Camp at dawn

December 4th 2005
After a remarkably comfortable night's sleep, with only a cold nose and ears to indicate the low temperatures that had been reached, I heard someone banging on a pan at about 6:45AM. In my half-awake state, I took this as a signal to turn over and snooze for another 15 minutes, but unfortunately it was meant to indicate that sunrise was imminent and we should get out of our tents ASAP. So I miss ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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