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Fish Story 11/19/05
I ate a whole fish—skin, flesh, and all. Yes after about 24 hours of traveling I finally made it to Goa. I’m staying at Colva Beach, which is in Southern Goa and apparently less of a party town than some …
Joomla GuesthouseColva Beach, India • Topics: Asia, Beach, Food, Round The World Trip, Tourism, Trains
The Backwaters of Kerala 11/14/05
I am back in Fort Cochin after a brief and ill-advised stay in Ernakulam. I took a ferry across the harbor into Ernakulam Friday morning with the intention of buying a train ticket to Mangalore for Saturday. I brought all …
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India • Topics: Asia, Backwater, Boats, Fort Cochin, Kerala, Round The World Trip
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05
Fort KochiFort Cochin, India 11/13/05

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    July 3, 2008

    Tiny Cities Made of Ash The bells are a constant cacophony, not the rhythmic ringing out of the hours or tolling from mass that the human mind seems …
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    June 30, 2008

    You Can't Go Home Again The wind became constant on the second day, changing from the occasional gust that would precede an hour or two of torrential rains, …
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    June 26, 2008

    Returning Again — Back on Little Corn Island This is a first — going back to somewhere I’ve already been. Generally speaking, the world seems so huge and so full of …
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Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
cover image for Ficciones My first hands on with Borges... Absolutely amazing. So far beyond what I've been reading lately (mainly non-fiction and some late 20th century authors). As with Faulkner, I find it shocking that I was given an undergraduate degree in English without having read Borges. That simply should not be allowed. Everything I was expecting and so much more. If, like me, you know Borges through his myth rather than his words, this is a fine place to start. And rest assured, the myths are nothing next to the real thing. more »