Destination: India

Back in McLeodGanj

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By flyingpiglet | Views [1002]

I'm sitting in Cafe 1 2 in McLo drinking lemon ginger honey and feeling very happy to be back. The old place is pretty much the same as last time except quite a lot colder - the mountains are covered in snow (beautiful) and there is a real chill in the ... Read more >

Tags: dharamsala, english teaching, mcleod ganj, mclo

Photos: Mussoorie

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By macedonboy | Photo Gallery

India

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By kayleeandbailey | Views [454]

New Delhi, India I spent my winter in New Delhi, India. India is one third the size of USA! I went to the tallest mountain system in the world there in the northern border. The mountains were filled with people because India ... Read more >

Mussoorie

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By macedonboy | Views [1308]

Mussoorie, also known as Queen of the Hills is 34km from Dehradun. The bus ride was approximately 1.5 hours and no doubt the views were great. I wouldn't know as I kept my eyes shut all the way to Mussoorie to cope with the winding roads. At an average ... Read more >

Tags: hill, india, mussoorie, protest, station, tibet, tibetan

Animal Aide Unlimited, Udaipur

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 | By walkingabout2 | Views [703]

While in Udaipur I visited one of the few animal shelters in India. This one was started by an American family about 10 years ago and since then they have treated over 130,000 animals. Most of the dogs in India live on the streets, in fact, I've ... Read more >

13th March - Down to Kerela, India

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [479]

Our next destination was Kerala, which is further south of india. We decided to take an overnight train there and looked forward to the 'not so long' journey. The whole time i was thinking about chocolate and looking forward to someone selling it onboard, ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Goa, Karnataka and getting to Wayanad.

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 | By jimjam1 | Views [416]

We did the tourist drag today and then decided to get down to Goa as our other friends, Britt and Jon were about 10 days from the end of their India trip and we wanted to meet up with them. So down to Goa we go. In Goa we are staying in a little ... Read more >

12th March 2012 - The Astronomer

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [533]

Today was another lazy day, mainly by the beach, except that today wasn't a budget day like yesterday, where we had a limit of 400 rupees to spend (£6) and so had bread for breakfast and dinner with fruit for lunch! We survived....just!  So after a ... Read more >

Photos: Dehradun

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 | By macedonboy | Photo Gallery

Photos: Animal Aid Unlimited, Udaipur

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 | By walkingabout2 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Udaipur

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 | By walkingabout2 | Photo Gallery

Dehradun

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 | By macedonboy | Views [1793]

Dehradun is the state capital of Uttarakhand. A city housing many important institutions of the country. Forest Research Institute (FRI), Survey of India, Wildlife Institute and Rashtriya Indian Military Academy (RIMA) are all based here. The RIMA ... Read more >

Tags: buddhist, clock, dehradun, monastery, tibet, tibetan

11th March 2012 - the fishermen

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [475] | Comments [1]

Today I got up early while Sophia was still snoring away, and headed down to the beach to watch the fishermen. It was about 0745 and the air was still cool and the sun slowly rising.  I watched 2 small fishing boats slowly make their way to the shoreline, ... Read more >

Tags: beaches

Photos: Rishikesh

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 | By macedonboy | Photo Gallery

10th March 2012 - in Goa still

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [739]

10th March 2012  - Still in Goa After our eternally long journey from the north, we finally stumbled towards a guesthouse we booked on the internet, at £8 per night and with shared toilet facilities, we weren't expecting too much! To our surprise ... Read more >

Tags: beaches