04 August 2011

Faraway Places

It’s kind of trepidation, knowing that I sometimes would like to make myself ‘lost’ in solitude and seclusion, far and away from the madding crowd, faraway from everyone. Though, sometimes we did get ourselves lost in the busiest street in the busiest city.

Anyway below are some of the places I’ve been, where I had myself ‘lost’ for a while.

Tiruchchendur, Southern India. There’s abundance of sea coconut trees by the beach. The sea coconut is much (very much) tastier when eaten raw, unlike the preserved version. The beautiful beach is empty. The sand (or was it the pebbles) are multi coloured. It’s where the three great seas viz. the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal meet.

Goteborg, Vastergotland. I love the bread and the Gotland goat cheese. The tram and the Avenyn.

Kharbajaur, FATA near North West Frontier Province (where?). Ever seen snow capped mountain ranges? The hills, the barren land without vegetation. It was the major crossroad on the Silk Road. The tough but really nice Pashtuns people will greet you like brothers. There’s Kalashnikov AK-45 in most of their houses though.

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