When in India, you have to travel by train at least once, people say. My trip to Varanasi was pretty much my last chance, and the owner of Madonna Hotel in Delhi had once again gone the extra mile to help. His driver, Puri, was stepping on it like crazy, panicking through the jammed streets of…
Mumbai has an undeserved reputation as a city you should get out of as quickly as possible, if at all you happen to land there. Although not abundantly rich in spectacular attractions like temples, monuments and palaces, Mumbai is a vibrant metropol, bustling with life and energy. Well worth at least a quick visit. The…
Indian weddings are widely renowned for their wildness and colourfulness. What I experienced in Mumbai did nothing to diminish that reputation! After a somewhat chaotic late-night arrival, some hours of sleep and a bit of sightseeing, I was more than ready for the first of 4 receptions of the engagement party. At a place called…
Mumbai Airport – a chaotic experience! 🙂 From the flight, I entered the crowded airport terminal building in Mumbai at 2:30 am. At least 3 unrelated queues seemed to be cutting through each other in a system that apparently no first-time visitor was supposed to understand anyway. Designed to confuse first-time visitors, I guess. I…
Somebody once said that the best thing to do in Dubai is to rent a car at the airport, and drive to Muscat in Oman. I beg to differ: Dubai may not have millennia of rich cultural history, but it is an impressive showcase of human achievement. In a few decades, the place has grown…
Bauck.com has now been re-born as a WordPress blog! It all started back in 1998, when my professor Espen Andersen at the Norwegian School of Management encouraged his students to publish their assignements on a web site. At the time I had a very simple 1-pager at one of those free services. Think it was…
Less than a week to go to India. The visa is in my passport, the most important bookings are done, and everything, except my recently ordered mini-laptop from which I’ll be updating this site with fresh pictures, is in place. My only hope now is that the laptop won’t be delayed, so I’ll actually be…
So it’s finally out! In June, some great people got together to make Ziggy Boomfall’s music video, Don’t Miss The Party, Girl! Ziggy Boomfall, aka. Aziz Wane is an awesome friend and a great neighbour of mine, and playing in his first music video was a total thrill! The one day off work was definitely…
Sarafina! The Sound of Freedom In the process of remaking the site and moving old content over to the WordPress platform, I came across some pictures that brought back sweet old memories. I’ve had a fondness for acting since my early childhood days. Unfortunately, with a busy life and hard priorities, there are usually a few…
Malindi, a legendary fishing town, about 100 kilometers north of Mombasa is remarkably neat, pretty, and clean. Once a favored fishing destination for Ernest Hemingway, this place is now heavily dominated by a large Italian diaspora! Although English and Swahili are the official languages in Kenya, many cafés and restaurants in Malindi have menus in Italian only.
