Destination: India

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 | By sadiedaly | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2010wnphoto, india, kolkata, travel photography scholarship 2010, varanasi

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry: Curves in Stone and Marble

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 | By sindhurella | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010

To the bat cave!

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 | By noflyzone | Views [677]

Northern Maharashta is renowned for it's ancient temples, excavated from natural hillside caves.  We saw both of the principal sites, to wit: Ellora cluster and Ajanta cluster.  Ajanta was first, all Buddhist and chiefly Mayahana.  A horseshoe shaped ... Read more >

Tags: bats, buddhist, caves, fort, hindu, litter, monkeys, tandoori, touts

Photos: Cave in

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery

My "I Hate India Day"

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 | By irenecabay | Views [791]

I knew it was coming.    Apparently everyone gets them from time to time.   It usually is a culmination of days and events, not just a single day.   Today was that ‘last straw’ day.   I tried to be non-judgemental ... Read more >

India - Agra

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 | By irenecabay | Views [888] | Comments [1]

We had only the Lonely Planet to help us find a place to stay.   Our tuktuk driver, from the train, made a recommendation (I’m sure for a finding fee) that was a bit more than we wanted to pay.   Len scouted out the room and came ... Read more >

Mysore to Goa

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 | By jeffbrad | Views [2967]

Tuesday 31st August - Today we move on to Hampi in the northern part of Karnataka state. This involves going to Bengalaru (formerly Bangalore) to take an overnight sleeper train. To ease the journey we decided to take the train from Mysore to Bengalaru ... Read more >

Photos: Mum, Bai-bye

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery

Keeping Mum-bai

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 | By noflyzone | Views [771]

We came prepared for a city that is bursting at the seams, and found relative calm. The streets were wide, the traffic un-jammed and there were even fewer people than we'd seen in many cities - in short, it was a pleasure to be there.  Of course, Mumbai ... Read more >

Tags: colonial, cricket, ghats, mumbai, slums, temples

in the moment....

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 | By endersgame | Views [320] | Comments [1]

Exhale..... I have been  putting of writing this third entry for many reasons, and maybe non at all.  That's exactly how I feel, contradicting, very aware and not, happy and down, brilliant and small. It's that feeling, the one where an ... Read more >

India - Delhi

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 | By irenecabay | Views [928]

We arrived at the stop for this particular bus company – basically a hole-in-the-wall shop on the previously mentioned busy street.   We asked directions to the Tibetan Village, where we intended to stay; straight down the street, take your ... Read more >

India - More McLeod Ganj

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 | By irenecabay | Views [677]

Tibet is not allowed to fly its flag in Tibet; therefore it is stuck on just about every conceivable surface in McLeod Ganj.   The Chinese are doing their very best to kill the Tibetan way of life, culture, traditions and language.  ... Read more >

Photos: My sore feet

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery

Mysore, Bangalore; what for?

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 | By noflyzone | Views [626] | Comments [1]

A protracted exit from the Jungle Retreat led us to Mysore.  There was some sort of hullabaloo along the way which delayed our bus, but we're more or less used to these things after the past four months.  Ww were planning to make a short visit to a ... Read more >

Photos: safari so good

Thu, 2 Sep 2010 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery