Chinaman In Chennai
I'm in Chennai now, having taken a 6 hour overnight A/C Volvo semi-sleeper bus from Bangalore from 12am to 6am yesterday. All I can say about Chennai so far is that it's not as bad as I had been warned, but it's still a frustrating city to travel around in (no...
Thoughts on the Road
Last night: Overnight bus in the middle-of-nowhere, India. A song from a distant past begins to play on the iPod. The last time I heard this song I am also on a night bus: It is exactly 11 years ago in the middle-of-somewhere America and I am returning from a...
Can’t Get No More Than Bangalore!
What I will miss the most from Bangalore will be the California-style cool-as-the-other-side-of-the-pillow weather. It really is the best I've experienced in all of India, despite the massive pollution that probably has torn a hole in the ozone layer by now. And...
Being Sore For Mysore: 3rd Sex’es, History, And Bollywood Gardens
Took an early morning bus to Mysore yesterday, which ended up being a long daytrip to Srirangapatnam (if you're a history buff, you'd recognize it) and Brindavan Gardens (if you're a Bollywood fan, you'd recognize it) as well. Got back at midnight and I'm pretty...
Fate: A Summary Of Traveling In India
Is it weird or a coincidence or simply fate that 2 strangers you meet in Hampi by accident (simply by asking "is that temple closed?" end up heading in the same direction as you to Goa via the same train and staying at the same hotel with you for the next 5...
Goa-nd Get Outta Town!
So I'm hanging out by the pool at Cavala Hotel in Baga, and the following, very weird exchange takes place between me and this Indian girl from Delhi (she's in a weird hybrid one-piece/two-piece bikini with a glass of Long Island Iced Tea in her hand...probably...
Monsoonal Goa
They always ask: "You've been to India? Did you go to Goa?" and I always say "no." In fact, I wasn't planning to go to Goa on this trip until 4 days ago when I met an Indian family on my train to Hyderabad. They urged me to go. So while I was in Hampi, my...
Still in Goa
Internet won't let me upload photos...but I've seen some of the most gorgeous sceneries of nature since Indonesia...or Vietnam...or...the hundreds of other places I've set my eyes upon this trip. Check back tomorrow for images of monsoonal clouds by the beach,...
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
