Skip to content
  • Everything
  • Dutch
  • German
  • Quotes
Meandering home by Kamiel Choi
  • Tags
  • Poetry
    • World Poetry Anthology
    • My poetry on poemhunter.com
    • My poetry on hellopoetry.com
  • Prose
    • Activism
    • Essays
    • Laughs
    • Miru
    • Philosophy
    • Reviews
    • The good life
    • Travel
  • About Me
    • Contact
  • Downloads
  • In focus: words
  • No context

Tags

Africa anthology Asia Berlin Cambodia capitalism Cartagena Charity Travel children Consumerism death Delhi education essay freedom hitchhiking India Kenya Kisumu language Laos life love Malaysia meaning meditation memory Miru Money music Nairobi pain Philosophy poetry power refugees religion resistance Thailand time Tiruvannamalai Trump Vientiane Vietnam writing
19 April, 2010
March 24. Delhi? Gurgaon!

We arrive in Delhi only at 5pm since an accident has caused our train to be seven hours delayed. Our couchsurfer now lives in Gurgaon you see that is a satellite town south west of Delhi. An autorikshaw takes us to the Radisson hotel where we are picked up by Kaushik, a very nice guy …

Delhi, Gurgaon
18 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 23. The big fire.

Fire in a Calcutta hotelOn the day we leave, a thick cloud of smoke colors the sky of Calcutta. Sadly, a short circuit has caused a big fire in the same building as where Flurrys is located, the grand café where we had treated ourselves to our morning day just hours ago. Given the seperatist …

Calcutta, fire
18 April, 2010
March 23. The big fire.

Fire in a Calcutta hotelOn the day we leave, a thick cloud of smoke colors the sky of Calcutta. Sadly, a short circuit has caused a big fire in the same building as where Flurrys is located, the grand café where we had treated ourselves to our morning day just hours ago. Given the seperatist …

Calcutta, fire
18 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 20-22. Calcutta. Mother Teresa.

Our hotel in Calcutta is quite comfortable. Unfortunately, our couchsurfer was not available so we couldn’t discover the city from the inside as much as we would have liked to. Now we just walk around the old streets and drop by an Italian restaurant that serves delicious pizza. The place is owned by an Indian …

Calcutta, mother Teresa
18 April, 2010
March 20-22. Calcutta. Mother Teresa.

Our hotel in Calcutta is quite comfortable. Unfortunately, our couchsurfer was not available so we couldn’t discover the city from the inside as much as we would have liked to. Now we just walk around the old streets and drop by an Italian restaurant that serves delicious pizza. The place is owned by an Indian …

Calcutta, mother Teresa
18 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 19. Bhubaneswar.

We arrive in Bhubaneswar in the evening, and have some trouble getting to the guest house we have so cautiously looked up in the tourist guide. When a persistent rikshaw driver follows us too long, I step right in front of him and look him in the eyes, silently. Natural alpha-male behavior, and it makes …

Bhubaneswar
18 April, 2010
March 19. Bhubaneswar.

We arrive in Bhubaneswar in the evening, and have some trouble getting to the guest house we have so cautiously looked up in the tourist guide. When a persistent rikshaw driver follows us too long, I step right in front of him and look him in the eyes, silently. Natural alpha-male behavior, and it makes …

Bhubaneswar
18 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 18. Delicious Chennai.

The train to the north will leave at night, so we have time to see Chennai. The station offers a reliable luggage deposit service. An Autorikshaw takes us to the beach first, where we take a walk until we are hungry. A bus drops us at a shopping mall, and a lying rikshaw driver takes …

chennai
18 April, 2010
March 18. Delicious Chennai.

The train to the north will leave at night, so we have time to see Chennai. The station offers a reliable luggage deposit service. An Autorikshaw takes us to the beach first, where we take a walk until we are hungry. A bus drops us at a shopping mall, and a lying rikshaw driver takes …

chennai
18 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 17. Meditating?

Early morning I hike up the mountain. It takes me about ninety minutes from the backside of the temple complex to the peak of the sacred mountain. I walk up fast, carrying only one bottle of water I pick up at a stall adjacent to the temple. I offer this water to a local, but …

meditation, mountain, Tiruvannamalai
18 April, 2010
March 17. Meditating?

Early morning I hike up the mountain. It takes me about ninety minutes from the backside of the temple complex to the peak of the sacred mountain. I walk up fast, carrying only one bottle of water I pick up at a stall adjacent to the temple. I offer this water to a local, but …

meditation, mountain, Tiruvannamalai
18 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 15-16. The carpenter does a good job.

We buy more wood for the remaining tables, this time together with the carpenter who knows a cheaper place. He picks the wood himself and he will do everything. We: pay. Sure, perhaps I wake up from my slumbers one day and realize I can’t really do anything except from distributing pecunnia. So be it …

carpenter, Tamil Nadu, Tiruvannamalai
18 April, 2010
March 15-16. The carpenter does a good job.

We buy more wood for the remaining tables, this time together with the carpenter who knows a cheaper place. He picks the wood himself and he will do everything. We: pay. Sure, perhaps I wake up from my slumbers one day and realize I can’t really do anything except from distributing pecunnia. So be it …

carpenter, Tamil Nadu, Tiruvannamalai
18 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 14. Traveling is very personal.

Our driver has been sleeping in the car although we have told him to come on the roof and make himself feel at home. We just ask him to take us back to Tiruvannamalai, there are no complications. We haven’t talked much to the Dutch owner of our guesthouse and his great dam project in …

Tiruvannamalai
18 April, 2010
March 14. Traveling is very personal.

Our driver has been sleeping in the car although we have told him to come on the roof and make himself feel at home. We just ask him to take us back to Tiruvannamalai, there are no complications. We haven’t talked much to the Dutch owner of our guesthouse and his great dam project in …

Tiruvannamalai
15 April, 2010
MWTV

Migrant Worker televisionSeoul, Korea. April 15th, 2010An independent television channel operated by migrant workers from several Asian nations aimed at supporting their nationals who are employed in South Korea.

We visit their center and make a small contribution.

NameMigrant Worker Television, Seoul, South KoreaAim”gathering the voices of migrant workers in Korea and …

Asia, migrant worker, refugees, Seoul, South Korea, television
10 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 13. Auroville.

I am not Shakespeare what do you expect? I don’t even, even. Just .. howheea, grrr.. man .. why .. blog has been disappointing lately. And I can’t do anything about it. How can .. a sincere story .. experiences .. the personal account of an incredible journey trying to make the world a better …

Auroville, motorbikes
10 April, 2010
March 13. Auroville.

I am not Shakespeare what do you expect? I don’t even, even. Just .. howheea, grrr.. man .. why .. blog has been disappointing lately. And I can’t do anything about it. How can .. a sincere story .. experiences .. the personal account of an incredible journey trying to make the world a better …

Auroville, motorbikes
10 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 11-12. Elephant trunk.

We make the table today, with the few tools available. A rusty saw and a hammer that loses its handle twice. But we finish the table and the kids start painting it. Ruby cooks a delicious meal again and they serve us like royal visitors. Are the having any expectations, like some of our very …

EphPhatha, pickels, tailring, Tiruvannamalai
10 April, 2010
March 11-12. Elephant trunk.

We make the table today, with the few tools available. A rusty saw and a hammer that loses its handle twice. But we finish the table and the kids start painting it. Ruby cooks a delicious meal again and they serve us like royal visitors. Are the having any expectations, like some of our very …

EphPhatha, pickels, tailring, Tiruvannamalai
10 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 10. Hard wood.

We buy hard wood. It is expensive and they don’t cut it right. But I don’t give up and promise to manufacture the table, somehow. We have promised to make a set of tables for the children so that they can study in a more organized fashion. Currently they just take their schoolbooks and stationary …

Tiruvannamalai
10 April, 2010
March 10. Hard wood.

We buy hard wood. It is expensive and they don’t cut it right. But I don’t give up and promise to manufacture the table, somehow. We have promised to make a set of tables for the children so that they can study in a more organized fashion. Currently they just take their schoolbooks and stationary …

Tiruvannamalai
10 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 9. Nehru and Ruby.

At 7:20 Nehru and Ruby come to pick us up from Chennai/Madras’ main railway station. I have never experienced such kindness and hospitality and can only stammer thank you when they hang a flower necklace over my shoulder and bring us to a car. We have to travel four hours to get to the orphanage. …

10 April, 2010
Uncategorized
March 9. Nehru and Ruby.

At 7:20 Nehru and Ruby come to pick us up from Chennai/Madras’ main railway station. I have never experienced such kindness and hospitality and can only stammer thank you when they hang a flower necklace over my shoulder and bring us to a car. We have to travel four hours to get to the orphanage. …

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Follow me on Twitter



creativechoice is maintained with the help of its readers. if you enjoy what you are reading, please consider a small donation with Paypal:
Brams mam #gedicht #poëzie #gedichten #poetry #g Brams mam

#gedicht #poëzie #gedichten #poetry #gedichten #schrijven

🐞 Ontdek de wereld van Struikeltje op struikeltje.com en op 3 november Den Bosch: Station Zuid | Erasmusstraat 9 | 15:15-17:15 🐞
Witnessing a crime #climate #co2 #climatechange #c Witnessing a crime #climate #co2 #climatechange #climateaction #globalwarming
Instagram post 17861674382898361 Instagram post 17861674382898361
Instagram post 17879989010401692 Instagram post 17879989010401692
https://jeaninehoedemakers.wordpress.com/ #gedich https://jeaninehoedemakers.wordpress.com/

#gedicht #poëzie #gedichten #poetry #gedichten #schrijven

🐞 Ontdek de wereld van Struikeltje op struikeltje.com en op 3 november Den Bosch: Station Zuid | Erasmusstraat 9 | 15:15-17:15 🐞
Instagram post 17930585446563198 Instagram post 17930585446563198
Megen aan de Maas Megen aan de Maas
Instagram post 18007314620662071 Instagram post 18007314620662071
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Elsewhere on the web

  • 5∞ px profile
  • Charity Travel
  • Flickr
  • Komrijm (Dutch)
  • YouTube Channel

Recent Comments

  • A world of only poets – Ché Camilo on A world of only poets
  • Woodworking – Ché Camilo on Woodworking
  • How I Learned To Spend Money – Ché Camilo on How I Learned To Spend Money
  • Arbiter – Ché Camilo on Arbiter
  • The Making of a Misantrope – Ché Camilo on The Making of a Misanthrope

Archives

My Youtube Treasures
CCB head
 Share This

Share on Mastodon

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok