Tibetan temple

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The enlightenment at the end of the tunnel

January 17th 2006
The one hour estimate that I had been given to get to Varanasi station to catch a 5:10AM train was exceedingly conservative, so I arrived 45 minutes too early. As I was waiting on the platform, I fell into conversation with a South African guy called George, who was tacking a week of relaxation in Varanasi and Bodhgaya on to the end of a business trip. Interestingly, he had attended a Vipassana ... 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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