Re: Hike4Life Day 4

Categories: Exploring the World, India

I woke up this morning and was dying! Every muscle was killing me when I got up … including ones I didn’t know I had…
Our hike today was supposed to be a ‘easy’, flat hike… i think ‘flat’ might mea…

Crazy Day!

Categories: Exploring the World, India

Because of the different skill levels, we decided to split the group in to two smaller groups – one that would go on a hard hike, and one that would go on an easier one. Stooooopid me went on the hard…

Re: Hike4Life Day 1: Bhimashankar

Categories: Exploring the World, India

Technically, we started yesterday.  We were supposed to meet at the Mumbai International Airport at 10:30 am and then go straight to Karjat (starting point for hiking) by 3pm.  But in true IST (a new term, I learned – Indian ‘Stretchable’ Time) – we didn’t make it to Karjat until 6pm and so we had to pass on the Day … Read More

How-To set up your own blog

Categories: How-to's, Technology

I’ve been asked by a number of people about how I started my blog and for help to start theirs. Most of them had used online sites like Blogger or something like that, but like me they wanted to host…

Nice London?

Categories: Exploring the World

Can it be? Londoners seem kinder than I remember. I’ve actually been approached by salespeople offering assistance in shops (that never happens!!), have frequenty heard people say ‘thank you’ and ‘…

Insult to injury…

Categories: Exploring the World

Ok, so I just finished by post about how Air Canada sucks… and it got worse.
One of my bags decided not to join me on my flight from Toronto to London. So after waiting for every single bag to…

Air Canada Sucks…

Categories: Exploring the World

I don’t get how Air Canada has been ranked as the best airline in North America – if anything, … credibility needs to be questioned.
I’m on a flight from Toronto Pearson Airport to London Heat…

First taste of India

Categories: Exploring the World, How-to's, India

So I went to go get my visa for India today… what a mess!  Like any other consulate’s, the Indian consulate’s hours of operation are limited – you have to arrive between 9am and 11am to drop your visa application off, and then return (usually) later the same day around 4pm to pick up the … Read More