Best of Everything

Looking back on almost a year of travels, I have been reflecting on my most poignant experiences. Here are a few.

• Happiest moment: On the set of Jodha Akbar
• Most beautiful sites: Bali
• Best lover: James
• Biggest disappointment: Mikael
• Anthem: Love Comes Again (DJ Tiesto)
• Most poignant lesson learned: I am a Leader
• Best meals: (1) Vietnamese restaurant on 7th floor of MBK Bangkok; (2) Nina's birthday (all tiger prawns)
• Best local food: Saigon
• Best book: Shame, Salman Rushdie
• Best English movie: Hairspray

• Best Hindi movie: Shootout at Lokhandwala
  

• Most seminal experience: Vipassana meditation course
• City of Enlightenment: Pushkar
• Must go back: Dharamsala
• Best urban experience: Singapore
• Most liberating moment: Pondicherry, grieving and bringing closure to Ariel
• Biggest surprise: Refuge is not home
• Best human connection: Gabi
• Best Asian TV channel: ZoomTV (India)
• Most insipid TV programming anywhere: Indonesia (across the board)