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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 | By worldwidewaldo | Views [685] | Comments [2]
The Party that is Bihu! Happy New Year from Assam! It is Bihu, April 14th, and the new year started this morning. Yesterday was the traditional start to the Bihu Festival, Bihu eve if you will. It is a celebration of Assamese culture. Bihu is indigenous ... Read more >
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 | By will-n-raina | Views [4675] | Comments [3]
Well we have just come to the end of three and a half eventful weeks in Nepal. We have done so much in this short time that it is hard to know where to start. Firstly, as you may have heard, the elections have been going on during our visits, which ... Read more >
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 | By auaround | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 12 Apr 2008 | By worldwidewaldo | Views [484] | Comments [1]
Happy Rongali Bihu from Guwahati, Assam State, NE India.
I am now officially inside the northeastern states of India. This is a very strange place. It is the capital of Assam, the main state in the Indian northeast, and one of just three states ... Read more >
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By heartrl | Views [922] | Comments [1]
When I was traveling in Cambodia I read that the government had asked people not to give food, money, candy or handouts to street children. Candy for the obvious reason that there is no good health or dental care for people living on the street. The ... Read more >
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By heartrl | Views [725]
We are finally getting out of here. Don't get me wrong, I love Kolkata, but our time here has been slightly annoying as things didn't seem to work in our favor much. We had planned to go on to Sunderbaans- fell through; See the Jain temples- closed; ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 | By solbeam | Views [5965] | Comments [1]
One of my students recently quipped, "...arranged marriages give me faith in marriage." And
as quickly as I agreed with her, I wondered, "what a once-foreign idea
with which I have so naturally nodded my head in agreement!" It's
one ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 | By suse | Views [767] | Comments [2]
Nachdem ich nun insgesamt 10 Wochen unterwegs bin und schon 7 Wochen in Indien bin kann ich sagen, dass: * Die Inder im Norden zu 80% Assis sind * Die Inder im Sueden nur zu 20% * Es ist also stark zwischen diesen Gebieten zu differenzieren! * Indisches ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Apr 2008 | By suse | Photo Gallery
Fort Cochin, Mysore, Hampi
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Tue, 8 Apr 2008 | By worldwidewaldo | Views [463]
I write a short piece each quarter for a wonderful little bilingual paper in Sutton, Quebec called Le Tour (www.letoursutton.com). Le Tour promotes tourism in Sutton, Dunham and Frelighsburg by giving tourists the flavor of local writing, as well ... Read more >
Tue, 8 Apr 2008 | By auaround | Views [937] | Comments [8]
E' si' ci siamo, tra poco piu' di un giorno lasceremo l'India per la Thailandia. A noi questi 2 mesi sono proprio volati, ma ancora abbiamo un po' di cose da racontarvi. Da quando abbiamo lasciato il Kerala per il piu' povero Tamil Nadu ne abbiamo fatta ... Read more >
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Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By worldwidewaldo | Views [425] | Comments [1]
I just had my 4th shower in 12 days. I realized this as I stood under the
pin-point spray of a head gravity fed from a black tank on the roof. I was on overnight transport three of
those nights, but that leaves 5 of them when the conditions ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By si-man | Views [603]
After an 8 hour Bus Journey we Arrived in Satna to catch the connecting bus to Khajurho which the transport guy said would be no problem... The lonely planet has the following to say about Satna ''pass straight through satna if you can''. I concur ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | By worldwidewaldo | Views [516]
Here’s another letter.
This one I wrote the first evening in my new digs on Sudder Street,
Sunday evening, 6 April. Surely
this overlaps some of what I wrote in the blog entry, but as I can’t log onto
the net just now to see what is redundant, ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Apr 2008 | By heartrl | Views [862]
I seem to never be sure where to begin when I sit down to write. Of course I'm always on the move and only have a bit of time at the computer when I get to use it. It's hard to convey not just the feelings of a place but also the effect of the place ... Read more >
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