

The city that surprised me
“Don’t stay in Agra more than a day,” they said. “Go to see the Taj Mahal and then get the hell out, it’s a dirty place, there’s nothing...


Goodbye Nepal
Tonight is my last night in Nepal. With visas about to expire, tomorrow Juan, Justo and I will be heading from Lumbini, birthplace of...


A piece of home in a strange land
It’s been a week since I finished the vipassana course and I’m back in Pokhara. It feels like a lifetime ago. Did I really go through all...


The sound of silence
Ten days of noble silence. Ten days of meditating for ten and a half hours a day. Ten days of no eye contact, no touch, almost no human...


The kindness of strangers
When I left for my trip I specifically didn’t take any jewellery with me. That is, nothing except for the pieces that I never take off,...


Beginnings...
The beginning of a long trip is always difficult…at least that’s what they tell me. Landing in a strange place straight off the plane...