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Of unfinished/unstarted/left in random state projects. Because Upasna who I am constantly in awe of wrote one with the most apt illustration.1. Books – 9 physical books have piled up on my to read list. I don’t know how/when I am going to arrive at them. 2. Photo memory project – I am not big…
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Baths/showers are for the weaklings. If you are from the drylands or plains (or cities) and want to live in the mountains, then, forget what a bath feels like. Because when you are up there freezing your exposed body parts, read toes and fingers (if not wearing socks or gloves. But why will you do…
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Book Love 2015 here! Starting to pen down this year’s ‘read’ book list well in advance. Because I’ll be in the mountains on new year’s (mild show off) and don’t want to fall behind on my yearly ritual. A slight change this year, is I am also going to put down the list of books…
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Getting that itch to write a philosophical post. Maybe also because my birthday was around the corner and I cannot help but make a list. Of thoughts, things, and my musings. Travel – I increasingly feel that I live in a silo. I read only particular books (despite the efforts to include writers from different…
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A twitter handle I follow was discussing privilege today, a concept I spend a lot of time thinking about. So its apt to write about a film festival from a point of view of privilege. Its a privilege, that I live in a world where films are accessible to enthusiasts and I got to attend…
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Read previous posts here (Brussels), here (Brugge), here (Amsterdam) and here (Cologne). Pre-script – words and picture heavy post. Our tent was on the far right notin this picture. We camped below this rock mountain! After an eventful week in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany and recovering from an unwanted twist of turns, we were kind…
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Read previous parts here, here and here.Cologne (or Koln. Very interesting stories about how it got the name btw) was the next pit stop in my journey. Owing to our super health status, we reached there 2 days earlier than planned. As soon as our bus made its final stop, we got down only to…
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I want to take a break from the travel reporting and reflect on my state of my mind, when I am traveling. I like being out. Out in the nature > out with people or in public, crowded spots. I do like taking breaks, reading books, doing nothing. I also like work. The work I…
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Part 1Part 2Part 3So we reached Amsterdam unwell, exhausted and unable to think straight. After getting to the city center from our bus stop (20 minutes ride), we were again back on our foot. Lugging those backpacks and the stroller. Without any physical or mobile maps to help us, we started searching for the hostel…
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Part 1 and Part 2 in case you are interested.‘Maybe that’s what hell is, the entire rest of eternity spent in fucking Bruges.’ – Stupid grumpy Ray from In Bruges (the movie).Of course, for me replace hell by a good idea of heaven, please! I am like the good old romantic Ken from the movie…