Destination: India
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Sat, 25 Jul 2009 | By steve_and_emma | Views [27]
Day 1 - Stok Trekking Point (3690m) – Mancarmo (4250m) The ponies had not arrived by the time we’d had breakfast and packed up. Tashi said he’d wait for the ponies and sent us on ahead with one of the new guides. He set a perfect pace and ... Read more >
Sat, 25 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [98]
The Plaza Hotel on Station Road, Jalgoan was so clean I felt I could have eaten my dinner off the bedroom floor. In India that's really saying something. The manager explained that they are Jain people so cleanliness is very important to them. I silently ... Read more >
Tags: doctor, hotel
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Views [139] | Comments [1]
Cripes – where do you start with India? We have done 4 weeks so far and have done the sights in Delhi, the main cities in Rajasthan and a week up in the Himalayas and so have a good feel for how the country ticks – which is sometimes slow and sometimes ... Read more >
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [214] | Comments [1]
Expecting the unexpected and prepared for anything I was in Mumbai's hectic CST station a full two hours before the train was scheduled to leave. I plonked my conspicuous rucksack down in the middle of the station and sat on it, joining the crowds ... Read more >
Tags: cave, monsoon, tour
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By houdyman | Views [50]
The train from Sawai Madhopur took us to Kota where we could catch a bus for the one hour ride to Bundi. Kota is big and uninspired so we were happy to catch a bus almost straight away after arriving on the train. Our bus was the first one we had traveled ... Read more >
Tags: bundi, taragarh fort, bundi palace
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [179]
The
sound of heavy rain on plastic woke me up. I was disoriented at first,
wondering first where Claire was and second where I was. Then it clicked.
London (or quite possibly in a holding pattern around the M25). Mumbai. I
looked out the window to ... Read more >
Tags: tour, cave, crazy people, scam, religion, train
Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By steve_and_emma | Views [48]
Day 1 - Leh (3500m) – Jingchan (3380m) – Ganda La Camp (4380m) It was early morning when we met our guide and helper, who were busy packing the jeep with all we would need for 6 days of trekking. Most people spend the ... Read more >
Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [89] | Comments [1]
India was always going to be an experience of sensory overload, but not just for the usual culture shock-related reasons – the key to the beginning of my Indian travels is contrast. I was coming from Singapore, a model of modernity, order and efficiency, ... Read more >
Tags: city, monsoon
Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By herbgatherer | Views [44]
Day 1: A shocker form the word go...mineral water given by the travel department was canceled...probably due to the recession...how was i supposed to know that...had to rush to get water with the conductor and driver shouting at the top of their voices.... Read more >
Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By kjones | Views [98]
calcutta. here I am. although suprisingly it is not really the image of
the city that springs to mind whenever you usually hear the world. I
didnt really expect to be here so soon, it was a rather annoying series
of events that led us to being here ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Jul 2009 | By olivia_cerezo | Views [61]
Cuando estás harto de tanto tofu, tanta hamburguesa vegetariana , y verdura que te deja la tripa cual fábrica de gases, sabes que es momento de salir a las calles de Delhi en busca de una carnicería. Suena tarea fácil...pero es una exploración compleja ... Read more >
Fri, 17 Jul 2009 | By chelsea_adam | Views [78] | Comments [4]
staying in tibetian colony ,Majnu Ka Tilla very laid back, yesterday went into bad area of delhi ,first place we went to,got ripped off with sim card but thats india! Caught metro into new delhi-parganj-bad area, then walked to chandi chowk,Crazy! it ... Read more >
Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By becci_hodge | Views [70] | Comments [2]
Traveling north by private taxi out of Udaipur to Mount Abu Hill Station, the road traffic changed from honking rickshaws and motorbikes to camels (whuit) and goats (baya). The farmers wore coils of red cotton in turbans and majestic, upturned moustaches.... Read more >
Wed, 15 Jul 2009 | By houdyman | Views [86]
another overnight train from Varanasi and we stepped out into the hot sunshine at Agra, home of the Taj Mahal. We were supposed to be picked up by our hotel but they were late so we called and waited for 30 minutes. After arriving we waited again for ... Read more >
Tags: taj mahal, agra
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 | By houdyman | Views [96]
Another overnight train from Kalcutta so Varanasi, home to the probably one of the most sacred places in India-the might Ganges River. This is reportedly the one place you can escape the life and re-birth cycle by being having your body burned at the ... Read more >
Tags: burning bodies, ganges river, varanasi
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