Category Archives: Chart & Compass: Travels

Inspired by the start of our summer holiday 2011

Threads of India: iii) Kiting in Kerala

Posted on September 27, 2011 by InkQuillibrium

I am unaccountably sad about the loss of small kite. The kite, made of two slender twigs, some twine and Indian newspaper, had attached itself to our Kettuvallam (traditional cargo boat) as we puttered down the coconut-lined channels of the … Continue reading →

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Threads of India – ii) Slave to the Tea Bush

Posted on September 24, 2011 by InkQuillibrium

It is evening the cicadas and monkeys have cooled off. We sit having a drink with our hosts, Viktor and Ranjini Dey on their veranda, fending off the affectionate advances of their one-year-old boxer. They ran a tea plantation for … Continue reading →

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Threads of India – i) The Western Ghats

Posted on September 22, 2011 by InkQuillibrium

The answer to a good holiday is to throw money at it. This should safeguard against our typical holiday experiences that include Starvation in Serbia, Starvation in Senegal and even Starvation in Alsace-Lorraine which we neither of us thought possible. … Continue reading →

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Home, Dry and Slightly Batty

Posted on July 2, 2011 by InkQuillibrium

We have flown the nest for the summer. Our flight – the first without a pushchair/stroller in nine years – was punctuated by my being the only one to be disorderly with our supper trays. I pour wine over both … Continue reading →

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