Running Away From Responsibilities

What to do when you've been in the same job for 14 years and can't afford a house? Travel the world of course!

I was thinking thoughts that fit me. Walking in the forest, raindrops dropping on me from the trees. I found myself arriving here and there. And always, everywhere, I knew, was the right place for me.

P. Saarikosi (1937-1983)

The Raw Natural Beauty of Sikkim

With my last post for Sri Lanka finally published, I can now begin on my backpacking travels of India. Plenty of kilometres on the clock in the amazing sub-continent so what better place to start than the present and work backward? I’m currently in the northern state of Sikkim, it’s the start of monsoon so things are beginning to get a little wet but at least things have cooled down a little. There is a sense of remoteness in Sikkim. Put it down to the travel - journeys are n

Darjeeling: Tea, Trains and Torrential Rains

Kurseong I arrived into New Jalpaiguri after a night train from the Buddhist town of Bodhgaya; my journey was not over yet though. A shared rickshaw to the adjoining city of Siliguri and I was finally on my way, onboard a shared jeep (more on that later). I was heading into the hills in the north of West Bengal state. Ahead lay the famous hill station of Darjeeling. But first, a few days in the town of Kurseong. The jeep hit the hills and began to climb. Within an hour, we as

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The Raw Natural Beauty of Sikkim

Darjeeling: Tea, Trains and Torrential Rains

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