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Let’s Talk About Modern Day Slavery: A Few Facts about Human Trafficking 14 Apr 2013 | 01:23 pm
Human trafficking is modern day slavery. Together with arms dealing, human trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world – the biggest is drugs. (What kind of a photo can you use fo...
Responsible Travel in Thailand: Can Those “Hill Tribe Treks” Ever Be Really Ethical? 21 Mar 2013 | 02:31 pm
If you’ve been to Chiang Mai, Thailand, you have probably been offered a trek to visit villages where Thailand’s indigenous people (“hill tribes”) live. Several ethnic minority groups live in the moun...
Here’s How to Cross the Thailand Cambodia Border from Aranyaprathet to Poipet with No Hassle 8 Mar 2013 | 08:19 am
I went overland from Thailand to Cambodia a few days ago. I’d heard about all the scams on the Aranyaprathet to Poipet border crossing, so I went in fully prepared to be scammed. I think they’ve manag...
Safety Tips for Solo Female Travellers 20 Feb 2013 | 03:36 pm
Bad things can happen when you travel. Bad things can also happen at home. Let’s be honest: you can minimize risks, but there is no guarantee that anywhere in the world will be 100% safe. You can get ...
Violence Against Women: A Global Problem 9 Feb 2013 | 11:59 am
I have been lazy about updating this blog because I am in South-East Asia, researching for my 3rd travel book. (And I am travelling alone, by the way. Like I did for six months last year, and like I d...
Visiting the Irpu Falls in Coorg, India 29 Oct 2012 | 12:52 am
Coffee plantations, forests, waterfalls, mountains and a temple where lord Rama himself installed a shivalingam. Irpu is a special place in Coorg, Karnataka, in South India, and Coorg itself is a spec...
I’m going offline for a bit… 31 Aug 2012 | 06:22 pm
… I have also closed comments because I won’t be able to moderate. If you came to my blog looking for India travel advice, check out the New to This Blog? section to get started. Thanks for reading!
Yeah I know the blog looks odd. 31 Jul 2012 | 12:25 pm
I don’t understand why. I’m working on it. Thanks for reading!
Things I love about Being Back in Mysore 19 Jul 2012 | 09:50 pm
Back in Mysore for the first time in two years and I have just realised how many things have been missing from my life outside India. 1. Cows having lunch outside my front gate. 2. Proper chai. If you...
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the Choeung Ek (Killing Fields) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 25 Jun 2012 | 07:52 pm
The Khmer Rouge regime, led by Pol Pot, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. It was responsible for one of the worst genocides in the last century. It is estimated that 1.7 million people died under the ...
