These are some videos that I had taken and never got the chance to upload due to the lack of internet…. Voila! Videos from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Videos from Penang, Malaysia:
Archive for the ‘Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India’ Category
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010From the Moleskine: Batad, Philippines
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Written Friday June 4th, 2010; 2:40pm Philippines Time, around the publication of Batad Reviewed The nature here is so splendid, complete with the sounds of villagers preparing rice, the caw of roosters, the buzz of inects, you’d think the world never changed in the last millenia. The life is so rustic and simple, you would wonder why [...]
And the Awards Go To…
Sunday, August 15th, 2010Who are these people? See their pretty faces at: http://monsoondiaries.com/friends/ Most Generous Hosts: Saraswati Reddy, Avanti Maluste Best Lifesavers: Vaibhav Shah, Arjun Rajagopal Earliest Riser: Supraja Sudharsan at 5am Fastest Response Time: Cindy Chang Miss Congeniality: Madhurya Reddy Best Unexpected Travel Partners: Fiona Mary Lewis, Claire McBride Best Foreign Foreigner: Ryu Hyeon Joo (Korean), Anna Armengol [...]
Monsoon Diaries by the Numbers
Saturday, August 14th, 2010Days traveled: 72 Countries Visited: 12 (Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, China, India) FRIENDS # old Friends I ran into: 15 (Manila: Shyama, Saigon: Van, Mae Sot: Geoff, Singapore: BX & Sajni & Lillian, Mumbai: Avanti & Shivani & Nikita Manilal & Mrinal, Hyderabad: Vaibhav & Saraswati, Taipei: Cindy & [...]
“kuch bhi ho sakhta hai”
Friday, August 13th, 2010Now playing: M83 – Lower Your Eyelids to Die With the Sun The echoes of Jeff Buckley. An autorickshaw roars by an airport runway. I came in as a stranger, left as a friend. I came in unsure what I was looking for, I left knowing what I needed to search for. It’s not about [...]
Word Associations
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Philippines: Laid Back Manila: Wistful Banaue/Batad: Grand Tagaytay: Single-minded Vietnam: Frenzy Hanoi: Bustling Hue: Tasty Saigon: Sprawling Cambodia: Polar Phnom Penh: Heartbreaking Siemreap/Angkor Wat: Breathtaking Laos: Lethargic Vientiane: Vacant Luang Prabang: Romantic Thailand: Flashy Chiang Mai: Comfortable Mae Sot: Quaint Bangkok: Hedonism Myanmar: Overlooked Myawaddy: Foresaken Malaysia: Blooming Penang: Aromatic Kuala Lumpur: Cosmopolitan Indonesia: Adventure [...]
Returning Pains
Thursday, August 12th, 2010It’s weird to… have a hot shower with good water pressure. have a clean bathroom. have more than 4 pairs of underwear, 5 pairs of socks, 5 shirts and 1 pair of pants to choose from. have an insulated cab. lie in a familiar bed. dig through clothes from a closet instead of a bag. [...]
As if I didn’t have enough coincidences in my life…
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010I’ll do a proper update once I’ve settled down. As if I didn’t have enough coincidences and run-ins already from my travels in India and Singapore, I asked myself while getting on the plane to NYC: “how many of these coincidential run-ins have I had so far? I’ve had them in Jodhpur, Udaipur, Mumbai, Hyderabad, [...]
Afterplay.
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010As my flight is currently making its way from Shanghai to New York City, I want to dedicate this trip to the following people, because frankly, you were pretty much everything what this trip was about: – At time of posting in Somewhere across Russia, the North Pole, or the Atlantic…, it was n/a [...]
