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Jet-lagged in Walkerton (...more)
Back in the great white North now....for another Walkerton Christmas. The return trip was long obviously but thankfully quite routine. Walkerton should be a great place to catch up on rest....if I can just get myself back on schedule. We'll...December 23, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack
Trading Coconut trees for Christmas trees.... (...more)
As you may have feared.....I have found a guru and in him I may have found myself....so I've decided to cancel my return flight and stay in India. They say there's good kool-aid. Seriously though.....I'm now back in Mumbai in...December 20, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Not enough words (...more)
There are not enough words to describe what I am seeing. The more of India I see the more I am amazed, and speechless really, by the beauty, the people, the spirituality, the cultures, the contradictions..... I've been hanging with...December 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack
Palolem (...more)
I've moved on to the state of Goa for some R&R at the idyllic Palolem Beach. Picture a Gilligan's Island scene with about a thousand sun worshippers, mostly Western, hanging with local agrarians and tourism industry workers. It's not exactly...December 17, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack
Hyderabad (...more)
Hyderabad, like every place in India, is entirely unique yet again. I didn't get to experience much of it however, as it was mostly business here. I spent most of my 4 days and nights working on my presentation and...December 16, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
A human sea (...more)
'Bombay was central, had been so from the moment of its creation: the bastard child of a Portugese-English wedding, and yet the most Indian of cities. In Bombay all Indias met and merged. In Bombay, too, all-India met what-was-not India,...December 14, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
The streets of Bombay (...more)
I spent day three working on my paper....but on day four, still with no sleep, I ventured out with a new valet, Raju, to see the real Bombay. See for yourself. For Hi-Speed users a high(er)-res version: Postcard from Bombay,...December 12, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack
Jet-lagged in Bombay (...more)
It's been hard to get over the jet lag here. Or maybe it's the anti-malaria medication. I woke up in the middle of the night as if I had just had a good nap. I couldn't sleep so I turned...December 10, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack
Bombay - Day One (...more)
Most people here call it Bombay and so I will too. After catching a 6:45pm flight from Toronto to Paris on the 6th of December, my flight from Paris to Bombay arrived at 1 in the morning local time on...December 9, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Visiting India isn't easy (...more)
India was a difficult trip even before it began. Staving off disease, dealing with the dreaded 'Delhi Belly' The list of warnings, mostly health related, for Westerners headed to India, are as long as my arm. I went to the...December 7, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
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