Incredible India – part 2

Click here for part 1. Who needs to go to Disneyland when, for a few rupees, you can get a daytime cab ride through the middle of Kolkata? I arrived back at Howrah station in Kolkata after my second overnight train journey in two nights. After a decent sleep I was...

New Zealand’s East Coast

I finally made it to Gisborne, New Zealand, a few days short of my 40th birthday. Apart from Invercargill, it was the only thing resembling a major centre in New Zealand that I had yet to visit. So, as much as anything, it was nice to tick that off the list. My first...