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Mon, 27 Jul 2009 | By houdyman | Photo Gallery
buildings from a colonial time period
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Mon, 27 Jul 2009 | By houdyman | Views [889]
The final city stop on the grand journey around the world was Mumbai, India formerly known as Bombay. We happen to time this visit with the most powerful monsoon rains the city had seen in a long time. In fact, the high tide that registered the day after ... Read more >
Tags: commuter train, india, monsoon, mumbai
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 | By bompresso | Views [492]
Eccomi finalmente con un momento di calma, davanti a un computer in questa tranquilla (e qui a jaipur e` gia` un miracolo)
Riassumendo queste intensissime giornate...
21 luglio
durante tutto il volo cerchiamo di renderci conto che stiamo ... Read more >
Mon, 27 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [4741] | Comments [1]
The unmistakable stench of a combination of human excrement and decaying rubbush hit me as soon as I alighted the train. It was only a three hour train ride. My first, in Sleeper class was just fine but not quite as well equipped as AC class. Khandwa ... Read more >
Tags: bus, fort, monsoon, random, traffic jam
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 | By steve_and_emma | Views [1419]
Have to admit that although it was nice to sleep in a bed, and have loads of room to spread our things out; we missed being brought bed tea! We woke up feeling full of beans following the best night’s sleep in over a week. We even managed to complete ... Read more >
Sat, 25 Jul 2009 | By steve_and_emma | Views [2955] | Comments [3]
Day 1 - Stok Trekking Point (3690m) – Mancarmo (4250m) The ponies had not arrived by the time we’d had breakfast and packed up. Tashi said he’d wait for the ponies and sent us on ahead with one of the new guides. He set a perfect pace and ... Read more >
Sat, 25 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [1441]
The Plaza Hotel on Station Road, Jalgoan was so clean I felt I could have eaten my dinner off the bedroom floor. In India that's really saying something. The manager explained that they are Jain people so cleanliness is very important to them. I silently ... Read more >
Tags: doctor, hotel
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Views [1002] | Comments [1]
Cripes – where do you start with India? We have done 4 weeks so far and have done the sights in Delhi, the main cities in Rajasthan and a week up in the Himalayas and so have a good feel for how the country ticks – which is sometimes slow and sometimes ... Read more >
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [6098] | Comments [1]
Expecting the unexpected and prepared for anything I was in Mumbai's hectic CST station a full two hours before the train was scheduled to leave. I plonked my conspicuous rucksack down in the middle of the station and sat on it, joining the crowds ... Read more >
Tags: cave, monsoon, tour
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By houdyman | Photo Gallery
small city in the state of Rajisthan
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Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By houdyman | Views [765]
The train from Sawai Madhopur took us to Kota where we could catch a bus for the one hour ride to Bundi. Kota is big and uninspired so we were happy to catch a bus almost straight away after arriving on the train. Our bus was the first one we had traveled ... Read more >
Tags: bundi, bundi palace, taragarh fort
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [5769]
The
sound of heavy rain on plastic woke me up. I was disoriented at first,
wondering first where Claire was and second where I was. Then it clicked.
London (or quite possibly in a holding pattern around the M25). Mumbai. I
looked out the window to ... Read more >
Tags: cave, crazy people, religion, scam, tour, train
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By eoghancito | Photo Gallery
India - Mumbai & Maharashtra
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