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Delhi to Georgia

By Andy | Published: May 11, 2009

After leaving the Iran embassy having been rejected for the visa a second time, I cycled over to the travel agency, and booked a flight to Istanbul. Flying is not the best transport for me because I feel that it cuts out the point of travel which is the adventure of meeting people and having [...]

Posted in Expedition Journal, Georgia, India | Also tagged Adventure, bombs, China, flying, Georgia, India, istanbul, monks, Pakistan, Police, Tbilisi, terrorism, Tibet, travel | 1 Comment

Frustration

By Andy | Published: February 25, 2009

Having arrived in Delhi, I had been wishfully thinking that I would pick up Pakistan and Iran visas again and make my way by public transport back to Turkey.

Posted in Expedition Journal, India | Also tagged Borders, Bureaucracy, Caucasus, Couchsurfing, Delhi, Embassy, Forgetfulness, India, Iran, Motivation, Music, Nepal, Pakistan, Productive, The Streets, Transition, Visas, Waiting | Leave a comment

Swimming with dolphins

By Andy | Published: December 7, 2008

I’ve had a strange last week. The urge to use some of my newly rediscovered lateral thinking skills has been bubbling to the surface. I found Edward De Bono’s book Lateral Thinking in a book shop in Quetta and through reading it, I’ve found inspiration to find new challenging adventures and varied experiences.

Posted in Expedition Journal, India | Also tagged Acupuncture, Adventure, Almond, Aroused, Bhaji, Bizarre, Cake, Cricket, Cycling, Daughtered, Dhaal, Diet, Dogs, Eating With My Fingers, Edward De Bono, English, Experience, Fingers, Good Decision, Grandfather, Gujarat, Healthy, Hinduism, Hospital, Husband, India, Indian Culture, Inspiration, Jainism, Language, Lateral Thinking, Limit, Main Road, Massage, Meat, Milk, Milling about, Mothered, Noise, Passion, Physical, Process, Procrastination, Quetta, Reading, Relaxing, Religion, Rice, Rolling Pin, Rural, Saddhus, Satisfying, Side Road, Smiling, Solutions, Soup, Spice, Spoon, Strange, Tasty, Temples, Thali, Thighs, Touring, Variety, Vegetarian, Villages, Wedding, Wild Camping, Zone | 2 Comments

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