Time is a fickle thing. Consumed by us both religiously, unconsciously and selfishly… Some of us suck each moment up for all its worth whilst others choose to spend too much time dwelling on something that has past. A time that we no longer have any power over, and yet we continue to carry it … More Time is a Fickle Thing…
Whether you’ve been sick to your stomach on a 18 hour bus ride through the night, having to stop the bus driver every 45 minutes so you can shit and vomit on the side of the road, or you simply ate that masala curd curry that you KNEW the second you saw it would make … More An Indian Right of Passage: Travellers Diarrhoea
When we leave our homes to escape to a more imminent and exciting world, we feel that we will never be ready to return back to our former lives. We say good bye to the lives we once led and swear that this trip will strike something in us so vital, it will cut straight … More The Comfort of Tea
“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt in myself a super-abundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life.” Leo Tolstoy “Not once you cross the ocean and cut yourself loose, looking for something … More Trekking Himalaya; a Walk in the Woods
Om Namah Shivaya – “I bow to Shiva. Shiva whom is the consciousness that dwells in all, to the supreme reality, the inner true self.” As the old saying goes; “All good things must come to an end”. But as I wave good bye to the past alluring month of my life in Rishikesh, I … More Om Namah Shivaya
“It’s a place for people to come and stay, and feel like they belong… On the outside its an ashram, on the inside its a hotel.” – Shannon Wolf As I sit here on the couch of my westernised but “culturally Indian” Ashram I think about what my expectations were before I walked into the … More My (Shitty) Ashram Experience
India is a place of joy, a place of celebration and cultural desire, of exotic spices that burn your mouth on fire. A place where even in a dull moment, you will always feel completely alive. It is inevitable. You cannot ignore the burning ghats that appear in your walkway whilst walking down Varnasis Ganga … More Sugar Coating India; What We Don’t Write About
Namaste bitches, guess who’s back? It’s been quite some time since me and the Internet had a domestic fight about how to use WordPress, how to customise a blog, and if it is worth the hassle of writing for them (the Internet and its readers) or if my words are better in my head, in … More Sorry, I’ve gone to India…
