A Little Complain and Contrast

I returned to Puerto Princesa today after my trip around Palawan Island.  Tomorrow, I’ll go back to Manila for a few days before taking another trip to some other islands.  Tonight, I’m really living it up.  I’m staying at a place called The Citadel Bed and Breakfast.  It’s a little bit…

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Down by the River

I’ve decided to leave India and spend a week in the Maldives before heading to Morocco.  The Maldives is a tiny cluster of islands located somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean, to the south and west of India.  It’s remote, beautiful, idyllic, and ridiculously expensive – especially compared…

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Adventure awaits…Northeast, Here We Come!

After a couple of days in Kolkata, I got onto another overnight train, headed for Guwahati.  Jayanthi and Alec had been out of town when I returned to Kolkata and both returned from their travels ill.  They weren’t quite up to the difficulties of a full day on a train,…

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