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Wed, 25 Mar 2009 | By margitpirsch | Views [2329]
I have never, ever seen so much filth, poverty, public pooping/peeing, crippled people (including kids), people sleeping with kids and babies in the middle of a filthy side walk sprawled out with all their limbs (if they have any). Not just in one ... Read more >
Tags: kind of weird isnt it?
Wed, 25 Mar 2009 | By margitpirsch | Views [799]
.........most of you know, what a hard time I have with all the bodily noises Coby is producing night and day??!! Well, I have long stopped believing in coincidences and for whatever it is worth, I was/am - like never before in my entire life - exposed ... Read more >
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By qui001 | Views [1075]
The journey to Kumbalgarh was really nice, Rais stopped in few nice
places to take some pictures of camels, a cow powered irrigation system to
distribute water from a well etc. When we arrived at our destination, as usual,
we were surprised of the ... Read more >
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By jess_lee | Views [3758]
Gopalan Ettan is a potter. Just like his father and his grandfather before him he spends his days at his wheel shaping clay brought from the Nila’s banks into bowls and water jugs to sell. There are still plenty of potters along the banks of ... Read more >
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By jess_lee | Views [755]
Kerala is in the middle of a vast building boom and all that concrete needs sand. A lot of that sand is being sourced illegally from the Nila’s banks. I look out of my window here and see, not a peaceful river view, but a bunch of clunky construction ... Read more >
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By jess_lee | Views [1618] | Comments [1]
Most tourists who visit Kerala go to see a Kathakali show. Characterized by bright makeup and masks this uniquely Keralite performance acts out Indian epics using only mime. For many travellers here Kathakali is the state’s major art-form but ... Read more >
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 | By jess_lee | Views [584]
I’m in a car being driven by the Hindu version of Michael Schumacher. After one month’s sojourn back in a world where a stop sign actually means stop and traffic lights are obeyed, it’s good to get back to a bit of street-mayhem. Staring ... Read more >
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 | By margitpirsch | Views [824]
The Vipassana Course- by the way- was mostly visited by Indians, men and women separat of course. One experience keeps repeating itself and is highly entertaining in my oppinion,is how "rude" these people are (and that - keep in mind- was judged ... Read more >
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 | By margitpirsch | Views [1120]
The train took Marta and me to Mumbai- all fresh and pure as we were, we threw ourselves into the hustle and bustle of life again in it’s finest, after leaving Igatpuri station early this am, smelling the combination of shit and food (yes, the train ... Read more >
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Mon, 23 Mar 2009 | By margitpirsch | Views [1321] | Comments [1]
Here the daily schedule at the center for the 10 days: 4am – wake up 4:30-6:30am meditation and chanting 6:30am-7:15am breakfast 7:15am-8am rest 8-9 group med. 9-11 instructions for med. 11-11:45am lunch 11:45 am- 1 rest 1-... Read more >
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 | By margitpirsch | Views [13092] | Comments [42]
Anticipating the 10 day silence. This place reminds me of the temple of the 10.000 Buddhas ( did you know that the same facilities for this Buddhist College near Ukiah was originally used for a mental hospital?) where I ride my yearly Buddhist ... Read more >
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 | By margitpirsch | Views [1061]
Leaving Palolem at 3:40am. The train was only ½ hour late, but we got there 2 hours too early- waiting appears to be part of the Indian experience, no matter what. The train station in Margao was littered with sleeping locals and their blongings-... Read more >
Tags: margit waiting for the train
Sat, 21 Mar 2009 | By qui001 | Views [708]
We arrived in Udaipur after an overnight train and found a really nice tuc-tuc driver
when we came out the station. He advised us to go to one of his friends places (of
course), a haveli (old style house with a courtyard) guest house that looked
out ... Read more >
Sat, 21 Mar 2009 | By tog | Views [305]
I'm in Rishikesh, just below the Himalayas. It's bloody raining! This is a very holy place, with many ashrams and temples. it is also the point in which the river ganges forms from the himalayas. it is very touristy because this is the place visited ... Read more >
Fri, 20 Mar 2009 | By scholarships | Views [7174] | Comments [1]
River Nila, Photo by Jessica Lee
Jessica Lee, winner of the 2009 Travel Writing Scholarship has recently returned from her trip to the Nila River in Kerala,India. Jess enjoyed a tour with The Blue Yonder and completed her assignment writing ... Read more >
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