Travel rip-offs: just part of the culture?
Why is it so hard to not steal from people? I know that I’m an easy mark when I travel. I’m not walking around flashing...
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A visit to Athirappilly Falls
I’m a sucker for waterfalls. Seriously, if you ever need to distract me from something important for a few hours just put me in front...
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In Flight: Flying out of the storm on SriLankan
An image like this near your airport is simply not good. Flying out of a tropical cyclone almost guarantees an adventure. About the best thing...
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My travel year in review: 2011
As 2011 comes to a close it is time once again to look back at all the crazy I’ve managed to experience in such a...
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Lounge hopping at the Chennai airport
With the city besieged by a tropical cyclone and some uncertainty about the drivability of the roads we set off early for the airport. The...
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Checking in: Vivanta by Taj, Malabar Cochin
It generally takes a very special situation for me to consider dropping $300+ per night on a hotel room. I rarely see the value in...
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My wife, the movie star
Or maybe a rock star. Or some other sort of star. At least in India. Seriously, if you’re ever looking for some attention I highly...
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Checking in: Sonnetta Residency, Fort Cochin
I’ve probably bored just about everyone into submission with the tales of woe involving our hotel arrangements while in Kochi (read here and here if...
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It was then I realized my nose was woefully inadequate
It was about 9:15am on Christmas Eve when the gravity of the situation finally hit me. For thirty-odd years I had been pretty confident that...
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Checking in: Radisson Blu GRT Chennai
Our Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt landed at Chennai’s international airport a few minutes prior to midnight. Our flight the following morning to Kochi was at...