Adukkumalli

After my long trip in India, Thailand and Australia, I came back to Spain in July 2012. It’s been more than two years. Autumn is coming again, parks in Girona are full of brown, orange, yellow and redish colours from the leaves falling down. The first year was a hard one. It definitely was. It took me nearly 10 months to feel that I was at home again and to be happy to be here. I couldn’t find my place. Sometimes I still think that I haven’t found it yet. I think I have changed a lot and everything here is pretty much the same so, it’s difficult to fit. I found a really good job as a Speech Pathologist and it reminded me that I just love it!!! It was good, I had some new ... read more

Dear Chintoo, I read your story in Planet Goa and I couldn’t help myself. I just need to write back to you. Who am I?, you may ask. I’m Carolina and, as you would see me, I’m a gori (white female). I didn’t take any offence reading your article but I just felt so identified with what you were saying. So, here is the other side of the story. I’m from Spain and, I don’t’ know why, India had been always a place I wanted to go. Why? I don’t really know. Actually it’s a real mystery.... Did I know much about India? Mmmmm.... no! Did I have any relatives there? Let me think...... no! Did I know some people who have been there? Yes, but, is it reason enough? Not really..... Did I ... read more

Girona is a nice city located in the north-east part of Spain. And I'm not saying it's a nice city just because it's my hometown! I really think it is and many people think so! It has a fantastic old part of the city and you can still see Roman roads and really antique churches, cathedrals and houses. Every May in the city we have a special event called "Girona, temps de flors" ("Girona, flower time"). During this festival, the monuments of the city and courtyards are adorned with floral decorations as installation art pieces, which are opened to visitors. They are accompanied by light and water and picturesque, sculptural and musical settings. Some of the flowers have to be replaced every now and then otherwise then don't last for the whole exhibition. There is a ... read more

During my research in internet for my previous blog about Neruda's poem "Die slowly" I found out something interesting and new for me! It seems that this poem is not by Pablo Neruda, it's by a brasilian woman called Martha Medeiros! I would appreciate any information if anyone has it! Thanks a lot!... read more

I’m in this amazing trip on the back of a Royal Enfield motorbike (Bullet) around India. We started in Mumbai on September the 9th and our goal was to arrive in Orissa by December the 10thto attend a wedding in Cuttack. We rode north to Rajasthan; we spent one month in Himachal Pradesh; then we went to Utrakkhand and down to Agra, Orchha and Khajuraho on our way to Varanasi. We arrived in this holy city on the 22nd of November. It was my first visit and I was really looking forward to spending some time in this city which is loved by many people. Even though my first impression was “this is a mess”, after a couple of days I started feeling very comfortable, relaxed and welcome. We got into a small routine going to ... read more