We crossed from India into Nepal and stopped at Lumbini, the place where Siddharta Gautama, aka Buddha, was born. Enlightenment doesn’t include free parking, though. Next was Chitwan National Park, where we went on a canoe ride followed by a …
2009 was one of the best years of my life. At the start of the year I was fortunate enough to spend 6 weeks attending Clarion South (a science fiction writing workshop) in Brisbane. I learned a lot and made …
After Moldova, I took the bus to Suceava in the north of Romania. The northeast of Romania is known as Moldavia and is still a rural area where you can see lots of horses and buggies on the road. The …