Going Places, on Google Maps
May 21st, 2007 | Published in travel | 14 Comments
Update Pictures now link to Google Maps page with short commentary for each destination.
2005: The idea that I could afford to backpack anywhere only just occurred to me at this point. I was 19. I was in love. I wanted to go to the Angkor Wat. Three weeks of Thailand and Cambodia set the stage for the next three years of laughter and friendship.
2006: Almost 4 months of travelling, in between academic terms, and a career launched.
Summer 2007: blue — places I’ve been already, red — places I’m headed to.
2008: Get the hell out of SMU, then China, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Algeria, Morocco, New York?
I’m in Singapore for now and Singapore feels like one of the stops on my tour of Asia. I only know how to live my life on the road, it seems, and I’m hanging around just to get out again. (Why? There are so many reasons. Where do I start?)
Next stop: bharat mata, Mother India. It’ll be a short one — a month? two? a month or two in India is way too short — for work and pleasure, and maybe, just maybe, to Mussoorie for that intensive Hindi course I desperately need but have been putting off. ‘Hindi in the Himalayas’ is too good to pass up on. Funnily enough, even my time in Singapore has come to be measured by what work I’m doing here — finishing up some writing I’m doing here, and seeing that my brother gets married. India makes me happy, comfortable, and at ease, the very opposite of what Singapore is for me.
May 21st, 2007 at 12:49 pm (#)
If you end up in NY after all, let me know. Have awesome food places to recommend. :)
May 21st, 2007 at 2:04 pm (#)
Yay! Welcome.
May 21st, 2007 at 3:49 pm (#)
w.: I may actually be, well, living there, if I do end up going. :)
May 21st, 2007 at 5:17 pm (#)
after reading your various post on india, i not only WANT to go, but i NEED to go india
May 21st, 2007 at 9:35 pm (#)
You have made the world FLAT! Good cheer and more power to ya!
May 21st, 2007 at 9:53 pm (#)
Mussoorie! THAT’s the place my Tibetan-Nepali friend went to school. He told me some crazy stories about stealing horses and riding them all over the hills, and raiding watch-towers while being chased by guards. Have fun!
May 21st, 2007 at 11:13 pm (#)
Adri, you should write one hell of a thick book about your travels mate. I’m sure it will be a best seller.
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:37 am (#)
adri,
i second reloaded, you’d make one heck of a travel writer. this is def something you should pursue. southeast asia is very hot on the US travel market just now, and you could easily submit a dozen posts from your site as a sample. that could be your ticket to being published in America right there!
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:42 am (#)
had a fab holiday in syria/lebanon a couple of years back and i’d do it all over again! c’mon pop, you’ve got to get your arse to the middle east and give us a shout when you do. i thoroughly recommend it.
May 22nd, 2007 at 2:13 am (#)
Regarding that travel book: well, I’m actually looking at a series of books :) I don’t think I’m quite ready yet, and I don’t think I’ve travelled enough, if there’s such a thing. But it is definitely in the works.. so thank you all for the encouragement!
Regarding Syria and Lebanon: I know! I know! I will! I promise!!
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:04 am (#)
i shall call you vagabond BUT, with a home and a cool, cool job!! i reckon you will read the country by the palm of your hand by the time you end your India domination! heh
May 22nd, 2007 at 12:43 pm (#)
try nepal?
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:45 am (#)
Give us a shout if you get anywhere near Arambol this Winter, Adri.
I still owe you a fish.
May 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 am (#)
hello dear cousin! I am impressed that you managed to visit so many places already and at your age too which is a far cry from what I’ve been able to do. hehe…but honestly, you are an inspiration! everyone should be so proud of you! Keep up the good work and please take more awesome photos once you get back on the road again. also…take care of yourself okay? talk to you soon! I cant wait!