Through the wonders of WikiTravel, I realised that I need a Tourist Visa to enter India. Hooray. No big deal there, right? I have been through countries requiring pre-approved and issued Visas before – China and Vietnam. But, as with all things, assuming that it is simple almost always condemns it to being difficult, obscure and just generally frustrating.

Now, before anyone has a go at me for being size-ist, or for taking a swipe at the “gravitationally gifted”, this is just a basic generalisation I have arrived at and has only been tested within the confines of South-East Asia and even then, specifically Vietnam and Thailand. Besides, it makes for a catchy headline…
Having [...]

There is an old saying in software design – “The first 50% of development will take 90% of the time. The second 50% of development will also take 90% of the time.” Basically, that is to say that every project will take almost twice as long as you initially thought it would take. That same [...]

I haven’t even left Australia yet, and already I am learning, which is a good thing, I guess, as it is something I hope to take away from this whole experience.
Lesson #1 – Always Research the Weather and Goings On of your Destination
The first leg of my walkbout tour was based on a couple of [...]

This weekend I attended a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) course booked through i-to-i. It was a weekend course, meaning that as opposed to some other courses which are part-time, or correspondence, this was an intensive course held over 20 hours through one weekend.
The trainer was terrific – well practiced both in teaching [...]