Tuisligh Travel Blog

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming" (Dory, 2003)

Packing List for India

I’ve been asked by a few people what they should pack for a trip to India. Short answer is I don’t know. Long answer is this is what I’ll be bringing this year. Some of it might may want to find its way into your bag too. As India is a subcontinent, it all really depends on where you’ll be. This year I’ll be in the...

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Albania – 800km in 48 hours

In some ways I don’t like blogging about Albania. Of all the countries I’ve been to, it’s possibly the one least people can place on a map. And all of us who took little breaks in the little-known country kind of liked that. One of my Kosovar friends told me about a great little place in Albania, and then swore me to secrecy....

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All Souls Day in Shillong

November is the month the people of Shillong step out and pray for their faithful departed. All Souls Day is the day when those left on this earth go to the graveyard and hope and pray that their loved ones get in the pearly gates. November 2nd is the day the Catholics in this town go to town to pay their respects. Someone asked me if we had such...

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Mawlynnong – The Cleanest Village in Asia

Since 2003 a little village in the north east of India has held the very prestigious title of ‘Cleanest Village in Asia’.  Mawlynnong, 90 kilometres from the capital of Meghalaya, Shillong, received the award from a travel magazine for having a zero litter policy, helped with pretty bamboo bins scattered around the village.  As well...

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• Packing List for Ind...

  I’ve been asked by a few people what...

• Albania – 800k...

  In some ways I don’t like blogging...

• All Souls Day in Shi...

  November is the month the people of Shillong...

• Mawlynnong – T...

  Since 2003 a little village in the north...