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Siesta del Somewhere is an ongoing series of shared impressions, photographs and travel tales by Karl Powell

Flight TG250 Landing, 2019

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Thailand

36 – Yoga Ma (Thailand)

In Thai language the word for dog is หมา and when pronounced it sounds like ‘ma.’ Often the a sound is long and held a little before ending with a rising tone. Towards the far end of AoNang beach – near the little shrine at the foot of the Monkey Trail – there were yoga…

Sri Lanka

35 – Galle (Sri Lanka)

The train stopped in the dark. The sun had set across the Indian Ocean a few stations ago and now the world was bruising into an indigo of evening. Silhouettes of palm tress were visible, overhanging above the station’s heavy, metallic roof. A few stars peered into our world. The station’s platform was illuminated by several electrical lights,…

Australia

34 – High Street, Fremantle (Australia)

Sitting on the sunny side of the street, outside Breaks, I am waiting for my coffee to arrive. Late Friday morning, and already the feeling of another weekend yawns far and wide within languid daydreams – somehow stretching the confines of a week into an expanse of extra time. The sky is clear, blue and…

Italia

33 Fragments of Venice

Few things can prepare you for your first sight of Venice. It is a place like no other. It is one of the rare places – the very rare – that is difficult to describe. Words elude each page as you try to write honestly about it. Venice is living magic: a floating city regal…

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