Destination: India

October - Divali (Festival of the Lights), India

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [1505] | Video

Location: Mumbai, India Dates: Fifteenth day of the Indian lunar month of Kartika (October/November) Level of Participation: 2 – watch India light up Description: Having celebrated Krishna’s ... Read more >

Tags: divali, india, world festivals

udaipur (part 3) and COCHIN (to be continued) 16-09-09

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 | By mella_ron_2009 | Views [266]

our morning in udaipur was a little hectic, after checking out we sped to the city palace to get a boat ride on hte lake and to jagmandir island. we missed the 10 o'clock boat so we had to wait til the 11am one, though that meant leaving it very tight ... Read more >

udaipur 15-09-09 (part 2)

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 | By mella_ron_2009 | Views [254]

another great day in the amazing and laid back udaipur. more roaming and more shopping (for me) allowed us to see the friendly nature of people in this part of rajasthan - perhpas because the tourist season is slowly seeping through the craps of what ... Read more >

Learning to live, Ladakhi style (ive)

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [6334] | Comments [7]

Miral was in Kolkata during August, swimming in a true underbelly of humanity. While there, she also saw the deep personal transformation that can emerge from engaging such dire circumstances. As some spiritualists remind us, the beautiful lotus flower ... Read more >

udaipur 13-09-09 (part 1)

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 | By mella_ron_2009 | Views [252]

we got to udaipur after a five hour bus ride from mr.abu. the first hour was a bendy mountain road nightmare. i used my entire meditative energy to stop myself from being sick repeatedly. we were relieved when the indian woman behind us plastered an ... Read more >

Gallery: India

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 | By mella_ron_2009 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: India - Rishikesh

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 | By eoghancito | Photo Gallery

Photos: Gunis

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 | By harryjonas | Photo Gallery

Mount Abu 09-09-09

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 | By mella_ron_2009 | Views [596]

  our trip to mount abu was generally quite painless (and with only one hour delay), so after a bit of bargaining wityh the jeep-man at abu road train station we made it through what was a crazy, hair-raising ride up to the mountain range. 4 nights ... Read more >

Gallery: N INDIA: Delhi; Dharamsala; Amritsar; Haridwar; Rishikesh; Agra; Varanasi; Bodhgaya

Tue, 8 Sep 2009 | By ivan_miral | Photo Gallery

JAIPUR 06-09th September 2009

Sun, 6 Sep 2009 | By mella_ron_2009 | Views [562] | Comments [1]

Our trip to jaipur was as unexpected as that to varanasi...after waking up on saturday morning dreading the 18 hour train journey, we sneaked to the station to 'only ask' what the costs of changing our train ticket and getting a plane instead would be.... Read more >

varanasi 2nd, 3rd, 4th septembe 2009

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 | By mella_ron_2009 | Views [598] | Comments [2]

   we left our hotel in khajuraho at around 12.30 to embark on what we thought would be an easy 40minute plane ride to varanasi, the holy city. we coudn't haev been more wrong. we had in fact set off for an odissey. our plane had been parked too close ... Read more >

KHAJURAHO 1ST - 2ND SEPTEMBER

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 | By mella_ron_2009 | Views [356]

  the trip to get to this small, forgotten town was long and winding but with its worth-a-mention highlights. the three hour train ride from AGRA to JHANSI was made pleasant by the acquaintance with an International Relations professor from Delhi university.... Read more >

Gallery: VOLUNTEER KOLKATA (Calcutta): L'Arche and the Missionaries of Charity (mi)

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 | By ivan_miral | Photo Gallery

Kolkata (Calcutta) – Encounters with l’Arche & the Missionaries of Charity (mi)

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [5557] | Comments [1]

I’ve journaled a lot this month, trying to express whatever comes to mind or heart, trying to make sense of this city, which one person described to me today as “a beggars' heaven” the destitute so fill its every hole - trying to figure out why I felt ... Read more >