If You Don't Understand Me, Don't Just Say OK

Free Food With 60,000 Friends at the Golden Temple Free Kitchen in Amritsar

A Golden Temple Sunrise, Sunset and Fireworks Display // Amritsar, India

Sleeping With Pilgrims Inside the Golden Temple, Amritsar

An Ode to the Indian Sleeper Train // Poetry, Stories & Pix

Shiva: My Orphaned Indian Cousin // Interesting People Series

The Bridges of Rishikesh: How do they Not Collapse? // With Videos

Channeling My Inner Fab 4 at the Beatles Ashram // Oms, Art, Music & Abandonment

Jordan Walked From Canada to Mexico | What’s in His Backpack?

Prakesh: The Master of Mathematics // Interesting People Series

If You Don't Understand Me, Don't Just Say OK

Our final stop in Sri Lanka was the beach town of Hikkaduwa, though it was unlike I have ever been to. The main highway is also the town’s one road with a row of restaurants and guesthouses separating that road from the ocean. Mostly a surfer’s destination, the waves crashing …
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Posted on April 30, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in Beach Towns, Civil War Checkpoints, Leopards, Tsunamis and the Foreigner Price, SouthEast Asia, Sri Lanka, Transportation Woes | Tagged Beach Town, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, surfing, Transportation, Travel | Leave a comment

Learning to Drive a Scooter on Dirt Roads and Against Traffic in Auroville

Though it’s only a mile or so from the main road, Sadhana Forest is a bit of a trek to get to and from: especially when the sun is beating down. As such, Carrie and I joined most other volunteers and rented a scooter for under $2 a day during …
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Posted on March 25, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in India, Transportation Woes, Two Weeks of Manual Labor, Communal Living, Gold Meditation Domes and Reforestation at Sadhana Forest, Volunteering | Tagged Auroville, India, Motorcycle, Mud, Sadhana Forest, Scooter, Tamil Nadu, Transportation, Transportation Woes | Leave a comment

Sunsets, Sunrises and a Nightmare to Get Out of the Southernmost Tip of India

Just under two months into our trip we hit Kanyakumari and the southernmost tip of India where the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean meet. In our one night there we watched the sunset over all three bodies of water, saw the place where Gandhi’s ashes were laid …
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Posted on March 7, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in India, Making a U Through the South of India, Transportation Woes | Tagged Bus, India, Kanyakumari, Sunrise, Sunset, Tamil Nadu, Transportation, Transportation Woes | Leave a comment

How Can I Possibly Sleep On This Bus?

Our bus from Kodaikanal to Puducherry was billed as an overnight semi-sleeper, which meant that the seats reclined more than usual but it did not have the sleeper compartments above. As Carrie and I both have long legs, we chose to take the two front seats to avoid another seat …
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Posted on March 7, 2009 by Greg Goodman