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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By unraveltravel | Views [185] | Scholarship Entry
I watched my driver angle his head out the window of the white sedan and negotiate a price, in his native Tamil, with a tour guide in Mamallapuram, India. Intricately clad figures in striking, interactive poses carved within the stone monuments were aesthetically ... Read more >
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Tue, 16 Apr 2013 | By steven | Views [258] | Scholarship Entry
The train journey back to Delhi from Agra was bound to be disappointing: hot, crowded and dusty and having spent the morning in the Taj Mahal a far more prosaic destination awaited us. We had the luxury of 'superior' carriages (whose air conditioning ... Read more >
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Tue, 16 Apr 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 16 Apr 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [647]
The 10.55am train from Puri to Balasore that we’d initially been told was sold out (but we eventually managed to buy some tickets) was in fact virtually empty. So we headed back up the tracks on a train that was only running 30mins late by ... Read more >
Sun, 14 Apr 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [651]
We didn’t get a great deal of sleep in Kolkata as the city maintained some level of noise and commotion throughout the night. Plus, we’re not used to feeling warm; being buffeted by a fan instead of being cocooned in covers, felt odd.... Read more >
Sat, 13 Apr 2013 | By paulpiorun | Views [638]
Our first stop on our long journey south was Cochi, on arrival we took the ferry across to stay at Fort Cochin. After about 20 hours travelling we arrived at Dream Home Inn as recommended by Nicola and Helen, we got a very spacious room for 500 ... Read more >
Tags: backwaters, beaches, great food, hot!
Sat, 13 Apr 2013 | By paulpiorun | Photo Gallery
Wheere the land became greener, sea became more blue and the temperature rose!
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Sat, 13 Apr 2013 | By miakrishna | Views [334] | Scholarship Entry
I stood there wondering what this lady was trying to say - waving a leaf and talking in rapid Turkish. She walked up to the tree plucked the fruits and offered me one. My face must have registered a look of pleasure as I bit into it, for she quickly handed ... Read more >
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Thu, 11 Apr 2013 | By poker-face | Views [534] | Scholarship Entry
As I sat cross legged on the mud-plastered floor, the countryside cold of the winter evening was threatening to jam my legs and hunger was making my insides growl. Villagers had been kind enough, offered food and facts but the day long recce had still ... Read more >
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Wed, 10 Apr 2013 | By the_storyteller | Photo Gallery
Here's the group of kids I used to teach in Malsisar, Rajasthan. Beautiful, aren't they?
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Wed, 10 Apr 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [709]
We splashed out for a private jeep (Rs1500) to take us down to the airport at Bagdogra near Siliguri; a journey that only took 2 ½ hours. The road between Darjeeling and Kurseong was as rough and congested as ever below that there’... Read more >
Tue, 9 Apr 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [622]
The first jeep Yuksom to Jarethong only included one barfing bairn and the second jeep from Jarethong to Darjeeling was mercifully vomit free! Jarethong has a very well organised jeep park where we popped to the loo, grabbed some short-eats for ... Read more >
Sun, 7 Apr 2013 | By paulpiorun | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 7 Apr 2013 | By paulpiorun | Views [1320] | Comments [1]
DELHI BELLY STRIKES! (Prematurely I may add since we haven't arrived there yet) but yeah, errr through the eye of a needle for 3 days ... I'll say no more. Other than that little problem Gokarna was lovely athough a bit on the quiet side. As per ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, cows
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