Digitally Exploring the world

Loved this video on Cyclists

came across this innovate design for a cycle !! it's a bamboo bike. here's the design

Doesn't the song beautifully express what our wandering mind is always trying to chase Listen to it : Kai Baar Yun Hi Dekha Hai This ones from the film " RAJNI GANDHA"

Here's a recent article in newsweek about ' taking time off ' and traveling slow. Reminds me of my recent trip across Cambodia and Thailand were I didn't take a single taxi,flight other and entering and leaving the countries. It was great fun, taking the local bus, train and also walking most parts of the town.

I had read this book " in praise of slow " , couple of years back. we continuously need to keep reminding ourselves of slowing down in this crazy global work world of ours! here is a talk on the same by carl: the url to the video is here

I received a message yesterday from someone whom i had known 28years back to the tune " 28years back i use to give you ride on my little bicycle in a place surrounded by mountains and covered by flowers everywhere. From my memories i can still visualise your little hands filled with mud but i just can't remember your face neither your voice. Its funny how we remember things in life !!" I was a bit surprised to receive this message since my memory doesn't go so far back in time. However it took me back to those lovely child hood days to the small town Jamalpur, in Bihar where I spent my initial growing years. If i look back it seems like a place tucked away in time. We were staying in an old Bungalow with tiled roof, with hills as the backdrop and a wonderful garden all around thanks to my mum. We also had a big playground right in front of our house. Our times were spent in the garden and around the place, playing with friends, cycling, sometimes climbing up the tree

I bumped into this site, it has some really interesting talks. I just saw the one about "The science of love, and the future of women (video)" . Check out all the talks here

I took the cheap ( less than 50$ and less than an hour) AIRASIA flight from Phonm Pehn and headed to Bangkok . The cheapest way though not the easiest is to take the bus/boat across the border. Since, i heard couple of incidents about the long and tough bone crunching trips across the border and the corruption involved about getting the Visa ,I decided to avoid it !! I reached Bangkok in the morning and got my Visa on Arrival (1000 Bhat) . Indians and some other countries only get a 15day Visa ,for a longer stay, its best to get one before leaving your country else one can always take the pain of renewing it in once inside the country. I had decided before heading out for this trip that i would only be using the local modes of transports-bus/train/tuktuk/rickshaws and no taxis or flights and thats what i did for the rest of 2 weeks. I hopped into the free bus #1 from the Airport to the Bus Station near the Airport. Asked around a bit and hopped into another bus. Once on the bus, I

Simply love this song !! Check out the CD "Magic Time" ..You will surely turn the volume up !! and this one "Into the Mystic":

I bought a CD by Jack Johnson recently and like most of his stuff out there. here's one from the collection

Last month end, I headed out for my much awaited trip to the Kingdom of Cambodia or Kampuchea, as its known by local Khemers. I was surprised to hear that most people around me were unaware of Cambodia and its whereabouts!! I have always wanted to visit Cambodia from what I had read about the country , its history of struggle and strife and the last few years of it trying to rebuild itself. I was in two minds before the trip whether to go solo or take my mum since she was the one who had got me interested about Cambodia by the books she had got over the years. But somehow, my current state of mind asked me to go and discover it on my own. So here I was with just the Plane tickets headed to the beautiful and untouched country. I know she hasn't forgiven me for not taking her along ! Cambodia is a wonderful place to visit, it has so many places that has been virtually left untouched by the outside world and the people there welcome you with a big smile. Before my trip, I had read