Jo’s Monday Walk
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A re-visit or virtual travel after gap of eleven years (2009) and Beijing, like rest of China, still remains an enigma. Its latest product, Covid-19 or Corona virus, lives up to the ‘humongous’ attitude of the country…..expandable enterprise. As we, all over the world, battle with inevitable lockdowns, a virtual visit brings back memories of… Read more
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As we bid adieu to a decade that has been tumultuous and pleasurable, in equal measure, I re-share a 2012 post. We, my friend-in-hike and me, remember it as one of the ‘best hikes’ when two 50-plus road walkers challenged themselves to reach for the rainbow. Seven years later, since moved out of Hong Kong,… Read more
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The Portuguese in their discovery phase, looking for spices and trade, sailed into Goa in western India in 1510 and stayed put for more than 450 years till they relinquished the territory to India in 1961. The occupancy left its mark in 17th-century churches and palatial Portuguese homes straddling the rural and urban areas of North… Read more
Journies of change 