Destination: India

Allahabad and out

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 | By an_oliver | Views [568]

4.10.07: Well the overnight train was quite comfortable, we were in a soft sleeper carriage with AC. Once we arrived @ Allahabad we had a short coach journey to a hotel where we had breakfast (Imodium) & freshen up then headed onto our departure ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Old Manali

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 | By jdemers26 | Views [1705] | Comments [4]

so i landed here in old manali, and went straight for this gust house mentioned in the lonely planet called apple view orchard.  he has a very small two story family-run guest house surrounded by his family-inherited apple trees.  very nic guy. adn there's ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Letter from Ladakh

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 | By tedigeorgieva | Views [539]

Dear Friends,   Hope that this letter finds you in good health and spirit! I am writing it from Ladakh, one of the highest and driest human habitats on Earth, which geographically belongs to India and culturally harbours the traditional pre-... Read more >

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Trains, dust, camels and less tigers than a petting zoo

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 | By sronb | Views [1298] | Comments [3]

Hello again everybody, and me when I read this at some point in the future. Not so long since the last one as last time, so pat on the back for me. I'm in Jaisalmer at the moment, a place that no Indian person seems to understand when I try to say ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Vashisht to Old Manali

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 | By jdemers26 | Views [514] | Comments [1]

So we've checked out of the hotel here in Vashisht (myself, Stu and Kirstie - the couple from Birmingham UK) and today they're off to Amritsar via Pathankot and I'm going to stay a few nights across the river in Old Manali.  I've a lot of photos to sort ... Read more >

Tags: People

side note on Donkeys

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 | By misha | Views [1909]

Cows and donkeys go slowly about their business in Leh. Unlike in the villages, they have no tags, no bells, nobody is herding them. Here they have achieved true Independence. Cows are large with prominent and protruding architecture of carcas-they ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

lunar mountains of Ladakh

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 | By misha | Views [2786]

Leh is a capital of Ladakh, spread out in the valley, surrounded by high snow peaked mountains. Since we came here, the peaks grow progressively whiter and more brilliant. There are ruins of the King's palace and an ancient Tsemo Gompa (monastery) above ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Manali

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 | By jdemers26 | Views [478] | Comments [1]

so, i've been to dharamsala and gone again.. perhaps i should change the name of my overall trip from "destination dharamsala".. what do you think.. anyhow i'm here in manali where it's quiet and peaceful (well i'm actually in vashisht.. ... Read more >

Tags: People

Smiles of India

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 | By misha | Views [2458]

Smiles of India People here smile. Not everyone, not all the time, but often enough to notice. Their smile seems different from smiles of Eastern Europeans, who's smiles often have a conflicted, self-conscious and sarcastic nature.             ... Read more >

Tags: People

Gallery: Stitched!

Sun, 7 Oct 2007 | By alexbg | Photo Gallery

Indian fashion week....i'm wearing a Sari!

Sun, 7 Oct 2007 | By alexbg | Views [6419] | Comments [4]

Hello all...I thought it most appropriate to write this entry while wearing my sari, so that's what I'm doing. Use your imagination...or check out the pictures! Here fashion can be bought either pre-cut, and sized, as we do most often in the west, but ... Read more >

Tags: Fashion and trends

Gallery: Visions of India

Sun, 7 Oct 2007 | By solbeam | Photo Gallery

a new revolution 'round the sun

Sun, 7 Oct 2007 | By solbeam | Views [1937]

The Himalayas are a holy place. For a moment, I forgot this. And remembered them only, as big mountains. But slowly crawling along the valleys and ridges of the Earth’s crust had the effect of a pumice stone on my soul. For 15 days I walked. And for ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Meeting people

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 | By misha | Views [2219]

One of the great joys in our travels is meeting new people, other travellers like us. Story upon story gradually make their imprint on me. Young singles and couples, couples with children, people in the 60s and 70s, whether single or couples-all gladly ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Ode to the Indian toilette

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 | By misha | Views [2529]

Ode to Indian squat toilette For those of you who have undying interest in toilette activities-I say: rest assured. Any experience of Indian culture is not complete without the experience of this age old routine, renewed daily. Considering high density ... Read more >

Tags: Culture