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Tue, 17 Mar 2009 | By qui001 | Views [568]
The trip from Bombay to Agra was the longest yet but we were travelling in style in the 2AC
class. We each had a bunk with a little curtain that we could close. We crashed
into bed and woke up the next morning to quite different ... Read more >
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 | By bonnie | Views [737]
Fatephur Sikri (City of Victory) is the crowning architectural legacy of the great Emporer Akhbar. Built in the late half of the 16th century and capital of the Mughal Empire for less than two decades, this majestic city is strategically sited in a commanding ... Read more >
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 | By qui001 | Views [604]
According to lonely planet, the Goa - Mumbai train is supposed to be one of the most beautiful train
journeys in India and it’s true it was quite amazing. We thought that we would be
able see the sea from the train but during the ... Read more >
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 | By bonnie | Views [677]
28.03.2009 India is a country of stark contrasts: the globally acclaimed economic growth is in sharp juxtaposition to the tardy progress in human idices. This finds us in the nations capital. A kaleidoscope of colours, smells and sounds the ultimate ... Read more >
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 | By bonnie | Views [711]
11.3.2009 The riotous festival of colour is upon us and the streets are awash with water and gulal (a little like coloured powder paint) . Holi ( also known as Vasant Utsav ) occurs on the full moon in Feb/March each year. This joyous day marks the ... Read more >
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 | By bonnie | Views [835]
1.03.2009 Today I spoke to some teenage glue/heroin addicted children living on the streets of Delhi. Most are teenage runaways who either have no parents, a sole parent who couldn't support them or had left intolerable households of sexual/physical ... Read more >
Sat, 14 Mar 2009 | By qui001 | Views [636]
Arriving at the at the train station at 6am in Magaon, we waited for
2 hours on the platform, even the next train came before ours. This trip was
hot and long, as we didn’t book a seat in AC (air conditioning). Jacquie had
her first stomach ... Read more >
Sat, 14 Mar 2009 | By evaamy | Views [777] | Comments [2]
Cambodia, my last destination in Indochina. Before leaving Vietnam I did a trip on the Mekong Delta and crossed the borders connecting me from Chau Doc (Vietnam) to Phnom Penh (Cambodia). It was an organised tour as I had been convinced in Saigon that ... Read more >
Sat, 14 Mar 2009 | By horwood | Photo Gallery
What few piccies we could be bothered to take.
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Fri, 13 Mar 2009 | By qui001 | Views [514]
The overnight train journey, our first in India ,
was pretty uneventful and we both managed to get some (interrupted) sleep.
About one hour in to the journey, Marc was already fast asleep when the ticket
controller came round and switched on all ... Read more >
Thu, 12 Mar 2009 | By qui001 | Views [586]
On the train to Bangalore from Mysore we spent gazing out the window looking at the sky as many
impressive and dark rain clouds were pushing their way into the blue sky.
Arriving in Bangalore our first mission was to locate the cloakroom ... Read more >
Thu, 12 Mar 2009 | By zoejoy | Views [445] | Comments [2]
I will be leaving for the airport in about 7 hours from now, and I feel so ready to come home to the US. Don't get me wrong, my trip has been amazing, and I accomplished what I came here to do which was buy inventory for a small store and get to know ... Read more >
Thu, 12 Mar 2009 | By zoejoy | Views [998]
I don't know where the term "Indian Burn" came from, but it is used to describe when you take someone's arm or leg and twist the skin with both hands in opposite directions to create an awful feeling kind of like rug-burn. Well, I have a theory ... Read more >
Thu, 12 Mar 2009 | By zoejoy | Views [404] | Comments [2]
When one receives a massage in India, one feels kind of like what a raw steak being marinaded with italian dressing for dinnermust feel like. I've had 4 massages in India and they all had on thing in common: loads of thick oil. The Indian massage ... Read more >
Thu, 12 Mar 2009 | By bonnie | Views [687]
25.02.2009 In the last few weeks six casualties have resulted from an errant leopard in the Bageshwar district who has developed a penchant for human flesh. One woman is currently in Almora hospital with deep gouge marks to her entire body having survived ... Read more >
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