Backpacking Ninja

Singapore Sling and many such things..

Backpacking Ninja — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:46:50 +0000

Its 2 days after 27th of May and I am wreathing with guilt. 27th happens to be my husbands birthday and also my cousin Adithi’s birthday. Now, when it comes to my husband, we have a no gifting policy. So, no pressure. However, this cousin of mine happens to be the one dream cousin everyone [...]

Cuba Diary – Go west to the lazy Cigar trail

Backpacking Ninja — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:37:27 +0000

Its been two weeks and I haven’t found a minute to sit down and write. Complete disaster. I recently found this website for house sitters (similar to baby sitters, you can register to sit someones house when they go away on vacation) and found that someone in Africa was looking for a house sitter for [...]

Cuba Diary – Childhood memories

Backpacking Ninja — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:58:33 +0000

I hate gaming. Specifically, I hate XBoxs and Playstations of the world. More so, I hate the fact that kids these days don’t seem to know the real world and are glued to their screens, playing terribly violent games. Its not fair to just blame the kids. I hate adults who are glued to their [...]

Chapada Diamantina – Not a Stairway to heaven

Backpacking Ninja — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:03:18 +0000

Was looking out of the window of my hotel in Fuschl and saw the mountain Schob or whatever they call it. The receptionist mentioned a bunch of people going trekking in the evening. I certainly was not inspired to trek up post a tiring day of work. Much preferred the idea of swimming in the [...]

Ti Amo Realmente

Backpacking Ninja — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:35:18 +0000

When my husband and I decided to visit Italy in 2005, our first trip to a European country, one of our friends told us ‘Do Italy as though you would never return’. As we travelled through Rome, Florence, Venice and the classic tourist trail of Italy, we revelled in the grandiosity that came in the [...]

Queueba Diary – Learning to enjoy time

Backpacking Ninja — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:44:31 +0000

It´s been 2 days and I´ve become a little lazy about writing. I needed to shake myself to write and that´s when I remembered something really unique about the Cubans. I´ve been taking it easy or relaxing like the Cubans. They wouldn´t fret at all about 2 days. What is 2 days in the whole [...]

Cuba Diary – The French Connection

Backpacking Ninja — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:02:09 +0000

In every country we have traveled, we´ve met travelers. I remember fondly the Canadian in Egypt and the Colombians in Bolivia and so on. We always land up striking a conversation in bus stops, hostels or cafes. It was 2 or 3 days in Cuba and I was surprised that we met a lot of [...]

Cuba Diary – Casa Particulares & Carlos Cartel

Backpacking Ninja — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:09:34 +0000

No better feeling than to wake up in a new city. Or, if you haven´t slept due to excitement, I would suggest stepping out of the house before sunrise to see the city really wake up. Well, we headed out at around 8 am, after a hearty breakfast at the Casa we were staying at. [...]

Cuba Diary – Day 1

Backpacking Ninja — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:36:47 +0000

People who have begun anything on April 1 are called great fools. When I think about it, I´ve done pretty crazy things on April 1 as well. I joined my current job last year April 1. I told one of my previous bosses who had his birthday a day before April fools that he shouldve [...]

Third time and through a (coffee filtererd) lens

Backpacking Ninja — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:33:42 +0000

First time in Paris. I think I couldn´t wait to go up the Eiffel Tower. Second time in Paris, I walked my feet off – Montmarte to Chatelets to Latin Quartier.. all the bridges.. neuf, arte et all. Third time was living the Parisien life with my dear French Capoeirista friend Armelle, playing a lot [...]