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Holiday You?: Hooray for Bollywood
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Take what you like.leave the rest. Saturday, April 12, 2008. Been off-line for awhile. This being our home stretch (in a quite literal sense) we've been moving and seeing things at a brisk pace. We were in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) recently. Mumbai is the main home of the Indian movie industry usually refered to as " Bollywood. They hustled us through breakfast to "wardrobe" where we were fitted in whatever passed for the Indian idea of beachwear for westerners. The girls got a lot of floral print thi...
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Holiday You?: Vipassana post-script
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Take what you like.leave the rest. Wednesday, May 21, 2008. There is no doubt that the Vipassana course put me through ten honest days of gloves-off grappling with my brain and body. But when do you ever grow without some fear or pain? It's not a small coincidence that I'm writing this post from Lumbini. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Travel back to the age of chivalry. Like a wild monkey. Trans Fair - Fair Trade Site. The Entroporium (active again! Excellent Financial Blog by Jesse.
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Holiday You?: October 2007
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Take what you like.leave the rest. Sunday, October 21, 2007. Very Cool Boat Ride. Our first week of "work" here in Cambodia turned out to finish with a three-day national holiday. Our offices were closed so Tami and I took the opportunity to return to the ruins of Angkor in the northwest of the country. We repeated the route we took back in January taking a bus from Phnom Penh to Battambang. From there, we took a boat down a river that feeds into the Tonle Sap. They were all smiles. We realized after the...
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Holiday You?: Random Notes from the Great Thar Desert
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Take what you like.leave the rest. Thursday, April 17, 2008. Random Notes from the Great Thar Desert. Currently writing from Jaisalmer. A city in western Rajasthan. This is a desert state and Jaisalmer. Founded in the late 12 th. If you look on a map, you can see it's isolated out here. At night the stars shine bright and luminous. There is a restaurant that serves passable Italian food - something we haven't had in quite a while. Their location is romance par excellence. People have been living here for...
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Holiday You?: December 2007
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Take what you like.leave the rest. Saturday, December 22, 2007. Getting Around Phnom Penh. Many guidebooks tell you that the street corners are full of waiting motodup drivers easily recognizable by their ubiquitous uniform - the baseball cap. It's almost impossible to walk past them without hearing the song of the streets, "Hello Sir, moto? Or the more simplified "Moto? Links to this post. Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Don't eat the bear paw. Links to this post. Monday, December 10, 2007. Even the captain...
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Holiday You?: September 2007
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Take what you like.leave the rest. Friday, September 28, 2007. It isn't all bad. Yeah, I can whine about Bangkok. I watched this today, though. Beautiful. Under this huge, traditional swing, a woman fed the pigeons. She gave me a warm smile when I walked up. The Thai's do this prayer-like salute called a 'wai'. She held the bread between her hands and wai'ed before every broadcast. Happy birds and a happy bird feeder. Links to this post. Thursday, September 27, 2007. Phewww . . . Bangkok. Bangkok has its...
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Holiday You?: November 2007
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Take what you like.leave the rest. Wednesday, November 28, 2007. The Eric and Margaret Road Show. Two more friends from home just rolled through for a visit.and what a treat it was. As fun as our time out here on the road has been, very little can beat catching up with friends over a long brunch or dinner. Every time someone visits, it feels like a personal envoy from our homeland has set aside time for classified debriefing. Every time we see friends from home Tami and I know we've got a lot to look for...
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Holiday You?: January 2009
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Take what you like.leave the rest. Tuesday, January 20, 2009. This Blog is Over. Home for a few months now. Today seems like a good day to reflect. First off, congratulations to Barack Obama and to the US. No matter your feelings about Democratic vs. Republican politics (or lack of difference therein), this country took quite a step forward in putting a man of color into the White House. I wish him, and us, the best of luck. On this day in 2006. On January 20, 2007. On the 20th of January 2008. Have kept...
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Holiday You?: Travel back to the age of chivalry
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Take what you like.leave the rest. Sunday, May 18, 2008. Travel back to the age of chivalry. Following on the subject below of things swinging, we just finished traveling in the state of Rajasthan where you can't swing a cat without hitting some medieval fort or palace. Most of them are perched dizzily on intimidating bluffs or escarpments. Nearly everyone who comes to India makes a trip out to Rajasthan to take in the romantic settings and desert landscape. I think we spent almost a month. Being the ear...
