

One of those weeks...
It’s been one of those days. Correction, it’s been one of those weeks. This morning I woke up early as usual, after not being able to...


From golden temples to golden beaches
If you ever want to go from one extreme to the other, try starting off in Amritsar and heading straight from there to Goa. From Amritsar,...


The return of the lone traveler
In the world of travel, each day is a lifetime. Time goes really fast (has it really been almost 6 weeks since I left Israel?), yet so...


Transitions...
Last week we made the big move. After preparing ourselves mentally as much as we possibly could for the changeover, we made our way down...


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...