Arrested development. Again.

If there are words that would make my heart sink more than, ‘You will be held in the Foreign Detention Continue reading →

Tickets please

Taking a long distance train in India involves a fair amount of planning in advance to be sure of getting a Continue reading →

A real sun trap

The day-long overland trip down from Sikkim to Darjeeling was bitter sweet. I was over-excited at the prospect of exploring Continue reading →

City of Joy?

I flew from the idyllic Andaman Islands up to Calcutta, having spent a glorious week enjoying some of the world’s Continue reading →

Horseplay

We flew from Delhi up to the beautiful state of Jammu and Kashmir, the northern most region of India which Continue reading →

A cold front

Havelis (heritage buildings) had been widely recommended and friends who lived in Delhi had given particular mention to the Nana Continue reading →

I see dead people

Striding purposefully through the outside forecourt of Howrah railway station, I was hit on the head by a missile thrown Continue reading →