Tag Archives: travelers
2009 – Restarting this blog
In 2006 I had started this blog to record my thoughts as I traveled around the world on a 6 month sabbatical. 3 years on, I am now married, have a son, and am back in New York at my … Continue reading
First impressions of Bukhara
Bukhara is a fascinating city. One side of it is modern, very soviet, with its tree-lined boulevards and blocks of identical unimaginative apartments. The other side takes you backto the Arabian nights with narrow alleyways, madrassas and caravansarais. We got … Continue reading
Charmed by Khiva
Khiva is an interesting town, with the walled city preserved as a heritage site, as people live and work in a town that’s over a thousand years old. Old buildings have beeen restored, Madrassas have been converted to museums, caravansarais … Continue reading
How Shah Rukh helped me cross the border
Snippets from Turkmenistan Its funny how things that you learnt many years ago in school crop up in your mind at the oddest of places. In 9th or 10th standard we had a collection of short stories as a textbook … Continue reading
Delhi Airport – First Class Infrastructure still needs First Class People
Its around 4am so pardon me if my judgement is partially tainted by fatigue-infested neurons. On my visits to India, I normally come in through Chennai. The airport may be small, not particularly slick, but the staff is friendly, courteous, … Continue reading