As both of you know, sometimes I branch out away from my duties here at Gallivanting Explorer and freelance. Sort of like Mick Jagger does with The Rolling Stones, only on a much smaller scale.
My latest example went up on Worldhum yesterday. I’m very humbled and happy to be published there, as their editorial standards are much higher than my own.
Here is a small excerpt:
My friend Dale and I were on our way to the Chennai airport when I saw the picture. It was on a poster promoting tourism in India. It showed a train so full of people that the very roof was filled with them. A brightly colored array of happy Indians sprouted from the top like flowers. And I suddenly, very desperately, wanted to be one of them.
You can read the rest of it, and ‘like’ it and send it to famous and important editors here.
Loved the essay and could imagine myself drowning in frustration while riding it. I’ve been on unbelievable poultry infested busses and third class trains in Asia but yours take the cake. Looking forward to reading more of your work on World Hum and other travel periodicals. And on your blog of course.
Ying,
Thanks for your nice comment. And for not being a robot. If this were a larger operation, with a budget for such things, you would win a free Ipad for being the first comment that wasn’t either in cyrillic or someone trying to get me to buy a knockoff purse.
Ah darn! Does that mean I’m not getting an Ipad then?