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Macho, ego says: ‘what if you regret not continuing East?’
My heart says: ‘Go back to Georgia and then see what happens’
My realistic head says how? –
3 onward travel options:
1. Nepal, Tibet, China
2. Pakistan, Central Asia
3. Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Georgia
1. = Expensive, painful…
2. = Waiting until May to cross KHH and a whole bunch of [...]
Posted in Expedition Journal Also tagged Central Asia, China, Continuing East, Different Route, Ego, Expensive, Filming, Georgia, Going Back, India, Intrigue, Iran, KKH, Lateral Thinking, Macho, Nepal, Onward Travel, Painful, Pakistan, Paranoia, Photography, Reversal, Sensible, Tibet, Turkey, Visas, Waiting Leave a comment
Air pollution becomes an everyday problem
I have noticed quite clearly that since I entered Pakistan and India the significant drop in air quality in general.
In Pakistan if I blew my nose I would get similar coloured nasal mucus to if I had spent a day in Central London.
Posted in Expedition Journal, Hungary, India Also tagged Adolescence, Air Pollution, Air Quality, Bizarre, Black Mucus, Brick Furnaces, Burning, Busy, Central London, Chimneys, Climate Change, Communication, Conversation, Cross-Culture, Degradation, Development, Diesel, Disgust, Fire, Grunting, Illness, India, Industry, Instincts, Locals, Lonely Planet, Marbles, Pakistan, Particulate Air Pollution, People, Pollution, Primitive, Smoking, Spitting, Staring, Survival, Toilet, Tourism, Traffic, Urbanisation, Western, Westernisation 2 Comments
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