...the homecoming queen being Amy, of course. I'm pretty sure she was never actually homecoming queen in high school, homecoming being a quintessentially American (and not Canadian) institution, but what I'm trying to say, through the clumsy use of Monkees lyrics, is that we're coming home tomorrow ( Read more... )

Well! It's been a while. Sorry about that, folks. In the interim, here's what's happened:

The Amy & I signed up with the fantastic Red Chilli Adventure in Rishikesh and went white-water rafting on the Ganges river. It was my first white-water rafting experience, and it was truly thrilling. And not in the cliched, meaningless sense of the word ( Read more... )

Most of you know that The Amy is a great lover of yoga, and that it helps her to focus, de-stress, and get in a good workout when she's feeling low. So it's appropriate that after three brutal, punishing years of non-stop medical training (and a few brutal, punishing days in The Hottest And Most Hectic Capital On Earth), we find ourselves on the ( Read more... )

India is... interesting. The India Lonely Planet book opens with the phrase, "India is a litmus test for many travellers." How true. We'd considered ourselves to be seasoned travellers, boldly going to all corners of the globe and such. We're used to crowds, and heat, and noise... but India has all of these things on a whooooole other level. It's a ( Read more... )

April 29, 2006 ( Read more... )

Well! I've been in Thailand for 10 days now, and I've got some catching up to do. So let's back up and start at the beginning ( Read more... )

Bangkok! Ayutthaya! So much to write ( Read more... )

So I met up with one of my very favourite people at Saturday night's Easter church service: an Indian monk named Father Silas. This man is a) completely filled with the love of God, and b) utterly hilarious ( Read more... )

Khristos Anesti! Alithos Anesti! (Christ is risen! In truth, He is risen!)

It's Orthodox Easter! (Well, yesterday was. But who's counting?)

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him." (1 Corinthians 2:9)

Happy Easter, everyone.

I did a dry run packing for the trip today. Into my snazzy new backpack, I put:

• three pairs of pants;
  
• three shirts;
  
• three paperback novels;
  
• my shaving kit;
  
• my PDA;
  
• my camera;
  
• some travel meds;
  
• various and sundry bottles of fluids which are important for healthy travel (hand sanitizer, bug repellent, sunscreen, etc.); and
  
• a wire anti-theft net to ( Read more... )