Destination: India

TW(&W)M - 3 - Where it all started

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Views [376]

Waking up this morning I was left with a choice whether to stay another day on the hilltop and maybe make my way to Gyalshing the following day for the weekend market or to head on for Yoksum to be reunited with my bag and possibly with Mafa. Consulting ... Read more >

Tags: hills, walking

TW(&W)M - 2 - Tara's Footprint

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Views [444]

The second morning in Pelling entailed a relatively early rise to have breakfast and pack before a 10.30 shared jeep would take Mafa and I to Lake Khecheopalri, a sacred lake for Buddhists and Hindus alike some two hours distant.  Unsurprisingly ... Read more >

Tags: homestay, sacred lakes

Travels with (and without) Mafa - Pelling

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Views [450]

I'm sitting in an internet cafe in Namchi called Frets. Unsurprisingly it has pictures of Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler et all on the wall and rock music is playing. The owner is called 'Jerry', his father, David, is a minister somewhere. I'm in friendly ... Read more >

Tags: jeeps, monasteries, walks

Photos: David_photogallery_Tashiding

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Photo Gallery

Photos: David_photogallery_Namchi/Rabangla

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Photo Gallery

Photos: David_photogallery_Yoksum2Tashiding

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Photo Gallery

Photos: David_photogallery_Yoksum

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Photo Gallery

Photos: David_photogallery_Khecheiopalri

Tue, 19 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Photo Gallery

Photos: David_photogallery_Pelling2

Tue, 19 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Photo Gallery

Photos: David_photogallery_Pelling

Tue, 19 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Photo Gallery

Major Tom to Ground Control

Tue, 19 Jan 2016 | By davidford | Views [354]

A brief blog to let on that I'm still extant. I'm now in an internet cafe in Namchi, South Sikkim, having spent the last 8 days or so in West Pelling without an internet connection. I am loving Sikkim and will write further in the next few days of travels ... Read more >

Photos: Varanasi sights

Sun, 17 Jan 2016 | By aceite4 | Photo Gallery

Varanasi (Part 2)

Sun, 17 Jan 2016 | By aceite4 | Views [672]

So now that my health has taken a dive (I still have lingering GI probs and now a cold to top it off), I am re-thinking my ambitious plans to make it all the way around the globe which I didn’t really plan out that well in the first place. I always ... Read more >

Varanasi (Part 1.5-ish)

Fri, 15 Jan 2016 | By aceite4 | Views [480]

Health update: slowly but surely getting back to normal and focusing mainly on that. I should probably wait until I am closer to being 100% to give my honest opinion about Varanasi. Right now, it is probably the last place in the world that I want to ... Read more >

Varanasi (part 1)

Thu, 14 Jan 2016 | By aceite4 | Views [634]

So Ive got good news and bad news. Good news is I am feeling much better. Bad news is Ive spent most of my time in Varanasi so far having a bad case of nausea and diarrhea. I think by tomorrow I will be able to once again face the outside world, but ... Read more >