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Cycling Nepal

By Andy | Published: February 23, 2009

I left Kathmandu and cycled through the smokey diesel traffic of the suburbs up out of the valley. I was not used to the mountains but glad to be back on a gradient and off the flat.

Posted in Expedition Journal, India, Nepal | Also tagged Adventure, Biscuits, Botanical Gardens, Chang, Charity, Chay, Cleat Problems, Climbing, Couchsurfing, Dead Body, Delhi, Guesthouse, Himalaya, John Peel, Kathmandu, Maoists, Monkeys, Mountains, Mutton, Nepali Film, Old Men, Pan Masala, Rice, Saddhu, School, Siddharta Highway, Suburbs, Temple, Terai, Theft, Trees, Tribhuvan Highway, Valleys, Volunteering | 2 Comments

1. Eat fresh local fruit and vegetables when possible. 2. Get up early (6.30 is a good start) 3. Use lateral thinking 4. Involve people 5. Be sure to record the details. 6. Be polite, respectful and listen in the face of (one or all of, what I may consider to be) hysteria, stupidity, staring, [...]

Posted in Expedition Journal | Also tagged Bad English, Begging, Buying Local, Crowding, Fruit, Get the Details, Get Up Early, Hysteria, Insensitive, Involve People, Lateral Thinking, Listening, Politeness, Positivity, Respect, Staring, Stupidity, Vegetables, Warm Feeling | Leave a comment

8 Days at an Ashram

By Andy | Published: January 12, 2009

I feel a bit like I haven’t been telling the full story through the blog in terms of what’s been going on. This is mainly because I’ve had to do everything from internet cafes and time and expense are a factor. December involved a decision to get off the main highway and spend some time [...]

Posted in Expedition Journal, India, Scotland | Also tagged Agriculture, Banana Plantations, Bharoch, Cycling, Expense, Get Off the Highway, Hinduism, Internet Cafe, Pedalling, Photography, Pollution, Religion, Rest, Time, Towns, Villages | 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, Challenge, 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, Zone | 3 Comments

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