The Trip
Bombay to Beijing: Flew to Mumbai in March 2004 and backpacked through India, Nepal, Tibet and China for more than 4 months. The trip is all over now, but the photos and blogs are still with us.
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Currently...
Getting ready for my next big trip - a cycle tour across Japan, top to bottom. The plan is to set off in August from the northern tip of Japan and just keep on pedaling south.
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April 19, 2004
McMaharaja Burger
Back home, I'd really rather dine out of a garbage bin than eat at McDonald's. But there's something about being in a faraway country that suddenly makes the banal (and gratuitously unappetising) consumerism from back home seem somehow exotic and appealing.It all started with a McMaharaja Burger at McDonald's, and escalated into a trip to Whimpy's (the poor man's McDonald's) and Pizza Hut, and a shopping spree at the Addidas, Nike, Reebok, Levis and Samsonite stores... among others.
After two trips and a more than a week altogether, I never saw the Red Fort or Hummayum's Tomb or any of the other grand attractions that Delhi is famous for. But I did get a belly ache from McDonald's and am now the proud owner of a pair of black laceless 'All-Conditions-Gear' Nikes. Just do it!
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