I am wearing colourful, billowy swathes of lightweight fabric which are flying out of the auto-rickshaw I’m travelling in at a perilously fast speed through chaotic, noisy traffic. I may look bohemian and laid back, with an orange paint dot on my forehead, but I’m hanging on for dear life, awake in the fullest sense […]
Jaipur – To go, or not to go Read More »
Having spent around two months in India over the past year, it has proved impossible to maintain my avoidance of the numerous stalls selling bangles, necklaces and earrings. Prior to my India trips, I had only rarely worn one bangle, maybe once every five years a pair of earrings and only occasionally a few of
India – The discovery of £3 jewellery Read More »
Poha/pohe/powa/pawa is flattened rice that resembles a cross between oats and soap flakes and is the name for a spiced Indian breakfast dish consisting of, unsurprisingly, poha. This morning, I made my first poha, which my partner politely ate, despite it being dry and a far larger portion than your average experimental serving. Full credit
Indian breakfast – spiced flattened rice (poha) Read More »
La Folie du Chocolat, incorporating Koinonia Coffee Roasters, No. 16, Commerce House, Rope Walk Lane, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai February, 2018. A Sunday afternoon and a Wednesday afternoon (*score out of 10) The flat white: 8. Sunday’s coffee was a much needed jetlag antidote, Wednesday’s was a comfort coffee. Both consistently excellent, the coffee and the
Mumbai – Coffee fix, with added treats Read More »
“What’s Mumbai like?”, a friend asked me. Mumbai is a difficult place to describe because there is so, so much going on and a cliché fest of “melting pot”, “assault on the senses” and “urban jungle” suggests Mumbai is familiar or ordinary. It is most definitely not an ordinary city and is one which absorbs
Mumbai – Morning walks Read More »
This is the post I have most been dreading writing about South Korea because there is so much to say about Seoul and we saw and did an awful lot. The reason I decided to write about things we experienced and did in South Korea is because I felt there wasn’t much useful and accurate
South Korea – 9. Seoul Read More »
