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Travel Tales: Full moon rising over Yangon
The airplane banks to the left over the rice fields. It swoops down over the pagodas surrounded by simple looking homes and makes a smooth landing. I enter the airport hesistantly, unsure of the reception that lies ahead. It is after all one of the most closed countries in the #Buddhist pilgrimage #Shwedagon Pagoda #WanderLust #Yangon
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Cheetahs, elephants and warthogs: Tales from a safari
Editor’s Note: Ever fantasised about going on an African safari? Our travel blogger Amod Chopra got to do it. Here’s his diary from the Serengeti. Day1: Our adventure begins with a ride on a two wheeler twin engine plane. Whoo! Hooo! We see giraffes and elephants from the low altitude we #AfricanSafari #Hospitality/Recreation #NotJobsButPassion #Serengeti #The Wild
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Bullfighting — all bull, not much of a fight
Editor's Note: From 1 January 2012, bullfighting will be banned in Catalonia, the first in mainland Spain. Blogger Amod Chopra remembers his bullfighting experience and says perhaps a ban isn't such a bad idea after all. In an inebriated moment in Cancun, a younger version of me ended up in a #bull fight #Catalonia #Ernest Hemingway #NotJobsButPassion #WanderingI
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Notes from a Babymoon aka a leave-baby-at-home vacation
Editor's Note: Blogger Amod Chopra writes a letter to his little one upon taking a "babymoon" as opposed to a honeymoon. That means baby stays with grandma while mom and dad get to spend some quality time in some lovely location, in this case, Argentina. Except the thing is you #Babymoon #Buenos Aires #NotJobsButPassion #Patagonia #WanderingI
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Mumbai meri jaan: This is home, this was home
Arrival Our trip to the other side of the planet takes us 27 hours. Our little 21-month-old dynamo is running on three hours of sleep and shows no sign of slowing down. The Benadryl has long failed. The passengers in the first leg weren't too happy about having a baby disturb #BEST buses #Globaltribal #Mumbai #NotJobsButPassion #NRI
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Going to Goa with an elephant on my back
It’s noon. I have just had my first shot of coconut feni and I am ready to attempt to capture my impression of Goa.This is Goan moonshine that knocks you on your butt. It is slightly more palatable than the cashew version, but it’s all relative. We spent the first few #Bali #Feni #Goa #Hippie #Morjim #NotJobsButPassion #shacks #WanderingI
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Curry Bashing blues
It is late. I am riding the train back to the suburbs of Sydney. I have fallen asleep under my Australian hat. A station attendant awakens me. They really do still have them! When a train calls at a station, the attendant steps out of a room to blow a #Australia #Curry Bashing #NotJobsButPassion #Planking #Sydney #ToWhatEffect
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Roti Murtabak to Ricotta Cheesecake – that’s Australian for food
I step onto the terrace of my new friend’s Penthouse apartment. It overlooks Darling Harbour as well as Sydney’s Harbour Bridge. The surprisingly close office buildings, across the water, are brightly lit with big neon signs announcing their corporate occupant. The long path to get here from California is a #Australia #NotJobsButPassion #South Asian cuisine #WanderingI
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Shoe shopping in Florence and other Italian delights
Ah smoking! A glamourous but thoroughly disgusting habit. It invades my right to breathe fresh air. But is there anything sexier than a tall, thin woman smoking? On my last trip to Italy I was sitting in a train checking out a beautiful woman on the platform, smoking. She is #Florence #Michelangelo #NotJobsButPassion #WanderingI