Blogs from Asia - page 14743

While for about four months now I have often complained about India, for example the noise, the smells, or stepping in cow dung on my way to the bus everyday--now that I'm leaving I know I am going to miss being here. The last couple of weeks I have tried to see as much of Hyderabad as I could, and I toured Golconda Fort, the Birla Mandir Temple, the numerous palaces of the Old City, attended my first Hindu wedding, and much more. So, instead of me rambling on I will simply leave you with some cool photos. ... read more

4 May thurs ordered Aman's chicken for the final time. but this this ate it at silver bell's. we asked the manager beforehand if it was ok..but still felt a bit guilty. it was very good as usual though...being able to sit down properly and not have to worry about flies or dogs. 5 May Fri last day at surgery today. saw a splenectomy. initially the boy was thought to have hydatid cyst in the spleen. so in the OT they did all the precautions to avoid spillage. aspirating the contents out first...ended up aspirating 1.5L fluid out. and then injected some betadine back before the excision. but at the end of it all, when they cut the specimen open, there were no daughter cyst, so it wasn't a hydatid cyst afterall, but just a massive ... read more

Para ser sincera el anterior blog no lo puse en espanyol porque lo unico que hacia era quejarme. Despues de estar atrapados en Kuala Lumpur 8 dias, con un bloqueo mental de gran magnitud, finalmente volamos a Surabaya, en Indonesia y directamente nos fuimos a Bromo, bueno a un pueblecito en el medio de las montanyas al borde de Bromo. Bromo es uno de los tantos volcanes de Indonesia y es espectacular, dentro del crater hay tres crateres, uno de ellos monte Bromo. Para disfrutar el escenario es conveniente levantarse a las tres de la madrugada (viajar no es "estar de vacaciones") y andar mas de una hora en la oscuridad para poder disfrutar del amanecer en el volcan. El ambiente es extranyo, como una mezcla entre pelicula de miedo y de ciencia ficcion basada en ... read more

May 4th After spending about 30hours in airplanes and airports, I finally touched down in BKK last night at 11:30. Spent another hour in the airport trying to find my friend arriving from Hanoi. First impression of Bangkok, its hot! Once you step out of the cool comfort of BKK International, a wave of heat and humidity hit you right in your face. You could alomst grasp the humidity. Cabbed into the hotel and checked in around 1am local time. Dropped our stuff off and walked to Tha Khao San for a bite to eat. Along our walk, it started to pour which might make the average commuter miserable in Toronto but in BK, it is a blessing in disguise. The rain soaked and cool us off along our walk. We saw a baby elephant on ... read more

First, I should apologise for the last blog and its length - it's interesting to see how a fifth of the readers dropped off before reading Part II; I don't blame them, especially when Part II had no photos. This time, I've deliberately made it refreshingly shorter. I feel much better now - stupidly, as soon as I got back I was already missing the clean air, tranquility, cooler (!) climate and views. I guess it's human nature that we always want what we don't have - or are simply fickle! One of the first things I had when I got back was a litre of fruit juice and a succulent, big steak! Simple pleasures. But these are often the best. I spent 2 more days in Kathmandu, which is a city now acting like nothing's ... read more