Destination: India

Gallery: Indien

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 | By nathalie_schubert | Photo Gallery

Missão (quase) impossível: sair de Varanasi

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 | By lina_santiago | Views [1477]

Combinei com Juana, a brasileira de Recife, de nos encontrarmos na estação de trem de Varanasi às 11:15 para pegarmos o trem das 12:15 com destino a Satna. Conforme informações - que busquei no da anterior, na cabine oficial de informações da estação ... Read more >

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Mating dragonflies in Arambol, Sunsets in Palolem, and goats in Kochi

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 | By jessica | Views [1614] | Comments [5]

The long awaited blog begins.... Namaste, India is incredible. It's immediately apparent when you arrive that juxtaposition and contradiction are everyday commonalities and in order to get by, you have to give yourself up to them. One minute it seems ... Read more >

Delhi to Mumbai to Lonavala

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 | By amyr62 | Views [1054] | Comments [2]

Leaving the hotel we saw monkeys outside the Ministry of Defence.  Flew Delhi to Mumbai to meet the rest of the delegation for the bus ride to our workshop destination, the Lagoona Resort in the hill station of Lonavala.  From the bus we saw a gleaming ... Read more >

Rajasthan - Jodhpur, Mt Abu, Ranakpur

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 | By pshah13 | Views [848] | Comments [1]

Jodhpur is a beautiful bustling city. The fort is quite big but not habited or as beautiful as Jaiselmer however, the city itself is something else. A big shock awaits you as you enter the city where everything is concentrated near the clocktower. ... Read more >

Tags: jain, jodhpur, mt abu, ranakpur

Gallery: India 1

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 | By marianne-india | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Pondicherry

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 | By flachi-gus | Photo Gallery

Delhi, Vrindavan, Amritsar

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 | By marianne-india | Views [629]

I have downloaded a few photos. Delhi was as I remembered - the wonderful smell of incense (to hide the other smells) so busy with the streets all full of rickshaws, beautiful women in saris, food stalls with delicious smelling food, the Indian sweet ... Read more >

Gallery: Goa- Palolem

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By jessica | Photo Gallery

Queimando em Varanasi

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By lina_santiago | Views [5390] | Comments [8]

A cidade de Varanasi é considerada sagrada pelos hindus pois, conforme a   lenda, foi fundada pelo deus Shiva há 5.000 anos. O rio Ganges, aqui conhecido por Ganga, também é sagrado.   De acordo com a religião hindu, um banho no rio ... Read more >

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Gallery: Madurai, Trichy, Thanjavur

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By flachi-gus | Photo Gallery

My Indian Birthday

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By 2008-2009 | Views [552]

I woke with a sore throat and stuffy nose.  I had planned an active day, in my head, of breakfast, camel fair then mountain walking.  By 10:00am I was too lethargic for any of the above.  I had resigned myself to a day in bed when Matt told me he had ... Read more >

Gallery: India - Mandawa & Bikaner

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By pshah13 | Photo Gallery

The Post Office - Pushkar- Part 3

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By 2008-2009 | Views [715]

Along a dusty road and tucked behind some buildings lies the Pushkar post office.  We have just come from there now.  If not for the sign out the front it would be difficult to identify the building as a post office, particularilly when one is inside.... Read more >

Life is good

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By jeseka_jordan | Views [432]

Well.. the trip is great. This is our last week at the Ashram. Things are much calmer there. No more getting up at 5 and meditating/chanting. This week we are all just teacher our final lessons, and have time to go not town almost everyday. The most ... Read more >