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 [...]
By Andy
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Posted in Expedition Journal, Georgia, India
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Also tagged Adventure, bombs, Challenge, China, flying, Georgia, India, istanbul, monks, Pakistan, Tbilisi, terrorism, Tibet, travel
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Varanasi January 26, 2009
Breakfast is required.
Slept in police station last night. Roti and Aloo Gobi - Chappati and fried cauliflower and potato.
India republic day today.
The police had a little ceremony putting the flag up, then ate loads of jelebi (gooey sweets).
I cycled to Varanasi. Whilst getting there was too busy thinking about how great it would be and [...]
By Andy
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Posted in Expedition Journal
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Also tagged Aloo Gobhi, Cauliflower, Chappati, Crazy Traffic, Getting Lost, human, India, Jelebi, Mechanical, Potato, Roti, Too busy thinking, Truck Crashes, Varanasi
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Indian food is addictive. To start with it’s like ‘curry for breakfast,lunch and dinner’ - hmmmm…. But Indian food isn’t really about just eating for the need of it. It’s an experience of taste bud adventure pretty much every meal. In fact the whole Indian experience is a bit like a macrocosm of the eating [...]
By Andy
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Posted in Expedition Journal, India
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Also tagged Acceptance, Addictive, Adventure, Aloo, Aromatic, Begging, Bikaner, Breaking Preconceptions, Buffalo, Burning, Carelessness, Chappati, Childlike, Children, Chocolate Brownie, Christmas, Chutney, Concoction, Confusion, Cool, Creamy, Curry, Detoxification, Dhaal, Dirty, Disgust, Donnie Darko, Douk, Eating, Entertainment, Experience, Farting, Food, God, Gormlessness, Happiness, Helplessness, Hot, Hotels, Hunger, India, Indian Food, Jainism, Lime, Macrocosm, Mangoes, Memory, Monkeys, Mountains, Nutty, Observation, Opium, Overload, Phlegm, Pickle, Pilgrims, Pungent, Radish, Rangy, Raw Onions, Rice, Richie Hawtin, Rough, Rubbish, Sabzi, Salt, Shampoo, Sleeping, Smoking, Smooth, Smugness, Soup, Sour, Spicy, Spitting, Stomach, Sunset, Tasty, Tractors, Vegetables, Visions, Washing, Waste, Whisky, Wild, Wonderment
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