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Ashes and blue skies: a Palermo travelogue.
Warm air rushes in to fill the plane. We disembark by row, adhering scrupulously to the new socially-distant orthodoxy, ditching jumpers and jackets as we do: summer might be a distant memory where we left off, washed away in the … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Italy, Sicilia
Tagged Bangla, Borgo Antico, Bread, Cathedral, Church, Duomo, Europe, Granita, Immigration, India, Italia, Italy, Kalsa, Koran, Maqueda, Market, Med, Mediterranean, Mosque, Old town, Palermo, Pane, Panelle, People, People watching, Qoran, Rubbish, Sea, Sicilia, Sicily, Ucciardone
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The night raid to Billingsgate.
Shopping for food in the UK is often not, for yours truly, a joyous experience, and this is due to the utter lack of variety. Honest, there’s more individuality in a pool of cloned cells than in UK’s supermarkets. Even … Continue reading
Posted in All things food, Europe, London, UK
Tagged Billingsgate, Billingsgate Market, Blitz, Canada Square, Canary Wharf, Chip shop, City of London constabulary, Cockney, Del Boy, Docklands, East End, Eels, England, Fish, Fish Market, Green Park, India, Kent, Lent, Lobster, London, Luftwaffe, Market, Night, Night Tube, Salmon, Sea Bass, Snapper, Thames, Tilapia, Trout, Tube, Tuna, UK
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Singapore in technicolour.
Expat life. If there is such a thing, my half-a-week in Singapore, was precisely that. No sybaritic luxury and champagne breakfast; rather, restaurants on the East shore park, coconuts, cab rides even to do one kilometre and the shuffle heat-aircon-heat-aircon-pool … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Singapore
Tagged Asia, City State, Expat, Heat, India, Little India, Murals, People, People watching, Portraits, Red dot, Singapore, Singapura, Street photography, Urban life, Urban photography
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Sri Lankan trains.
To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers – In fact, to see life Agatha Christie There’s something special about the very act of boarding a train. For starters, it’s a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Sri Lanka
Tagged 2004 tsunami, Asia, Britain, Colombo, Colombo Fort, Ella, Galle, Galle Fort, Hill country, India, Nanu Oya, Rail, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan railways, Tea, Tea Plantation, Train, Train travel
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