Berkeley plays Stanford at football (that is, American Football) each year in the Big Game. It’s been played for the past 100+ years and is a huge event in the Bay Area – it seems like everyone in the city is either a Cal or Stanford alum! I went to the game this year, Read More
Here are a few pictures from my trip to New York for the Net Impact conference. Of course a business school student just HAD to visit Wall Street! The Columbia University campus. Central Park in Autumn – fantastic! Jazz in the Park. , Read More
Dawn light touches Half Dome (at left). Looking further up the valley – typical Yosemite! Granite and fir trees. The cable section near the summit. I saw many people with grossly inadequate footwear slipping and sliding on the steep granite. It’s no wonder there are a few fatalities each year… Fantastic views at, Read More
Wheeler Hall. Haas School of Business. Sather Gate at Sproul Plaza. The view from above Memorial Stadium with the Campanile and San Francisco in the distance.
While back in Australia, I took the chance to visit my aunt Karen up in Townsville, in far north Queensland. I hadn’t seen Karen in years and I thought this would be my last chance to catch up with her for the next few years. Also, being winter, it was a great chance to, Read More
After leaving Switzerland and completing my Nepal/India trip, I was back in Australia for about six weeks over winter before I had to head to San Francisco for business school. I took the chance to do something I always wanted to do and planned a week snow shoeing and camping up in the Australian, Read More
I traveled to Bikaner en route to Delhi for one very quirky reason – a "Rat Temple". I’d heard about it from a few backpackers back in Delhi and it sounded worth the stopover. A street scene in Bikaner. Note the oh-so-safe LPG bottle strapped to the back of the bicycle! The temple was, Read More
From the outset I have to say I loved the “Blue City” of Jodhpur with its towering fortress looming high above the town below. Jodhpur was a very manageable size, more a town than a city, pretty in parts, there was lots to see and do, it was fun to wander the streets and, Read More
One afternoon in Jaisalmer I took the chance to head out into the desert for sunset. I drove out with a bunch of backpackers to an area of the desert covered with rolling sand dunes. Some of the other backpackers had arranged to take a camel ride across the desert for a few hours,, Read More
For the second half of my trip around India’s “Golden Triangle” I delved into the deserts of Rajasthan to visit three very different cities – Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Bikaner. Jaisalmer was my first stop and an overnight 2nd class train ride away. It was quite an experience – triple bunks and no linen, a, Read More