Up at the sound of the ship’s horn. Still in my nightshirt up on deck to get first glimpse and smell of Bombay. And I’m not disappointed! Jim and I set off from the ship for a simple familiarisation tour, with a stop for lunch at a highly recommended South Indian seafood restaurant. Of course …
ROMANCE AND REALITY IN COCHIN – LAND OF SPICES AND COCONUT PALMS INTRODUCTION Cochin and the Chinese Fishing nets have been on my bucket list since working in India thirty years ago. For whatever reason, flying down south to Kerala was always that little bit too far out of the way. But today, I sail …
ould you believe? I am out in Kings Cross on a beautiful sunny Saturday lunchtime; standing outside Harris Farm Market looking for a recipe for ‘tomato tea’ – in Dropbox on my iPhone. I want to make sure that I have all the required ingredients before starting on the recipe. How did this notion of …
Today, John Paul II moves one step closer to sainthood with his beatification. The other person in recent times to have their cause advancecd so quickly is of course Mother Teresa of Calcutta. I had the good fortune of meeting with her in her convent in Calcutta while I was working in India in 1987. …
omerset Musgrave has ensconced himself in the Writer’s Wing of the Oriental on the river in Bangkok for a few days to gather his wits and hopefully write something about his recent 65th birthday celebrations in India. But, unlike Somerset, this particular Musgrave has writer’s block of the worst order. Would a foot massage be …