“Long life and goodbye!”
The titles of my two previous blog posts from Arunachal featured quotable quotes from the wonderful Border Roads Organisation. Then my dratted laptop went on strike, thus putting paid to …
“THAT IS DEEP DON’T GO SLEEP”
Another Border Roads gem that rang true yesterday as we drove higher and higher into the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, in increasing cloud and then rain. I’m told there are …
“ROAD IS HILLY DON’T BE SILLY”
…one of my favourite pieces of Border Roads advice from today’s long drive from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh. Much of the drive today was indeed hilly, but we were definitely …
A quick hello and namaste from Guwahati
I am back in Guwahati (Assam) after a little more than a decade, which is a decidedly scary thought. I mean, how on earth can 10 1/2 years have gone …
For shame!
I’m travelling outside India at the moment, celebrating A Big Scary Birthday. So it’s time to relax, have fun with my family, and try and forget how damned old I …
Amar Akbar Anthony redux
Anyone else think of “Amar Akbar Anthony” an iconic Bollywood movie of the late 1970s, when the Indian mens’ 4x400m team performed so brilliantly in the World Athletics Championships this …