How not to get an Iran visa twice

Turn up to the Iranian Embasssy having just arrived in New Delhi and say you want to get a visa.

Tell them your nationality (bad decision if British)

Things I love about Travel

1. Freedom


2. Friends


3. Sharing interests


4. Witnessing reality


5. Challenge


6. Independence


7. Achievement


8. Transferable skills


9. Cycling


10. Serendipity


11. Trusting the process


12. Becoming a better human being


13. Creating a visual representation of my experience through photos and video


14. Hopefully creating something to communicate my experience to others (which is a great reward if achieved)

Holi Smokes Batman!

Last week it was the Holi festival where people throw colourful powder and drench each other with water. I took a cycle ride through the Mehrauli area near the Qutab Minar monument just as the festivities were peaking in the morning.

Arsy Versy

Found on a page about the meaning of vice-versa (http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/vice-versa.html)

A similar term, 'arsy versy', has now become archaic. For example, from Richard Taverner's Prouerbes or adagies with newe addicions, gathered out of the Chiliades of Erasmus, 1539:

"Ye set the cart before the horse - cleane contrarily and arsy versy as they say."

Bureau (desk) crazy

I'm not talking about Ikea but the bureaucratic situation I face regarding visas.

I'm in Delhi, I got a Pakistan visa about 2 weeks ago. I had applied for an Iran LOI (letter of invitation - required for the visa, through tour agency Stantours.com for a princely sum) and was waiting for the little code of confirmation to come through so I could go to the Embassy in Delhi and pick up my visa.

Words that make sense, bureacracy that don't

Taskmaster burst the bionic zit-splitter
Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter
We lean all day and some say that ain't productive
That depend upon the demons that you're stuck with

Quoted

"Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires." — Jean de La Fontaine

Photos from Varanasi

 

10 Things i don't do enough of

1. Pursue my music production interests+ meet likeminded people

2. Paint and draw - making art in general

3. Spend time with mum, dad, sister, grandparents, in fact my entire family

Wisdom of the Day

“Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life.” - Eric Hoffer

Words of Wisdom

"Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be" - Bob Dylan