MY RETURN TO STONE AGE
BACK TO STONE AGE Stonehenge has fascinated me since I learnt about it more than half a century ago. I have been near it innumerable times but never saw it. I know that my stretch of life is insignificant in geological terms. In September 2016 a sudden drop in my activities caused a depressing time…
My Hajj
My Hajj I swiftly abandoned the thought of a Hajj to Mecca when I watched the throngs of pilgrims in the dusty heat so far away. To escape the suffocating heat of Geneva I locked on a pilgrimage to the nearby mountains of central Switzerland. My short pilgrimage trek from the picturesque village of Sachseln…
11-cities biking tour in Holland
Our two bikes loaded in a little Honda Jazz we headed to Harlingen, an ancient port at the entrance of Zuiderzee on the northern coast of Holland. It is difficult to remember the countless places visited, scenic views and events. Thousands of pictures saved in my computer do not help me to recall them in…
Meeting people from all ages and getting shot
By Naginder Sehmi (July 2015) Adventure and excitement packed 2015. During two weeks in March-April in Myanmar (Burma) I was glad to see that the country has not changed much since I first saw it twenty-five years earlier. The striking change is the throngs of tourists-that is only the beginning for the country has just…
Travels
“You have a chakra, wheel, under your foot,” my brother often remarked. My life was fated to travel within my country, Kenya and then in the world at large. My professional duties took me to more than eighty countries some quite remote in those days, like Papua New Guinea and Mongolia. The most enjoyable and…
When does one get old?
My first view of Kilimanjaro before climbing it in August 1956 Competitive long-distance running or playing team games like rugby requiring maximal physical effort are not in the Indian culture. Physical competition especially after one retires is considered unnecessary and even harmful. The reasons one can give are many. The most evident is that the…
Danube biking
Association of Former WMO Staff, Bulletin 17, November 2012 Biking along the Danube from Passau to Vienna Naginder Sehmi One school friend thought that I had been dead for ages until he came across my website. Another e-mailed me: are you still alive? If your memory is intact I can tell you who I am. There…
Kenya Nostalgia
ESCAPE FROM THE GOLDEN CAGE – RETURN VISIT TO KENYA (December 2006) by Naginder Sehmi Eleven happy days with the family; I could have stayed indefinitely. One desire was to see the real Kenya; not that for tourists. I wanted to see rural families and the way they lived. Central Province around Neyri and Mount…
Mauritius Discovered
Mauritius Discovered 16 – 25 June 2001 By Naginder Sehmi (An abridged version forms a chapter in the book TWISTED TURBAN, Naginder Sehmi, Memoirs Publishing, UK. Dec.2013) My first contact with this island, the “Pearl of Africa” was through many Mauritian students in Dublin University in the early sixties. They impressed me tremendously because most…
Lost in India – 10. VASCO TO BHAGWAN
10. VASCO TO BHAGWAN (5 – 8 April, 2000) Indian Airline landed me at Goa’s Dabolim airport, on time at 11.50 on Wednesday 5 April. I decided to stay in a small coastal town, Vasco da Gama, and not in Panaji (Panjim), the capital, about 25km further to the north. May be I wanted to…