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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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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…

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,…

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…

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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