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Mon, 9 Apr 2007 | By paul | Views [695]
Coming down from the mountains was a big shock. After two weeks of basking in temperatures around the low to mid 20s, reminiscent of summer back home, we had arrived in the dusty, dirty Amritsar where temperatures hover in the mid 30s! Within ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Mon, 9 Apr 2007 | By bonnie | Views [1298]
In some ways the antecedants to this journey lie in the distant past, not that I was to know it that day when I stood on a stone path watching life unfold in a Himalayan village. A cold wind funnelling from the mountains adding to the spring chill ... Read more >
Tags: education logistics
Mon, 9 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1572]
And the fun never ends... Try sharing a train compartment with 8 other strangers for two days/two nights. The first day-night isn't so bad; you're just getting to know your compartment compadres, and everyone is nice, social, unobtrusive... The honeymoon ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By paul | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By over-40 | Views [2929]
Easter Sunday was like a breath of fresh air for ua. We attended a Wesleyan Church not far from our hotel which began with a time of praise and worship. We knew all the songs! Then the main body of the service was like an Anglican one. The people were ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sun, 8 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1385]
It's a bit anticlimactic, celebrating Easter in a country where Christianity is in the minority. The very global and cosmopolitan make up of Bangalore leads one to find a bit of Easter paraphernalia on the streets - like chocolate Easter Bunnies and ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sat, 7 Apr 2007 | By dkirwan | Views [1043] | Comments [1]
From Delhi we planned a two week road trip through the expanse of Rajasthan's mystical desert cities and sandy terrain. We hired a driver to take us from Delhi to Agra where we marveled at the looming, white marble of the Taj Mahal. This architectural ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sat, 7 Apr 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1097] | Comments [2]
Wandered around Mumbai city area, Chowpatty Beach and the Hanging Gardens on Malabar Hill. The gardens were lovely - an opportunity to sit on some grass and relax away from the hustle and bustle. We had to help the taxi driver taking us back to Colaba ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sat, 7 Apr 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 7 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1907]
We have been truly fortunate to have met some genuine, wonderful friends along our path in India. Sandeep and Archana are an amazing couple that we met at during a hike in the Wayanad Sanctuary. THey are both professional "RJ's" or radio jockeys as ... Read more >
Tags: People
Fri, 6 Apr 2007 | By over-40 | Views [692]
Visited the museum today. It has a long Indian name that I don't have with me now. It used to be the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India. There were plenty of statues of various "gods" - I can sight-read Vishnu, Shiva, Ganesh etc in Devanagari ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Fri, 6 Apr 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1332]
No better way to beat the heat, but to chill out in a movie theater for a matinee. We wanted to indulge in the experience of seeing a newly released Bollywood flick in a local cinema. Indians love their locally produced movies, and hold their actors ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 5 Apr 2007 | By over-40 | Views [3986] | Comments [3]
We arrived at Mumbai International Airport on Wednesday night, straight into the sea of taxis and other vehicles - an instant immersion into the traffic. The intersections work just like you have heard: traffic lights flash orange all the time and everyone ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 5 Apr 2007 | By paul | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 5 Apr 2007 | By paul | Views [1622]
Awoke with a jolt, I slammed my knees into the seat in front of me. This meritting a stare that could have frozen hell from the woman in the seat. Having spent the last five hours attempting to negotiate sleeping and preventing myself and belongings ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
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