Tuesday 22nd March 2011
A day behind now I’m trying to recall the trip from Dharamsala.
I decided to leave after waking up early to the sound of a broom sweeping the path outside. I haven’t mentioned the path yet as I was trying to make McLeod Ganj sound nice, at least while I [...]
Sunday 20th and Monday 21st March
Still here in McLeod Gang. Sorry if that a bit boring but its been really nice to chill out here without rushing off somewhere else all the time.
Sunday was Holi, not quite as crazy as I thought it may be, but it was really good to see [...]
Saturday 19th March 2011
I think todays blog is going to be a bit shorter – “thank goodness” I here you say. Mainly because for the first time I’ve had a chance to unwind and take in the spectacular views and do very little else.
Breakfast of cheese omelette and tea on the terrace was [...]
Continue Reading →Thursday 17th and Friday 18th March 2011
Welcome to Dharamsala. Or to McLeod Gang to be precise – the upper town which is home to the Dalia Lama and the Tibetan Government in exile. It is therefore a major attraction for both Tibetan monks and buddhists from all over the world, as well as [...]
Continue Reading →Thursday 18th March 2011
Well I guess this is day two already after a hot and dry night on the plane. So much for Economy – this is the Business! Yes I got upgraded with not only Business Class on the next flight to Delhi, but full access to the Emirates Lounge in Dubai. Doesn’t [...]
Continue Reading →Wednesday 17th March 2011
Seat 80B rocks!
Where am I? What the hell am I doing here?
Its like a dream. This morning I woke up to bad karma – a neighbouring boater had died in his sleep and the police were everywhere. Just after I left to catch the express bus to Heathrow airport, [...]
Continue Reading →Welcome to the first post for four years!
Four years ago I was “obliged” to give up blogging from Globetrotter, the narrowboat which has been home for the last seven years. But now I am back, mainly to start a travel blog for my latest solo trip to India, which will start in only three [...]
Continue Reading →Well here I am three years after buying Zulu so what to do with the blog now that I am no longer the owner? Well one option is to print it out as a hardback book; I have just discovered that for a fairly modest fee, your blog can be printed into a book online, [...]
Continue Reading →For all those boat owners wondering what the market is like at the moment – it seems pretty buoyant to me.
I had intended to put Zulu on the market in the summer but last Friday I started to write an advert on Apolloduck – one thing led to another and I decided to test [...]
Continue Reading →Well what a sad posting after over 6 months without blogging.
But its true – daddy doesn’t seem to love me any more and he has just put me on Apollo Ducks narrowboat for sale section, filed under cruiser stern and Harborough.
(Actually not true – I still do love Zulu but its become a [...]
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