The OffBeat Traveler

This blog is about travel. Not your regular type of travel: "Great beaches, supah hotels..." Oh no - this is a very personal, somewhat quirky insight into the country, region or city visited; an off-the-wall look at people and places, customs, attitudes, traditions, food; and lots of pix! So climb aboard and learn things that you maybe didn't know. Send me your feedback - if you've been there and found it different to my view, or if I've given you a new perspective. Time for take off:

Monday, November 07, 2005

Riding the Iron Rooster - or, How to use a "Squat" on an Indian Train....

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NOTE : With sincere apologies to Paul Theroux for the use of the title - but it's SO appropriate. EXTRA NOTE: If you are squeamish, hav...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Pix Update

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Top: Street Scene, Jaipur; Udaipur - hotel in the lake, Interiors Beth El (left), and Maghen David Synagogues, Calcutta
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Update 4: Udaipur - Delhi

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We trained overnight from Jaipur - a beautiful city, with everything abuzz ahead of Divali. We visited the Amber Fort on a hillside (choosin...
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Monday, October 31, 2005

Blog Update 3

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We left Kolkata on Friday evening, which seems like ages ago. Since then we have traveled almost 2,000 kms across the country, through Utar ...
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Friday, October 28, 2005

A Colonial Day

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Well, yes rather Carruthers, I think we'll take in the Darjeeling and Calcutta Kennel Club Dog Show this morning, and then perhaps after...
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Sunday, October 23, 2005

India-Journal 1

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Here are a few pix - I can't upload too many because they are high res and quite heavy, but they should give some idea of what we've...
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Friday, October 21, 2005

India Blog 1

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Welcome, Namaste, Shalom: Here we are in India and we can hardly believe it. I am actually sitting in an office in Calcutta using a lap top ...
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Monday, October 03, 2005

Our Personal Passage to India

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We're going to India. Amazing how those four simple words can evoke a universe of reactions. Everything from: "Wow...Brilliant - I ...
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Sunday, October 24, 2004

Prague Summer 2004

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Published: July 2004 We’re back from a short and wonderful week in Prague where we – Marlyn and I and Camilla, Craig and Aliza - met my sis...

Sunny South Africa – 15 years down the line…

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June 2003 My family and I left South Africa on Aliyah at the end of 1987. I have not been back since…until this month, when a last-minute f...

Sleepless in Dubrovnik

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(July 2000) Trust a bus load of Israelis to cause a traffic jam in a foreign city…well, it wasn’t really our fault; you see this truck p...
Wednesday, October 30, 2002

In the Footsteps of Raffles

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October 2002 I had always wanted to drink a stenga at Raffles Hotel: ever since reading a novel about the Japanese invasion of Singapore du...
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I am a professional writer, editor and actor, involved in corporate communication strategies, marketing communication and Web 2.0 consultancy. I am originally from South Africa where I worked for international ad and PR agencies, and ran my own PR company. I have been in Israel for more than 23 years where I have done work for some of Israel's largest hi-tech companies.
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