Sublimity…

While India may be one country politically, in geography it is often referred to as a sub-continent, and there’s no shortage of reasons why this terminology is appropriate. First off, the land area is huge (not much smaller than the “continent” of Oceania which is basically Australia) and contains a huge diversity of natural environments [...]

Having spent nearly 8 months in this country (yikes!) and particularly the majority of the last 5 out in remote villages, I’ve gotten quite accustomed to hearing Hindi, and despite a complete lack of effort (I haven’t opened any of my material from the Language school since I left there in Dec, and haven’t even [...]

That’s right folks, it’s back to my favorite topic – the weather… Coming out of the mountains has meant that I’ve left the freakishly cool and wet (and therefore pleasant) weather patterns that are lingering over the Himalaya and have descended into more typical Indian summer weather. While my first day back in Dehradun was [...]

I’ve survived my 6 week adventure in the mountains, and am happy to say that yesterday I arrived safely back in Dehradun. It’s been quite a trip in so many ways, I’ve learned lots (mostly things I wasn’t expecting), had some wonderful times, but also had (more than) my share of frustration and challenges. I’ve [...]