Destination: India

became ill - will write now

Sat, 4 Aug 2007 | By zenbeast | Views [3067] | Comments [1]

have to start writing here somehow so why not now. the journal title I took from the gospel of Ramakrishna (beautiful reading of course) and it actually is - woman and gold (found the page to change it:). He means the life of householders by that or ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Gallery: Amber Fort

Sat, 4 Aug 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

Amber Fort

Sat, 4 Aug 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1969]

Another day, another fort and palace. This is 10km out of Jaipur on the road to Delhi. We got the bus from in the middle the old town in Jaipur (the main intersection near the Hawa Mahal). The bus is only 7IRs each and it was a modern bus with individual ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Samod Palace

Fri, 3 Aug 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1854]

On Friday we shared a taxi with a French couple out to Samod. Samod is a town about 45km out of Jaipur. As usual, it has a palace and fort! The palace is also a fancy hotel - 99 euros per night (actually not to bad, Phil was tempted to stay there a night, ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Samod

Fri, 3 Aug 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Indiapix

Fri, 3 Aug 2007 | By zenbeast | Photo Gallery

Choki Dhani dinner and dance

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 | By over-40 | Views [6398]

On Friday night we caught an auto-rickshaw to Choki Dhani on the edge of Jaipur - 300IRs for the driver to take us out there, wait about 3 hours and take us back into town. Choki Dhani is a Rajasthani "tourist village". It gives an experience ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Choki Dhani, Jaipur

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Agra Old Buildings

Wed, 1 Aug 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

Agra Agro

Wed, 1 Aug 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1390] | Comments [1]

So this is the place you have to go to sometime on a trip to India. We put it off until the end. The buildings are actually impressive, but beware - some of the tourist touts are very sticky. They don't take "no thank you" for an answer. The ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Nainital

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1278]

The roads up the hill to Nainital were really good - much better than anything in the hills of Nepal - but they did make Jenny bus sick. Nainital is a "hill station" from the days of the British. The town nestles around the lake at about 2000m, ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Gallery: Nainital

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

Happy Birthday Jam!

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 | By sophsossig | Views [920]

This is over and out from India - but I have no doubt in my heart that I will return! A short goodbye from this fabulous place as am celebrating Jams birthday in Hotel Tibet with Jam (of course!), Baby (got holiday today - yay!), Karma, Tendim, Something ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Silience day

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 | By gavin_elliott | Views [623]

July 10th came and went smoothly. Our census in the pilgrim retreat rose to 160 and in lower Meherabad where the poorer Indians stay it rose to about 1500. No significant health issues occurred. The weather for Silence day was the best we have had during ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Gallery: Random!

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 | By sophsossig | Photo Gallery