delhi, Paharganj
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The Delhi Crafts Museum, and Other Wonders
One day we took a rough old autorickshaw, whose driver valiantly battled the poisonous traffic snarl that thrives near the Red Fort (just past our street), and rumbled along to the somewhat more peaceful realms of New Delhi, to the … Continue reading
Posted in India 2011, India 2013
Tagged Aiyanar temple, Bhutu, Delhi, Jamini Roy, National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum New Delhi, warli art
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Old Delhi, New Delhi Part 2
No-one wants to take us to Hauz Khas. The auto drivers here each have a well paying, easy business driving passengers between Qubt Minar and the station, where they can pick up a return fare. Finally, after we trudge to … Continue reading
Old Delhi, New Delhi: Part 1
Shahjahanabad is not the oldest part of Delhi, but is called that: “Old Delhi”. In this very congested, lively part of the city, we stay at the Tara Palace Hotel, its door opening (by a doorman) towards a laneway of … Continue reading
Posted in India 2011, India 2013
Tagged Chandni Chowk, India, Iron Pillar, Mehrauli Archaeological Park, Old Delhi, Qutb Minar, Shahjahanabad
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Pulau Langkawi
After all, we did not have to go through hell to get to heaven. The ferry from Georgetown was fine, for the four hours or so of the sea journey, as the monsoon was finished here, by this time in … Continue reading
Posted in India 2011, India 2013
Tagged D’Khas restaurant, Langkawi, Malaysia, Malibest Resort, Pantai Cenang
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