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Tue, 27 Mar 2012 | By macedonboy | Views [1144]
It's week 7 into my tour and I'm flying from Delhi to Mumbai. It felt pretty good to have flown for a change and avoiding the bus/train station madness that usually followed on arrival. Much prose and poetry has been written about the quality of air ... Read more >
Tags: india, mumbai, unesco
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 | By flyingpiglet | Views [1316]
Sunday in Dharamsala - featuring a sit-in, a snow monkey and a Prime Minister
Last Sunday Jocelyn, Eva and I decided to go to St John’s stone church, which was built by the British in the nineteenth century when McLo was a ... Read more >
Tags: dharamsala, mcleod ganj, petition, snow monkey, united nations tibet
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [521]
The last few days have been spent relaxing by the beach, enjoying fresh keralan fish and generally relaxing in the sun. We came across a section of beach that was literally a cemetery, with mounds of sand indicating the presence of a dead body, and ... Read more >
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Sat, 24 Mar 2012 | By jimjam1 | Views [652]
Kalpetta is our choice of place in South Wayanad. It only took another 3 buses today. Thankfully the hotel is nice and we have good showers. Cold but nice. One thing that was I noticed the way the Indian people are so enthusiastic towards foreigners ... Read more >
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [857]
A few days ago we arrived in Varkala, further south of Kerala. We fancied some beach time to chill out, backpacking is pretty tiring! Anyway, its really cool here with a long stretch of beach just below clifftops. What's even better is our accommodation.... Read more >
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Thu, 22 Mar 2012 | By macedonboy | Photo Gallery
Delhi Again
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Thu, 22 Mar 2012 | By macedonboy | Views [617]
After a six hour ride from Haridwar. I'm back in Delhi for some R&R before Mumbai, and to see some things I missed first time round. The main thing to do is of course Akshardham Temple. Essentially a shrine for the Swarminarayan Hindu sect, BAPS.... Read more >
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 | By OandSoph | Photo Gallery
Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, Goa (Mandrem), Kerala (Munnar, Kottayam, Varkala)
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 | By macedonboy | Photo Gallery
Haridwar
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 | By macedonboy | Views [1183]
Haridwar is an important pilgrimage city, known primarily for the evening Aarti at Hari-ki-pauri and it's many temples. Apart from the Aarti, there's actually very little to say about Haridwar. So I've decide to dish out some awards for the temples.... Read more >
Tags: aarti, haridwar, hindu, holy, india, temple
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 | By mandl | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 17 Mar 2012 | By flyingpiglet | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 17 Mar 2012 | By flyingpiglet | Views [1049]
A couple of days ago we had our first monkey visitors. I woke up to hear chattering noises outside and went out onto the balcony to find a family of monkeys coming down the hill. The babies were bouncing around like mad on the roof above my room, peering ... Read more >
Tags: lhamos croissant, mcleod ganj
Sat, 17 Mar 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [654] | Comments [2]
We're living on a houseboat for 24hours. It's bigger than our flat!! It's huge!! Not only that but we've got a captain, a chef, and a waiter. This is completely different to what we've been use to the past few weeks, and also ten times our daily budget!!
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Tags: houseboating
Fri, 16 Mar 2012 | By swackett | Views [354]
The next stop I had was Madurai in India. Madurai is the third largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. When I got to Madurai, India I saw as I got out of the air port, a large building some of the locals that spoke chinese told me that it ... Read more >
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