“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 …
Category: Incredible India
“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 …
Snakes alive!
LITERALLY. I am not here to condone crime. Not at all. But as a thieving tactic, shoving snakes inside a car at a traffic light is – well – imaginative. …
A hilarious cautionary tale
So… on Friday night, a bloke in Gurgaon, the satellite city next to Delhi, decides he wants to unwind with a drink after his working week. He buys some booze, …