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Back in Bondi, in some ways it is almost as if we never left. Things look oddly the same around here and it is hard to believe that we’ve spent the last four and a half months visiting some of the most incredible places on earth.
Sadly, the blog lagged far behind in the latter […]

Day 116: En route from Rajasthan to Mumbai, we broke the journey in Ahmedabad where we stopped in at the ashram from which Gandhi planned his campaign of satyagraha in support of independence for India. It’s now a museum to Gandhi’s life, it was a peaceful place, full of the rich history of the path […]

Day 103: Jaipur’s astronomical (and astrological) observatory was a unique “theme park” devoted to measuring various heavenly bodies. Dating to 1728 it houses a collection of large instruments pointing upwards, including what’s claimed to be the largest sundial in the world (accurate to 2 seconds, which is more than can be said of my alarm […]

Day 85: The hillside tombs at Naqsh-e Rostam, a few minutes drive from Persepolis, were reminiscent of those at Petra, though on less grand a scale.
Four tombs of near-identical design are cut into the rock here, and some of the reliefs that remain show figures from the royal court paying tribute to the king.
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After a very wothwhile 10 days in Iran, and a night in transit in the UAE, we’ve made it as far as Kathmandu for a visit here which will prove far too brief.
As we were essentially locked out of our blog while we were in Iran it will take a few days to get […]

Day -2: Some final farewells tonight for Sydney friends, at “The Shack Party Bar”, our local backpackers’ pub down the end of Francis Street in Bondi Beach. The big surprise was the unexpected arrival of my dad, who secretly flew down from Brisbane for the occasion. Thanks dad!

Day -32: Great to catch up yesterday with George Dunford - writer, thinker and male model. George’s own travel blog for Scotland is another of my inspirations for this project… well, as of yesterday it is. Thanks George!