by Shazar | Sep 3, 2017 | Health, India
Being sick in a different land has its own challenges. A wretched persistent UTI coupled with a dose of Hubli well water runs.. mmm. Sometimes I am glad of the medical world. Despite my gung ho attitude about all things pharmaceutical at most times. Tonight after a...
by Shazar | Aug 28, 2016 | consciousness
Tonight is Saturday. . being a well trained Westerner I decided perhaps tonight was the night to enjoy some wine. Those of you who know me well .. also know I appreciate a good red. That’s not so easy to get here in India and requires some intrepid adventuring to...
by Shazar | Aug 10, 2016 | India, travel
Landing in India late in the evening – as usual the Passport Control guys were a bit grumpy and authoratative.. but that’s their job. I didn’t have the exact address of where I was going so that caused a little “humphy-ness”.. but once...
by Shazar | Feb 26, 2016 | consciousness, India, travel
A walk down the road in search of where I may eat tonight: I leave my house where I am living, down the dusty staircase to collect my ‘chappals’ (sandals) at the entrance – yes they will last another day I hope – the shoe repair man did a good job but...
by Shazar | Feb 11, 2016 | India, travel
Mmm feels like coming home now – how interesting is that .. only a short time ago Mumbai felt like a big and strange and impossible to navigate, city of crazy drivers, manic horns, terrible pavements and incongrously majestic buildings stuck between the falling...