Destination: India
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Wed, 21 Jun 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [2216] | Comments [29]
India Ahoy! We both arrived at New Delhi Airport with no idea what awaited us. We had heard stories of people outside the airport grabbing at your bags and taxi drivers trying to take you to the wrong hotel. What a relief it was when everything was ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 6 Jul 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [1499] | Comments [5]
This week we had the opportunity to represent Footprints (World Nomad’s charity) in Siliguri, where we visited 2 communities of Stone breakers: Chenga: pop-2500, no electricity, water, or sewage, the nearest hospital was a 12km WALK (that’s ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, footprints
Fri, 23 May 2008 | By onkae | Views [376] | Comments [5]
The truth is that I wasn't completely aware of what I was getting myself into when I arrived to India. I had these great expectations of doing yoga, wearing beautiful silk saris and gold chandelier earrings -- in the glory of all their vibrant colors ... Read more >
Tags: introduction, challenges
Sat, 22 Mar 2008 | By nomad_vet | Views [3166] | Comments [3]
Popped my achilles tendon while playing a game of cricket in Gangtok. Oz vs India - very competitive & controversial. I whacked the ball, snap went my achilles like a rubber band. It felt like I had broken a heel off my shoe & my foot was ... Read more >
Tags: achilles
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 | By will-n-raina | Views [429] | Comments [14]
We have covered some ground since the last blog and we now find ourselves in Munnar. We spent four days chilling out in Goa and managed to leave without wearing anything tied dyed. Goa is fine but not really our style. If we wanted to hang out ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By annanderson | Views [1136] | Comments [13]
11.27.07 Teaching English - What it’s like to teach Tibetan refugee adults at “Tibet Charity” in McLeod Ganj, Dharmasala, India It is a privilege and a joy! Although it takes some organization & planning for each session, we can ... Read more >
Tags: teaching english, refugees, india, dharmasala, mcleod ganj
Mon, 10 Jul 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [1233] | Comments [16]
We recently had pleasure of having a painful overnight stop in Patna, a grimy northern Indian rail hub. We arrived late, got mobbed at the station, were almost run over on the street, attacked by a pack of wild dogs and then were repeatedly told that ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [1233] | Comments [4]
We are still alive but have been completely consumed with music the past week--nothing new for Brandon, but for me it's like a strange new drug and the Indian scale (sa re ga ma pa dha ni sa...) is the only language my brain understands these days. We ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Wed, 8 Jun 2005 | By abhishekchinnappa | Views [3775] | Comments [10]
Trekking through a thick cover of marijuana, for almost a day had me mesmerised with the herb. As the bus traversed through Anandpur Sahib to McLeod Ganj,* I was ruing I could not lay my hands on the herb, but instead let my camera talk to ‘ Shiva’s ... Read more >
Tags: the great outdoors
Thu, 22 Nov 2007 | By sarahandphil | Views [562] | Comments [4]
Somehow we've made it to Pushkar for the camel festival....after another "interesting" journey on this trip to add to our Russian experience (why can't everywhere be like Japan?)! It took us 26 hours from Mumbai to Pushkar using a combination ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [432]
The two men jumped out of thin air, smiling, gesturing, waving an exotic smell under my nose, and I was hooked. I had a list of ‘musts’ to experience in India. Some call this being a tourist. I’m going to see something I’ve heard about, ... Read more >
Tags: scams, t a j
Sat, 16 Jun 2007 | By bjw_uk | Views [199]
After finally hooking up with Ben and settling into his spare room (I say his, I mean Her Majesties government’s- Bens fiancée is on the payroll) I headed out with one of Bens drivers (he has 2!!!) to explore Chennai. Chennai is everything you might ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sun, 9 Aug 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [113] | Comments [3]
Avant de commencer à parler du Pakistan. Je voulais juste raconter mon dernier jour en Inde. 880 km d une ville de la frontière Indo-Népalaise à new Delhi , 17 h de tranport lorsque notre TGV en met 2 ou 3. Il n'y avait plus de places dans la catégorie ... Read more >
Sun, 7 Oct 2007 | By alexbg | Views [2379] | Comments [2]
Hello all...I thought it most appropriate to write this entry while wearing my sari, so that's what I'm doing. Use your imagination...or check out the pictures! Here fashion can be bought either pre-cut, and sized, as we do most often in the west, but ... Read more >
Tags: Fashion and trends
Sun, 4 Jan 2009 | By rickshawalas | Views [674] | Comments [9]
Total road distance travelled: 5,255 km Dearest friends and family – assalam alaikum from Bangladesh!! We can’t wait to share with you our most recent adventures and photos (check the photo gallery. We have managed to load some of Ciscos into ... Read more >
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By rickshawalas | Views [573] | Comments [9]
Where do we start???? We are less than one week into our 4 month adventure and already we have had the most amazing, exciting, funny, brilliant, breathtaking and humbling time. We have never before filled our days with so many wonderful ... Read more >
Tue, 13 Nov 2007 | By solbeam | Views [402] | Comments [2]
(Buddhism was the first Eastern religion I encountered on my travels and when reincarnation was explained to me, it changed my world in the way it did mapmakers when they were told the earth was round. But it did not so much, “explain” as it, “told me ... Read more >
Tags: Family
Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By rickshawalas | Views [230] | Comments [8]
Total
land distance traveled: 2,293km
Dear
friends and family – hello from Jodhpur,
Rajasthan.
Firstly,
thank you to everyone who has emailed us about our safety after the terrorist
attacks in Mumbai on Wednesday.... Read more >
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 | By solbeam | Views [577] | Comments [1]
"Well. You know what Buddhists would say? You must have some karmic
connection that keeps bringing you back..." � the woman checking me
into the Roots Institute of Wisdom Buddhist Retreat Center , Bodhgaya (Bihar), India And
even I have ... Read more >
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 | By simon_hennig | Views [381] | Comments [1]
25/09/2008 - 29/09/2008 Tatta Pani - Kasol. The bus ride was again typical of Himachal - 2 and a half hours of crazy bus racing on the side of a cliff, dodging cows, goats, recent rockfalls, trucks, buses... It's really amazing that more bikes, cars ... Read more >
Sat, 25 Oct 2008 | By solbeam | Views [208] | Comments [1]
What does home mean to you after traveling for so long?
When I first left the country, I was an angry girl; ashamed of my
country, annoyed with American tradition & culture, disregarding of
my family history, disappointed with my education, ... Read more >
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 | By margitpirsch | Views [306] | Comments [7]
Anticipating the 10 day silence. This place reminds me of the temple of the 10.000 Buddhas ( did you know that the same facilities for this Buddhist College near Ukiah was originally used for a mental hospital?) where I ride my yearly Buddhist ... Read more >
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By solbeam | Views [689]
India is the home of almost 1/6th of the world population; 1.13 billion
people and around 80% of this population lives in rural areas. Last
weekend I spent a long weekend in a small, rural village on the
outskirts of Varanasi of which I've visited ... Read more >
Tags: Family
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 | By solbeam | Views [995]
This week, on the streets of Pondicherry, I was blessed by an elephant. And
she raised her trunk to deliver, upon my forehead, a sacred thump, a
story that I always felt compelled to compose, but never found the time
to type, came back to ... Read more >
Tags: animals, elephant
Tue, 4 Sep 2007 | By alexbg | Views [656]
So I officially have 43 new friends! This afternoon I went for my first day of evening play time at a local HIV Orphanage run by some local nuns; it's walking distance from my school campus! I walked over and let myself in the outside gate and entered ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
