Jimmy s Place

... , we seem forever on the edge of it. There us an urgency to Mumbai that arrests. It's a charismatic, noisy, energetic place fuelled by energy, ambition, poverty, desperation and dreams. Everybody is doing something. Building, begging, juggling, fishing, ...

... (yeah, do the math...) -12 teachers (for 12 students at the high school!!!) -a gazillion cats -1 bus -1 ferry -1 ambulance -1 place to stay - JIMMY'S! JImmy actually has a place in New York, but built a small building with about 8-10 rooms to rent on the ...

... walk 5m without walking past a 'trash can' - no excuses for littering. In keeping with the "family-friendliness" of the place there's strictly no smoking and smokers looked liked herded cattle, shoved into little out of the way places that are signposted ...

... were too many homes to pick from. After stopping several villagers, inquiring if they knew a "tall stubborn teacher named Jimmy" we finally came across a successful match. He pointed the boda driver in the direction of Jimmy's residence, insisting ...

... Rio's favelas and the beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema could all be seen in a 360° panoramic.  I've mentioned Jimmy's depleted wardrobe on numerous occasions but he actually visited this famous landmark in a new item of clothing. His standards ...

... night got even more bizarre. Jairo ran into a guy that he knows – Senor George, an incredibly intelligent art collector who has a place just across the street from Kelly’s. He was heading home, and Jairo asked if he’d be able to show us ...

... for the shade under the one parasol (very "Odd Couple-esque"). Having spent the last few days wondering whether we would see Jimmy & Victoria and John & Tracy here, we ended up hooking up with all four of them on the same night. First of all Jimmy ...

... ’t turn out that great, no surprise, but it was still a good story.  We went on a search for dinner for a place we had been earlier that week but miserably failed so we settled for another restaurant nearby.  The music that they played was ...

... , washing, and just being in their majestic presence. We found The Elephant Nature Park. If you ever visit Chiang Mai visit this place. Absolutely breathtaking, set in the valley of mountains. This place is something to behold. Lek is a tiny woman with a ...

... about it. It was a great experience for Mason to see his first concert, and for the girls to see a concert in Paris, where Jimmy spoke half English and half French to the audience. The show was real good; he played all the songs I felt he should play, ...

... out to be much faster and more comfortable. Figures. Meanwhile, on our way to Tangkoko we met a Canadian guy who called himself Jimmy (his real name was Duncan, he didn't explain any further), and was from Vancouver. He's about 35 or 40, tall, ...

... scandanavian countries have that? and after seeing having the all-knowing king stare at me for most of my trip, i'm actually enjoying it. plus jimmy and i have been hanging out on khao san road. i've never been to key west but khao san is how i picture ...

... us right to it, down a tiny narrow road where you couldnt turn round.... we felt a bit silly lol. we then drove to see Jimmy Hendrix!!! well his memorial grave anyway.  Driving in heavy rain and wind is not fun, so we stopped to ...

... the bar laugh. On Saturday we all had a day to ourselves which I spent in Albert park and we cooked up a stirfry that evening. Kate and Jimmy joined su again on teh roff for a few beers as they'd moved ot our hostel. Bit of an admin day. ON Sunday it was ...

... a little bored on Margarita Island so got my stuff and shot off. My next adventure is to head straight for Angel falls (founder - Jimmy Angel). From Margarita I was to get a bus from the terminal. "Be here at 3." The guy behind the counter says.  ...

... and charcoaled it. The hostel was small and two guys (Canadian and American) who worked there just watched tv a lot too. Was a good place though.   My only day in Inverness, it was yet again raining. I got the bus to Loch Ness. A 45 min bus ...

... a day gets boring, plus I don't know what anything is on the menu so I have to guess. After food we went to a place called 'monkey temple'... there are hundreds of monkeys there and I got loads of good pics :) The following day kicked off with the worst ...

... After spending every moment with each other I'm sitting here in LAX writing this feeling like I've forgotten something. I waved goodbye to Jimmy in an underground car park sheltered from the pouring rain at about 5.30 am this morning. Leaving him to start ...

... , I was able to go bet on a horse that was running in the race. We managed to win the next two, altoguht shouting "Come on Jimmy's Willy" as he was nearing the end was really only something you can get away with at the races! It was time for the biggie, ...

... .  It was broken into 4 segments with a new host for each segment. Segment 1) host was Mike Snider, Segment 2) host Jimmy Dickens, Segment 3) host Steve Wariner, and Segment 4) host Vince Gill.  Each host had 2 -3 other groups that also ...

... our favorite trendy neighborhood of Hongdae near Hongik University. We checked in to a beautiful new little hostel ran by a cool guy named Jimmy called Come Inn Guesthouse. If you go to this area please support him. On the way to the guesthouse we meet a ...