Vijay and I breakfasted then headed out to the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Imphal. Three New Zealanders are buried there, two died serving under the New Zealand Air Force (Mervyn Ingram DFC and Sidney Sadler) and one died serving in the Royal Air Force (Eric Todd). It was down a dirty side street and nestled in […]
6pm, 2 May, Imphal. After our previous nights excitement it was amazing to awaken to a beautiful day. The storm had gone, the leaves were being swept away and it was as if it had never happened. Even the power had come back on. We had breakfast on the terrace beside the restaurant looking down […]
Well I survived the special Manipuri feast that was laid on for us last night. It comprised on a large silver tray with banana leaf on top of it. Above that in the centre was a mound of rice which had another 8 tasty morsels piled around it in separate piles. They were all vegetarian […]
Today Vijay flies home to Delhi at 3pm so before he left he played tour guide and took me to see where Mother Teresa lived, worked and died. She is entombed at Mother Teresa House, it is a place anyone can visit. There are nuns doing their chores, a small museum dedicated to her, you get […]
My flight from Kolkata back to Dhaka, Bangladesh was scheduled for 10.10am but for some reason it was one hour late. Never mind. My next flight from there wasn’t until 2pm so I had plenty of time. When we finally got to board the flight to Dhaka all the announcements are in Bengali which of […]
When I arrived yesterday at 3.30pm I was told there was a problem with the internet but it would be fixed in 10 minutes. I went to my room and had an afternoon siesta until 6pm, when I awoke I went to the office and said still no internet?? – they said the IT man […]
Well I changed my mind last night and never went down for dinner, the waiter wasn’t there this morning so I don’t know if he survived his triple dinner disaster or not!! Got up early this morning, breakfasted then headed to the railway station to catch the train to Srimangal or Sreemangal (they seem to […]
9 May. 7.13am, Sylhet, Eastern Bangladesh. Yesterday was one of those days where I wondered how I was going to fill in the time until the train came at 3.20pm, but ended up being a day where I ran out of time. If I haven’t really found much to do in a town, my time […]
I booked my trip to Bangladesh without any prior knowledge of what I was letting myself in for. It was somewhere different and not visited by many Tourists, that was the attraction for me. Due to some westerners being murdered prior to my going I boarded my flight with equal parts anticipation and trepidation. I […]
I need to preface my comments about food by letting you know that I am not a “fine diner” – I am a does it give me energy and fill me up type of eater. So if you are looking for reviews of a detailed type you will need to look elsewhere. In general I […]
In previous blogs I said “due to some westerners being murdered prior to my going I boarded my flight with equal parts anticipation and trepidation” Ultimately all aspects of travel in a foreign country, and to a degree even living at home, involve an element of risk and luck. The media focuses on the bad […]
