Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘notes’ Category

Mumbai – In the Air; On the Ground

Posted in india, mumbai, notes on March 15, 2010 | 24 Comments »

We hover in the sky for twenty minutes. Below the city is twinkling orange; her unplanned madness is surprisingly beautiful, at least it is from up here. In Europe the lights arrange themselves in careful squares and rectangles, all connected by long straight highways or prim roundabouts. Little dots of cars follow lanes, one behind [...]

Read Full Post »

In Stone and Glass

Posted in croatia, notes, zagreb on January 26, 2010 | 14 Comments »

Drilling sounds and yellow cranes are becoming an all too familiar sight across Zagreb.  Pausing along the promenade encircling the old town, standing over the city, I trace the multiple changes taking place. The inner city is terracotta rooftops and baroque domes. But further out it’s only glass and concrete. Even from here I can [...]

Read Full Post »

Four Squirrels Scampering in the Snow

Posted in notes, snapshots, zagreb on December 17, 2009 | 8 Comments »

I watch four squirrels run up and down a pair of snow-lined trees. The wood is damp and dark; the branches arch off in different directions, striking poses that remind me of oriental dancers. The squirrels disturb the comfortably sitting snow; small, furious flakes fly down from the branches and bark. Their running forms create [...]

Read Full Post »

My Three Travel Secrets

Posted in landmarks, notes, snapshots on December 7, 2009 | 15 Comments »

The Trip Base Three Travel Secrets Tag floating around the internet has found its way to me, via Rob, Candice, Lauren and Nancy; people really want my secrets! And why not, there’s a master-list taking shape and I want to have a (small) say in it, so here goes. Beyond the Bridge in Llanrwst, Wales [...]

Read Full Post »

Discovering Home

Posted in notes, writing on November 17, 2009 | 16 Comments »

I was fourteen when my world tumbled around. My parents had decided to move us back to India, and for the first time I had the freedom to step out of the over-protective cover I lived under and explore the surrounding chaos. It’s not as dramatic as waking up in an alien land, amidst and [...]

Read Full Post »

Bits & Pieces – Zagreb

Posted in croatia, notes, snapshots, zagreb on September 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »

It’s that time of the year when summer bumps into something colder. One day it’s sweltering hot, the next there’s a thunderstorm. The see-sawing of the weather is taking a toll on the leaves, turning them from a fresh green to orange-red. They pull away from the branches and flirt with the wind; when they [...]

Read Full Post »