Destination: India

Arambol - Hampi

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By marianne-india | Views [2183]

So, I have spent 12 days in Arambol, being very lazy, just swimming, sunbathing (yes, I know, but I am wearing 30+ sunscreen) trying the different beach cafes, and walking along the beach to try and get fitter, but thats not working! Arambol is probably ... Read more >

Panjiim

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By harrisg | Views [454]

Our train arrived at Karmali station at 6.30am. We had been keeping vigil out of the dark train window, sweet milky coffees in hand, since about 5.30am and were astonished that the train arrived exactly at the scheduled time. An autorickshaw took us ... Read more >

Dr 'Biscott', a wedding & two funerals...

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By bonnie | Views [865]

As the whole of India was tranfixed on the unfolding events live on television stations that became widely known as Mumbai 26/11, we remained ensconced in the mountains blissfully oblivious to the dramas. Then a friend relayed what he had heard on the ... Read more >

Gallery: Sunderdhunga valley

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By bonnie | Photo Gallery

A tangle with Indian bureaucracy, weather and the realities of global food prices...

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By bonnie | Views [618]

Our first stop enroute to Khati was at the Foreigners Registration Office in Bageshwar (Uttarakhand). Here - despite having the appropriate visa -we were pummeled by bureaucracy for a multitude of paperwork to register at the office. Two days of negotiations ... Read more >

Gallery: Tiruvannamalai

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By redcosmicdragon | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Khati solar home lighting project

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 | By bonnie | Photo Gallery

Sunderdhunga Valley

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 | By bonnie | Views [648]

Amongst Khati chaos and before we began teaching and undertaking solar installation we decided to trek into Sunderdhunga Valley. It is a trek that we have done before (except this time we didn't spend 5 days at Bellony tops snowed in, stuck in the ... Read more >

More solar dreaming....

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 | By bonnie | Views [600]

The solar home lighting system project is to ostensibly provide lighting to the village of Khati, Kumaon Himalaya, India. In the initial stages of the project it was calculated that 58 solar units would provide for all Khati households, however a second ... Read more >

January - Bikaner Camel Festival, India

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [1459] | Video

Location: Bikaner, India Dates: Varying dates in January (during the 10th month of the Indian lunar calendar) Level of Participation: 2 – watch camels and then ride one Description: Home to India’s ... Read more >

Tags: bikaner camel festival, india, world festivals

Gallery: Goa pt 2

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 | By ben_ju | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Jaisalmer

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 | By flachi-gus | Photo Gallery

Cochin

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 | By harrisg | Views [1008] | Comments [1]

Further up the coast of Kerala  is the town of Cochin, or Kochi. Our accommodation was a Homestay, where you basically live in someone's home a few days. The family lived in a spotlessly clean house in a nice neighbourhood in the suburbs and we had the ... Read more >

Never underestimate the power of over-dressing for the occasion.

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 | By itchy-feet | Views [763]

I wore my new FabIndian outfit to the cooking class I took this afternoon, and on the way over I have never felt so silly and out of place.  A number of Indian teenagers in western dress openly pointed laughed at me.  So much for being culturally appropriate ... Read more >

Old Delhi Bazaar

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 | By itchy-feet | Views [1505]

I went to the Old Delhi wholesale bazaar today.  (Later I read in Lonely Planet that Friday afternoon, the busiest day, is NOT the day to go because the place is jammed with folks from all over the region!!  I did not know what I was getting in to! )  ... Read more >