Tag Archives: Tourists

The Great Gully (An Eco-friendly Story)

Posted on July 27, 2017 by anuragbakhshi

She was the first one to see them, the hooligans, the delinquents, spoiling the natural, untouched beauty and the pristine air of her lovely town. They had come from an outside land, and now spent the day painting their truck … Continue reading →

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The Shoe King

Posted on July 26, 2017 by anuragbakhshi

He had always loved cycling around his pretty little town With the sea breeze so violent that it sometimes blew away his crown For, you see, Karl was the king of Honningsvag, small as it may be And owned every … Continue reading →

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The Three Dwarfs

Posted on July 25, 2017 by anuragbakhshi

This is the tale of three brothers who live in Honningsvag, near North Cape, beyond the Arctic Circle, the northernmost town in Europe. Their parents named them Magnus, Markus, and Marius. They spend their time building things, as dwarfs are … Continue reading →

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The Invisible Giant

Posted on July 24, 2017 by anuragbakhshi

The sun was finally up, marking the end of six long months of nightfall in the picturesque town of Honningsvag, on the other side of the Arctic Circle for the rest of the world, and on the ‘right’ side of … Continue reading →

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The Guardian of Secrets

Posted on July 22, 2017 by anuragbakhshi

My brief, though not written, was to protect the treasures of the souvenir shop And I had sworn to keep fighting to protect it, even to my blood’s last drop But now, I was conflicted, between my duty and my … Continue reading →

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An Ode to the Library

Posted on July 21, 2017 by anuragbakhshi

We entered the extremely cute cafe, and saw a mysterious sign over the warm hearth It told a tale of ancient history, when humans were slaves, and aliens ruled the earth They were an advanced race, technologically, and due to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aliens, Books, fantasy, Fun, Imagination, Library, longyearbyen, magic, mythology, Nonsense, Norway, poem, poetry, Quirky, Story, svalbard, Tourists, Travel, Travelogue, verse | 1 Comment

The Case of the Missing Gloves

Posted on July 20, 2017 by anuragbakhshi

One moment I was happily posing as a fatter (but younger and cuter, as I would like to believe) version of Shah Rukh Khan…. …and the very next moment, my hands were empty, literally, as my warm, newly-purchased-in-Flam-after-selling-both-my-hands-but-they-had-reindeer-on-them-so-cute-expensive gloves had … Continue reading →

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Of Close Relatives in Faraway Lands

Posted on July 19, 2017 by anuragbakhshi

What you see above was the culmination of a long and eventful journey, literally to the end of the world. And boy, was I relieved. But let me start from the beginning (a very good place to start, as … Continue reading →

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The Miner and the Princess

Posted on July 18, 2017 by anuragbakhshi

They were two bodies but one soul. He was poor, just a miner, who worked in her father’s diamond mines in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, the northernmost town in the world. She was a princess, daughter of the Troll King, no … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Trap

Posted on July 17, 2017 by anuragbakhshi

This is me, frozen on the wall, but still a terror for pesky tourists like this Indian in a jacket They come to my home and strut about like they own the place, creating a terrible racket ’tis a pity … Continue reading →

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