KOLKATA, INDIA. MONDAY MAY 3 2010, 1030 HRS.The temperature here is merciless, but so am I. My guesthouse room is extremely small and hot, there is no fresh air, no air conditioning, so it really feels like I'm doing exercise 24/7... and since I'm soon losing my sanity anyway because of the heat, why not go all the way and take it to the next level? So I'm now, after almost six months of inactivity, getting back to my exercise routines, haa! Due to the surroundin...

KOLKATA, INDIA. THURSDAY APRIL 29 2010, 2045 HRS.I was not sure if I had arrived into a traveller ghetto until I began hearing the already familiar sound which I hadn't heard in many weeks: "hello friend come my shop just looking no charge air condition yes boss taxi?" I have to locate myself here simply because of the prices of the guesthouses are much more affordable here. But still, I don't see that many foreigners here, and the ambience and the atmo...

KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA. WEDNESDAY APRIL 28 2010, 2130 HRS.After ten hours in a train, three hours on an airplane, and after walking six hours in the scorching sun, I find myself from a Buddhist temple at the heart of the city of 16 million people, the city of Kolkata.Namaste,I had some pressuring moments in the Kolkata airport this morning: The officials said they will not let me arrive to India because I haven't informed them where I will stay, and because ...

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN UBON AND BANGKOK, THAILAND. TUESDAY APRIL 27 2010, 2015 HRS.Writing from a night train towards the currently restless Bangkok… Next destination: Kolkata, India.After an extremely adventurous and eye-opening week in the Ubonratchathani province, it's time to bid farewell to South-East Asia, and head westwards to the mystical land of wonders, namely India… My sincere thanks to Mod & the family for the kindness and hospitality you've shown ...

UBON RATCHATHANI, THAILAND. SATURDAY APRIL 24 2010, 1930 HRS. DAY 27.These days I've spent in Ubon have been the best ones of my journey so far. I haven't seen any Western people here at all, which is great! I really feel I'm in real Thailand now, and I feel I'm learning about the way people in Thailand live and think.Yesterday I went to the border of Laos in search of that moonshine booze with cobras, other serpents and scorpions inside the bottles (and perhaps ...