Nope. My Portland-Seattle connection was the one flight that was forgotten by god in ever so many ways as I would soon figure out.
Category: Travel
Winter Switzerland – An oasis of stillness amidst chaos
With the warmth of the sunbeams on my skin, I arrived inside my body after a long time, with nothing else on my mind except the sheer pleasure of existing as a mere earthly creature that needs its star to be well.
Seville, Andalusia – I
On 21st December 2023, at 12 noon, a Lufthansa plane dropped me into Seville, the capital of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia.
A rainy day in Bratislava
Here is a city which you can enjoy on foot. And that is exactly what we did. I particularly love doing this wherever I go. I walk with abandon, devouring sights and sounds of the ordinary and the unusual.
From several thousand miles away
“In a nutshell, I had posts coming to me all the time, and once when I was opening my letter box, I commented to Mom who was on the phone, “there are only bills and such in my post box these days.” She noted this carefully too.”
Turquoise Blue and a tinge of Green
“One thing I couldn’t help but notice about this trip was how each day was better than or as great as the previous. Each new place we visited stole a little bit of our hearts. In its own way.”
By the river Meuse
“While I seethe in my self embarrassment, I hear the grandma in front of me mutter, ‘rechts, uitstappen rechts,’ which means, ‘right, exit is on the right.’ I smile to myself, am not alone in my stupidity.”
Roads
“Not the kinds that Robert Frost took in his poetry, the ones less travelled.”
When Calcutta beckons
‘I was here again, borne by the soil, breathing the air and sheltered by the sky of Calcutta.’
Achaachan’s travel bag- Tales from my grandfather
‘Because I am not going to tell a sophisticated story anyway. I am going to talk about a simple man, who leads a simple life.’
Alleys 