Asia
Malaria madness…fevers, chills and the cookie doctor
In my altered state of malaria-induced fogginess, New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Airport presented itself as an oblong-shaped mass…
Tag: India
Asia
Ambushed by India…all of it
I was not prepared for you, India. I had expected to tolerate you, coexist, to survive you. Armed…
Asia
The madness, magic and mystery of India
Crimson sarees trimmed with sparkling gold thread. Chartreuse turbans perched on men with time-lined faces and enormous bushy…
Asia
The gifts of the desert
Our bed was a simple platform with a mattress on it raised slightly above the cooling sand. Our…
Asia
A day of India, unleashed
This was a day of immense and unrelenting surprises. The drive from Udaipur to Ranakpur and on to…
Asia
The milkman cometh – and goeth (and cometh and goeth)
The man pedals his rickety, one-speed bicycle along the treacherous road near Pushkar, a stunning figure in billowing…