Tag Archives: travel

Queen of West Green Rd

Posted on November 8, 2013 by subincontinentia

I feel I should preface this post by confiding that I’ve always had a tendency to attract ‘marginal’ types. By ‘tendency’ I mean that they hone in on me like a terrier I used to know on a discarded piece … Continue reading →

Posted in epoche | Tagged bus, humour, Jamaican, London, marginal, travel, Turkish supermarket, Uncle Charlie, West Green Road | Leave a comment

Print and shoot

Posted on November 5, 2013 by subincontinentia

The Science Museum in London’s South Kensington has changed a lot since 1986. Cool interactive exhibits show you how you’ll look 10, 20, 30 years from now. (I declined). You can see what you would look like or sound like … Continue reading →

Posted in epoche | Tagged 3D gun, 3D printer, America, Bitcoins, crypto-anarchism, Defense Distributed, gun, gun laws, guns, Liberator Gun, London, market anarchism, open source, Science Museum, South Kensington, technology, travel | 1 Comment

Smelling the pickles

Posted on November 4, 2013 by subincontinentia

The drunken Turk mirrored my movements as I leaned first to the left and then the right, trying to avoid him as he approached. But he had me in some kind of arak-soaked-force-field. Before I knew it his substantially muscled … Continue reading →

Posted in epoche | Tagged arak, drunk, female traveler, Greek Cypriot, journal, London, London underground, North London, Seven Sisters, solo traveler, travel, Turk, West Green, West Green Rd | 2 Comments

Madrasa of the mind

Posted on October 28, 2013 by subincontinentia

I performed a rapid assessment analysis of my fellow bus passengers as Doha international terminal receded through the rear window. Just in case we miraculously survived a plane crash and got stranded on a desert island, I would naturally need … Continue reading →

Posted in epoche | Tagged Arab, Doha, female traveler, Islam, madrasa, Manchester, Middle East, Moslem, Muslim, perspective, religion, terrorist, travel | Leave a comment

Cloudburst – drenched in euphemism

Posted on August 23, 2013 by subincontinentia

The retired Major lifted his scotch to his moustache with a sober pause. It was July 2013, just a few weeks after the terrible floods in Uttarakhand; the worse national disaster India had endured since the 2004 Tsunami, and the subject … Continue reading →

Posted in epoche | Tagged 2013, angry god, cloudburst, Dehradun, floods, higher power, Himalayas, India, monsoon, philosophy, religion, science, Shiva, travel, Uttarakhand | 1 Comment

Audio Journey of a Neo Pilgrim

Posted on August 20, 2013 by subincontinentia

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Posted in Kashi, Rose Apple Island | Tagged audio, Benares, Bodhgaya, Inda, journal, pilgrimage, radio, River Ganges, sound, travel, Varanasi | Leave a comment

The difference an age makes

Posted on May 26, 2013 by subincontinentia

You’re in your early 20’s sitting with friends, having lunch in a gastro pub somewhere along the Thames River. Swans are idling by. The chardonnay is flowing. You’re in the middle of a funny story. You have everyone’s attention. A … Continue reading →

Posted in epoche | Tagged age, gastro pub, journal, mid 40s, thames river, travel, wind beneath my wings | 1 Comment

Way of the ninja….yeah, right

Posted on May 17, 2013 by subincontinentia

Recently, people have been introducing me like this. ‘Oh, Shuili, this is Rebecca. She doesn’t have AC’. To which Shuili will reply, ‘Really? How do you manage?’ Then she’ll look at me with slightly narrowed eyes, like I’m some rare … Continue reading →

Posted in epoche, Rose Apple Island | Tagged Delhi, female traveler, Haryana, heat, humour, India, journal, New Delhi, ninja, simple life, solo traveler, summer, travel, weather | Leave a comment

Funeral crasher

Posted on March 30, 2013 by subincontinentia

“Do you have a camera?” The question–barked more than asked –came from a lanky young man in an Orioles baseball cap and a tee-shirt with the words ‘Hot Lover’ splashed across the front. I’d been aimlessly wandering the back streets … Continue reading →

Posted in epoche, Kashi | Tagged cremation ghats, female traveler, funeral, funeral ghats, India, journal travel writing, kashi, saddhu, solo traveler, travel, Varanasi | Leave a comment

An Easter Tale

Posted on March 30, 2013 by subincontinentia

The other night I went to dinner with the neighbours here in the Deux Sevre region of southern France. I walked over there since it’s only about ten minutes away, rather briskly since the temperatures had dropped unexpectedly. As I … Continue reading →

Posted in epoche | Tagged Deux Sevres, Easter, female traveler, France, French countryside, humour, journal, ram, sheep, solo traveler, travel, vegetarian | Leave a comment