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this is normal – indian edition

In late April I made a post about common sights in southeast Asia. I even started, but never completed, a follow-up. But after 6 weeks and 2 days in India it seems time for an Indian edition.
This is a country where driving requires honking. This isn’t to say that there is always a reason to [...]

Free Tibet

While certainly a complicated issue, a few things are very simple.
1. Tibetans, most notably His Holiness the Dalai Lama, must live in exile in order to be free.
2. Many, many Tibetans flee, on foot (1 week – 2 months, over mountains and through extreme cold), to reach freedom.
3. China has not “liberated” Tibet at all, [...]

farm life

It’s hard to believe that we have left the farm, said goodbye to all the amazing people – friends – and are now working our way northward. We came to the farm for a two week stay; we didn’t leave for over 3 weeks (and not until after we made our friend who was visiting [...]

starting over again

Our flight was on Thai Airways; yet another Asian airline that knows service. The flight crew was extremely attentive, the airplane spotlessly clean, and the alcohol completely free. Sipping on a small pre-dinner vodka and orange juice, then a during-dinner one was a rather perfect way to relax and enjoy the flight. The meal, which [...]

Kap kun kaah south east Asia, namaste India

Today marks our last day in south east Asia, in Bangkok, Thailand specifically, where we’ve been the last two weeks sorting out our visa and travel arrangements to go to India.
I think I speak for both me and jft when I say we are feeling a little morose about leaving south east Asia behind. We’ve [...]