E-Postcard No. 7 | India blog

Bhopal Sent on January 29 2016 Our 9 o’clock train departed bang on time at noon precisely, just three hours late. It was still foggy in Delhi and Agra, and a train must not hit a holy cow. Hence the slow train. So we had a few extra hours viewing the dusty delights...

E-Postcard No. 6 | India blog

Gwalior Sent on January 24 2016 There’s a famous family story my mother used to tell. When she was a child growing up in Tralee, Co. Kerry, the local solicitor and his wife went for a holiday to Paris, which was pronounced Paw-rus at the time. (And you still hear...
E-Postcard No. 5 | India blog

E-Postcard No. 5 | India blog

Agra Sent on January 24 2016 Have you been to Pisa? If so, you’ll have a fair idea of what Agra is like. It’s a shit-hole with a couple of buildings of breathtaking beauty and immeasurable cultural significance. Unlike Pisa, it is cold here. 2 degrees Celsius this...
E-Postcard No. 4 | India blog

E-Postcard No. 4 | India blog

Delhi Sent on January 22 2016 If Kerala was the R&R part of the holiday, then the cultural adventure was supposed to begin in Delhi. And it indeed began with a bang.   And a crash and a wallop. Up at 3.30 am to catch our flight – eek – and arrived at about...
E-Postcard No. 3 | India blog

E-Postcard No. 3 | India blog

Cochin, Kerala Sent on January 16 2016 Really, you don’t have to read this – you won’t be tested. Delete at will. It’s my way of making myself write a kind of diary of our holliers. Our last night in Marari beach was a hoot. We’d discovered that the daily gathering...