I am in a small cottage by a river lined with coconut palms. Birds chatter. Chants echo from distant temples. The local language is Malayalam. The cottage is named Siva. Lal arrives with tea every morning at 6:45. I am relaxed, happy, and fulfilled. I find myself in such a satisfactory state in the southern…
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Rajistani Retreat
Bumping along a rural road in Rajistan, we notice a fort on top of a hill. In the blur that is adventure travel – five hours on a public bus from Agra that morning and rising at 4 a.m. the day before to catch the train from Delhi to Agra – it had not registered…
Honk If You’re In Delhi
Crazy commuters, terrifying traffic, drivers with a death wish – I’ve seen them in Cairo, Cape Town, Dubai and Doha. But Delhi’s traffic trumps them all. I ask each taxi or tuk tuk driver what they think of Delhi: “Too much traffic,” they say. About half the population of Canada is crammed into Delhi –…
Twenty Years From Now... 