That’s all folks!
So the day I thought – or maybe it was just hoped – would never come, has come. So it is that these few meagre words constitute the final post […]
Lost in colour. Found in heart
The sound of drums thrum through the walls. The happy screams, yells and taunts of children rattle the windows as the morning sun streams through. Jaipur has awoken and it […]
Udaipur-fect
I look down at my hand and the train ticket flapping in the wind. Just a ticket, no seat. I look up at the platform and the swarms of people […]
A time of forts and faith
My head cranes back, higher and higher it goes until it can go no further. Below the lights of the city glow bright, illuminating the painted concrete walls of this […]
Sand and stars
My head lolls back and forth. My body follows suit. The camel beneath me forces my legs to part in a painful way; it gets more painful with time. He […]
Delhi: Heed at hyperspeed
Delhi. One of India’s two mega metropolises. One of India’s iconic cities. India’s capital. So many things we expected: the sights, sounds and smells. From elegant ladies tiptoeing gracefully along […]
Ministry of silly walks: the silly border crossing
A fanfare. A cheer. Sitting on the rough concrete, inches from the road we gaze around us at the crowd encircling us, looking down from high above. Patriots. Families. Schoolchildren. […]
Abandoned shadows of a forgotten dawn
A rocky ridge. Elegant splinters amidst an untempered dawn. A city of sand and stone lies empty. The sun still heats its stones. The rain still wets its roofs. Birds […]
In the mists: magic
The mists seemed as impenetrable as the darkness before the sunrise. Even the twists and turns in the streets before us hidden behind the smoky facade. But we knew the […]
Mother. Where it all began.
As has been the norm for well over a year now, the journey to our next destination – this time India – began with tedium, boredom and a monumentally trying […]
