Destination: India

Cows, dogs & monkeys

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By annanderson | Views [1339]

11.25.07 Cows, dogs, and monkeys! Getting into the rhythm of living here is getting into the rhythm of climbing steep hills with potholes & leaking water from an aboveground makeshift plumbing system.   But our morning walk to school is ... Read more >

Tags: Daily Life

Indian letters 1

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 | By misha | Views [1054]

Dear Friends and Family,   I am writing from India, yes! Teodora and I have made it here!   For those of  you  with whom I have not been in touch after my 6 months at the Gampo Abbey, I will provide a brief report of my last 9 months  ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

sense of home-excerpt from letter to Felisa

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 | By misha | Views [1714]

....letters from my friends are part of my connection with "home", even though the sense of home , you are right, is very fuzzy at the moment: at times it is memories of our previous orderly and comfortable but stressful lives, (Teodora often ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Day 19: Last day in Delhi....thank God!

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [625]

Saturday 24th November Booking onward train tickets online can have its frustrations, despite it being much easier than the experience I had at the booking office in Amritsar earlier in the week. Despite the huge amount of trains going between ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Goa

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 | By phil | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Mumbai

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 | By phil | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Pushkar

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 | By sarahandphil | Photo Gallery

Amritsar

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 | By tedigeorgieva | Views [1115]

After more than 3 months of dwelling in the north of India and enjoying the quietude of meditation halls and empty mountains, we are headed to the more Hindu part of the continent...well at least as Hindu as a Sikh capital can be.   Amritsar is ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Gallery: When the Pilgrims met the East Indians...

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 | By alexbg | Photo Gallery

An Indian Thanksgiving!

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 | By alexbg | Views [1933] | Comments [3]

Family, Friends, everyone everywhere,      So it's been a memorable Thanksgiving away from home. I was worried I was going to be substantially more homesick yesterday than other days past...but I must say I was fortunate enough to be distracted by ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Day 18: More sightseeing in New Delhi

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [641]

Friday 23rd November Having got my bearings a bit better the day before, I set off for another trek about town. I tried to avoid public transport as much as possible, even though it is very cheap. A lot of the time, I prefer to walk to get some ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: India

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 | By mutt | Photo Gallery

Tiger, Tiger

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 | By tim_and_sam | Views [1628] | Comments [1]

We are now in the north east corner of Kerala, in the little visited Wayanad National Park. Wayanad is a large area of rainforest and joins onto two similar sized parks in neighbouring states. The collective area is known as the Nilgiri biosphere and ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Love Thy Neighbour

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 | By tim_and_sam | Views [900]

As Tim described in the previous blog entry, Hampi is a lovely peaceful place on the banks of a river with intricately carved temples and a boulder strewn landscape. No cars are allowed into the central bazaar area, adding to the laid back, traveller ... Read more >

Tags: People

Guru shopping

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 | By tedigeorgieva | Views [1075]

One of the Indian myths to be unveiled is the belief that all white bearded gurus, sieges, and enlightened teachers dwell somewhere here between the Himalayas and the Ganges, and if only you opened your heart and humbly touched their feet...                          ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!