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Fri, 17 Oct 2008 | By davidw | Views [2138]
We drive to Jamba village. The roads get progressively narrower until we arrive. First stop is MR Singh’s house. Formerly the Raj of the village, he now has little power but is revered by the villagers and is the acknowledged head of Jamba. It’s ... Read more >
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [1815] | Video
Location: Pushkar, Rajasthan, India Dates: The festival concludes on the full moon of the Hindu lunar month of Kartika, which falls in October or November Level of Participation: 3 – wander the camel grounds, ride the ... Read more >
Tags: india, pushkar camel fair, world festivals
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 | By davidw | Views [922]
Today we saw Jaisalmere up close. First we went to an artificial lake filled with hungry catfish. These fish were as big as my arm and swarmed on top of each other to get at the bread we fed them. Hypnotically grotesque. Don’t thing the pics do ... Read more >
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By davidw | Views [649]
5 hours drive through the desert brings us to Jaisalmere, the golden city and the only fort remaining in India that is still inhabited. As Jaisalmere is quite near the Pakistani border and as India and Pakistan don’t see eye to eye on all things there ... Read more >
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [1066] | Video
Location: Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, India Dates: Indian lunar month of Aghan (November/December) Level of Participation: 3 – celebrate Guru Nanak’s birthday Description: Among the prakash ... Read more >
Tags: india, nanak jayanti, world festivals
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 | By davidw | Views [643]
Thankfully feeling much better today as we head to Merengah (sp?) fort. Unlike the Amber fort in Jaipur this one sits in the centre of town. From the top its easy to see why Jodhpur is called the blue city, many of the houses are painted blue, apparently ... Read more >
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 | By davidw | Views [676]
Long drive from Jaipur, pink city to Jodhpur, blue city and home of course to jodhpurs….
We arrived in the afternoon and checked into another beautiful old havelli hotel. There’s to be a wedding tomorrow in the grounds so decorators and busy making ... Read more >
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 | By curtis | Views [454] | Comments [2]
Hey sorry but i have decided to end my journal. Thanks for reading and enjoying but this will be my last entry. I find myself to be more of a story teller not a story writer and will be happy to share my stories when i get home. As for now i only wish ... Read more >
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 | By cbyanasak | Views [621] | Comments [5]
India is not for the weak of heart, weak of stomach, weak of mind or weak of legs. It sets you spinning the second your feet hit the 'pavement'. There is a constant array of smells, loud music, pesky people, just about anything and everything to test ... Read more >
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 | By jdennis1972 | Views [250] | Comments [1]
Walking through the narrow streets here, I enter unconsciously into the mandala of Indian gender paradigms. My awareness of my sex and my skin colour becomes heightened, acute.
Traveling alone as a woman in India - or anywhere, for that matter - is ... Read more >
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 | By jdennis1972 | Views [266]
Six and a half years since I have last been in Dharamsala, and seemingly, a small lifetime. It is a strange thing, to return to a place that was never quite familiar to begin with. Memories come back to me in flashes, moments, with passing scents. I look ... Read more >
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 | By davidw | Views [860]
Arrived Jaipur yesterday afternoon and took a walk into he old town with the whole group. Camel carts (which I am later to become very familiar with), dogs, cycle and auto rickshaws and kids who call out “hello pen”…
We are staying at a heritage hotel, ... Read more >
Tags: india, jaipur
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 | By cbyanasak | Views [378]
just wanted to let you all know that if you want to see more photos and read funnier stories you can go to Curtis' site at journals.worldnomads.com/curtis we'll have another update here in a few days. it's been a wild week.
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 | By curtis | Views [457] | Comments [2]
First off I would like to stress that nothing that anyone could ever have told me and nothing I could have ever read could have prepared me for what India is really like. It is hard to believe that this is truely the way people live here. So we left ... Read more >
Sun, 12 Oct 2008 | By davidw | Views [1256]
Up before the sun, into the bus, drive through the already busy streets of Agra, off the bus, “no I don’t want to buy bangles, postcards, miniature chess sets…’ onto small electric bus, past monkeys and cows, stand in line, wait for tickets, jostle ... Read more >
Tags: agra, taj mahal
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