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What would have been a week in Australia, has already turned into 7 months (and counting). We had intended to be back by now, but have decided to stay out as here until normality returns back home. Here’s what we’ve been up to…  March – April: We quarantined, and isolated a bit moreMay: We spentContinue reading “The Monster”

I wrote this blog while we were in India, after we spoke to many people with a similar story. Even though we live in very different times right now, I figured I’d still post it as it’s something I felt strongly about at the time, and still do. Some of us ‘westerners’ go to IndiaContinue reading “Baba don’t preach”

Warning: this blogpost contains talk about feelings, and some puzzle jargon. The current state of affairs is not all bad. Yes, I am currently unemployed and under some sort of house arrest. My social life is limited to one human, and a shitload of creepy bugs. But it has let me explore new avenues; areasContinue reading “The psyche of puzzling”

Latest update: March 30, scroll down for older posts We are currently in Cairns, Queensland (Australia). We booked our flight to Australia before the government announced an obligatory 14-day house-arrest for foreign travellers, but the regulation was already in place when we landed. We were planning to rent a camper van and drive to anContinue reading “Isolation on the Arlington Esplanade”

A trip to India will change your views about the value of money. It’s on a completely different scale to the UK and especially London, where I’ve lived for the last 10 years. 100 Indian Rupees equates to approximately £1, which makes conversions easy, but knowing what things actually cost and paying a fair priceContinue reading “M.O.N.E.Y”

When we left to go travelling, we made the agreement not to make any plans so that we can have an open calendar in every place we go to. However, after having had intense but amazing weeks in Nepal we decided we wanted to be on a Goan beach by Christmas (and Petes birthday). WeContinue reading “Rajasthan, India”

It’s impossible to travel afar and not run into scams of some sort. I’m going to refer to them as ‘potholes’. [photo found online] They’re a bit annoying, especially when you’re doing your best to avoid them and suddenly you find yourself bumping directly over one, but they’re also a part of the experience. IContinue reading “Potholes”

As mentioned, we got invited to a wedding ceremony in Nepal. First, a bit of context. See pictures below. Nepal has got 126 different ethnic groups, all of them with their own history and language. One of these groups are the Tamang. The wedding was to take place in a remote mountain village in theContinue reading “A Tamang wedding – updated with pictures”

It’s 10:30am and it’s time to meet the Guru’s first son. I hold the door open, as he enters the coffee shop. We’re meeting to discuss the concept of making a film on dying Shamanism culture in his remote village, which we had initially discussed with our trekking guide – his cousin. We’re not filmContinue reading “The heist”