Blogs from Anjuna Beach, Goa, India, Asia - page 3

Its hard to believe we gave up our cute little apartment in Crystal City in March, and even harder to believe we have been on the road since May. 18 countries later, we are still going but looking forward to China where we would be in one place for the 16 week spring semester. Laura has finished her PhD applications to Emory, U-Washington, Hopkins, Harvard, and U-Minnesota so far. The last 3 to U-Texas, U-North Carolina and U-Michigan are due by the end of next month so that project will soon draw to a close. Also her 4th power cord just got fried but overall her 6 year old laptop is still running. She also continues to blog for ASIRT.org. I am working on getting at least one of our 2 now broken cameras fixed. The ... read more

I'm thinking about the style of this blog... the writing style. I'm not a great writer so I'm never sure how to put things. I'm sure, given a little time, I'll find the right 'style' so bear with me and they may get better. remember this is aimed any anyone who wants to read about what I'm up to. It's accessible to everyone including 84 year old ladies and 14 year old girls... Day 1. Apparently I can sleep with air conditioning roaring away, albeit with earplugs, but I'm impressed! So today, I ventured to the beach. Woke up so late as I was really tired from travelling yesterday. Went and had tea and toast in the hotel cafe... I'm not sure if everything in Goa is like this, but this particular hotel, if not, is ... read more

So, from my Costa da Gama Homestay in Fort Kochin, together with Helen from England, we shared a rickshaw to get to Ernakulam Railway Station, took us about 15-30 minutes to get there. We were worried for we might've missed the train. However, Benson assure us that we'll be there on time. Well, that's how relaxed South Indians are. We reached the station, and I decided to get some knick-knacks for my train journey. A lot of people keep telling me not to buy anything in the train station, even from the chai-wallahs. Well, better be safe than sorry. Helen and I went on separate ways, she was in S6 coach and I was in S11 coach; Sleeper class. Ok, I was quite skeptical about the sleeper class, because it looks horrible to me. I requested ... read more

Now then folks.... This is, as promised, the official KoemanBlog, brought to you from a wide variety of gloriously exotic worldwide locations so that you, the humble British public, can be kept fully in the loop with my goings on. Although let's be honest with ourselves, the only people who will actually read what I write will be my immediate family, and I think maybe if I'm lucky one or two other people will occasionally glance at a couple of the photos. This is being written in an internet cafe in Goa down the road from Anjuna Beach where I have just spent the last 5 days. There's not an awful lot to update you on thus far as Goa was selected as a start off point in order for me to do a few days ... read more

Photos from Goa... read more