Blogs from Asia - page 13070

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, this weekend was a bit crazy and I wasn't in my room much except to sleep. We finally have a room with internet connection in it, so I will be updating more frequently from here on out. I'll pretty much be updating you on small things that happen during the week, but mostly the weekend. All I do during the week is teach, and hang out in the office before a nice dinner and bed. Not as thrilling as one would imagine for being in India. But, I'm here to train, not to be a roving reporter; so on to my update! After seeing how crazy the traffic was here, I had to question why I never saw an accident, then it hit me. Quite litterally actually. Well not ... read more

OK OK OK! Jeez! It's been over a week since our last entry and we are hearing about it from everyone! So alright already, here it you go. We finished off last time having partied the night away in Goa. Had we already gone back to Arambol for the weekend? Ok, well we did do that, having worn out the things to do in Panjim and bought a train ticket for the following Monday. Back in Aramol we got up to our usual, you know, laying on the beach, reading books, eating......yeah that about it. We also found a lovely little shop near the top of the road and upstairs, full of interestingly designed clothes, and not the usual street vendor tourist fare. We spent the afternoon chatting with the owner Sudeep, from Nepal, drank chai, ... read more

Premiere rencontre avec le serpent. Un fin bruissement dans les feuilles. Une silhouette qui se detache, brune et massive. Il faisait bien 3 m, l'enfouarre, et il a du rire de nous quand, pris d'epouvante (sait-on jamais, ca aurait pu etre un cobra, une vipere ou un autre machin toxique...) on s'est mis a courir comme deux feux follets... C'etait notre bapteme au Kerala. Une boule verte et luxuriante au milieu d'un sous-continent aride comme la lune (sauf a la mousson, s'entend). Le Klondike des epices. Hmmmm...le poivre en fleur, la cardamone qui parfume le ciel, les gousses de vanilles qui murissent a l'ombre des bananiers, les marchands qui sassent une poudre de curcuma si pure qu'on croirait pouvoir en couler des lingots d'or...Sans Kerala point de curry...nos papilles trouveraient le monde aussi drabe qu'e la ... read more

Plus de photo de mon petit paradis! i wish you were here mes amis!!! Je n'ai pas eu le temps de uploader plus de photos mais j'en ai des tonnes a venir!!!... read more

Ady and I took the night train from Vientiane (Laos) to Bangkok this morning, Ady with a dodgy tummy and me with that dose of food poisoning!!! We arrived in Bangkok at 8am and jumped in a taxi to The good old Grand President Hotel, we are becoming locals the doormen recognise us!! As we checked in we were told we had been upgraded to a 2 bedroom suite with a lounge which was very nice... We nipped to the email quickly to check the flight details for Mum and Dad, which hadn't arrived!! After a while we convinced ourselves that they must be flying Singapore airlines as the flight came in about the right time and Mum and Dad are off to Singapore after Thailand... all made sense to us!!! We made ourselves a ... read more