Archive for the 'Travel' Category

Goodbye India, Hello America!

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

I’ve been sitting on this news since April, but now that the papers are here, the visa has been stamped, and I’m probably on a plane as you read this, I can finally announce it: I’m moving to California.
I’ve been invited by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism to be a Visiting Scholar for […]

Oh Joy

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

I have panic attacks when I fly. I throw up in cars and buses. And I get claustrophobic in trains.
The fun is in the journey, not the destination? Yeah, get out of my face.
Though, yes, it is fun for my travel companions, because I can be supremely sarcastic and quite funny when I’m in any […]

Goodbye Delhi, Hello Dharamshala

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

I’m in Dharamshala.
When people asked me why I went to Africa, I pretty much just shrugged my shoulders and said, “It felt right.”
Same deal. It feels right. So I’m here.
I come to relax here in the mountains every year, but this time, it’ll be a long term-stay. The plan is to live here for about […]