A brilliant phone conversation at work today:
Sandra: Hello Sandra speaking
Alex: Hi Sandra, it’s Alex Dixon from the billing team
Sandra: Oh, hi Alex
Alex: How are you doing?
Sandra: Ooh, I don’t know yet.. what have I done wrong?
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A housemate, Simone, asked me yesterday what the highlight of my day was. This would be my vote for today.
Watch out – Alex Dixon strikes fear in the hearts of co-workers…
Alex is back! And this time he’s in Vienna Read the rest of this entry »
I was in Unawatuna on the soutern coast of Sri Lanka on 26th December when the tsunami hit the beautiful resort town. I was safe in my reinforced-concrete hotel, but I did witness the full effects of the tsunami on the town and its population. Read the rest of this entry »
I am okay, but was caught right in the middle of it Read the rest of this entry »
Part two of my experiences at the Melkote schools. We had a project to fill a big ditch with earth without a wheelbarrow in sight; furthermore, I wasn’t very good at balancing large bowls of earth on my head! Read the rest of this entry »
Melkote is a village about two hours out of Mysore that my brother, Hugo, has visited twice to do some volunteering work in a school for disabled children. He keeps in touch with and is friends with the family that run the school, and so he arranged for me to visit them while I am in India. Read the rest of this entry »
Although I didn’t think I was going to enjoy the commercialism of Goa, I’m ashamed to say that I really enjoyed myself. Read the rest of this entry »
Being the most western city in India, it was easy to feel at home in Mumbai Read the rest of this entry »
The “erotic temples” of Kharjuraho
Varanasi, one of Hinduism’s most holy cities
The ancient buddist caves of Ajanta
A very cultural week in northern India
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Agra is the home of India’s most famous landmark – the Taj Mahal.
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last.fm: my recent tracks
An Antipodean Adventure 