The Restorative Effects of Mountain Roads on Mood and Health
The road to Darjeeling is fucking stunning. The days of travel leading up to it (if fading in and out of consciousness during a raging fever can be consider ‘travel’) had been marked largely by worry...
View ArticleA Perfect Day in Darjeeling
I’ve mentioned before that a stunning photo does not necessarily indicate an awesome experience. That statement works both ways. No photo can accurately sum up the day I had on April 21st of the year...
View ArticleThe Journey ‘Home’
In the end, I ended up selling Hrithik to a local tour company in Darjeeling. I liked that. It meant that he’d go on to see the Nepalese mountain roads, even if I would not (at least not this time …...
View ArticleA Vagabond’s Guide to Travel in India
No doubt, India is a challenging country to navigate. With around 350 different languages and dialects, a swarm of different religions (and sects of religions, and contrasting opinions on how to...
View ArticleA Vagabond’s Guide to Driving in India, part 2 – The Practical Details
India’s a challenge to travel by motorbike, but it’s sure as shit a rewarding one. I particularly loved the high mountain roads in around Rishikesh and Uttarkashi, and the road to Darjeeling. I’d loved...
View ArticleTaking it Back With You
I am an idiot. I should have known better. This was the third time I’d returned to Canada since I began traveling 5 years ago, and I was fully aware of the many reverse culture shock-y things that can...
View ArticleSo Here’s What Happened
I was living in Melbourne, Australia. At first I was working in a cafe but eventually got sacked for no other reason than everyone got sacked when the owner decided to hire all of his friends to...
View ArticleNew Photoset: Muster All The Things
54 photos from round one muster at my current home/place of employment: Mellish Park Cattle Station in North Queensland, Australia. Taken throughout April, 2013. Click here to view them via the Flickr....
View ArticleNew Photoset: Yard All The Things
Because once you get em home you need to do something with them. 43 photos from round one muster at my current home/place of employment: Mellish Park Cattle Station in North Queensland, Australia....
View ArticlePhotos added
Additional photos (19 of ’em, to be exact) have been added to the photo essay ‘Mellish in May‘. The pictures are largely of baby piglets, and cattle nomming the shit out of some lick. I was, for no...
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