Category Archives: Countries

e-Postcard from Sikkim, India

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

April 12, 2004  I felt like Ralphie.  I couldn’t think of a single thing. My mind was as blank as a mid-winter Iowa cloud-covered sky.  Ralphie, hero of the classic film, A Christmas Story, in a final act of desperation …

e-Postcard from Darjeeline, India

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Please see the PDF file at: http://www.hackneystravel.com/India/darjeeline.pdf

Independence Day

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

“Hold on, I’ve got to take this call” “Ok, no problem,” I said. I was sitting in my friend’s office in Chicago. I’ll call him Tony. His large and expansive office suite was strangely quiet. The multiple offices and numerous …