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Tue, 5 Feb 2008 | By hayjay | Views [885] | Comments [3]
February 4th, 2008 Days of journey: 2 Lost bags: 1 Bananas eaten: 12 Indian television appearances: 1 Haircut from Noah on hostel balcony: priceless Dear family and friends, As we expected on an adventure like this, some unanticipated things ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By hayjay | Views [1630] | Comments [1]
Dear friends and family, I decided that, instead of writing emails, I would use this travel journal website. That way you can follow my travel map and maybe see some pictures, if you are interested! Feel free to comment too or email! I'd love to get ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
Sun, 3 Feb 2008 | By tash | Views [1590] | Comments [1]
OK, due to computer/power supply issues, the last post was cut short, so now to return to my story. Apols for typos, I am using a keyboard with the letters painted on with nailpolish: Earlier in the day as I was walking through the markets in the old ... Read more >
Tags: food & eating
Sat, 2 Feb 2008 | By tash | Views [2197] | Comments [2]
I notice many differences as I head north, more music, fewer beggars and much more interaction with people. My contacts have ranged from the ever friendly touts trying to get you to their commission shops by any way possible, rick shaw wallahs wanting ... Read more >
Tags: friends
Fri, 1 Feb 2008 | By solbeam | Views [2292]
A
friend recently told me over tea, "So I'd decided along with everyone
else to stop researching cameras and computers and just buy whatever
you do..." Both off and online, I get a lot of questions on my
camera kit (as it has evolved significantly ... Read more >
Tags: cameras, packing & gadgets
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 | By littlerich | Views [426]
Arrived at 3am and got a prepaid taxi to our hotel. It's freezing!!!
Tasks for today - sleep, eat, buy toilet paper, buy blanket.
later that day - we get scammed into having a taxi round rajasthan for 2 weeks
Tags: Airports
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By tash | Photo Gallery
The cool and cultured world of Bombay
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Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By tash | Views [537]
Lazy! I didn't finish my last post, so I shall endeavour to ammend it. I mentioned the man we met who invited us to join him at the concert, Bhupendra. At the time he also extended an invitation to meet his family and so a couple of days later he came ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By solbeam | Views [1547]
(This is an excerpt from a personal
journal entry from the first week when I arrived in India. I sometimes
cringe and curse at the weird way my sentences wrap around each other
in odd-measured rhyme when I get writing. So know that it's
unintentional, ... Read more >
Tags: People
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By miriamvkenter | Views [778] | Comments [1]
The surprisingly alert attendant directs us to the platform. We are weary, but bright red signs are flashing ‘welcome’ in English and Hindi, so we smile, and perk up. The huge digital clock flashes 5.53. We are three minutes late for our early morning ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By tash | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 27 Jan 2008 | By joyful_jo | Views [528]
We set off in style for the two hour beautiful drive from Aurangabad to Ajanta. As you wind down through the hills there is a terrible carparking area which is carefully designed so you have to walk through the 'shopping complex'/hassle city in order ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 | By andrewalex | Views [961] | Comments [8]
Hello all, we are in Rishikesh. We are spending the next ten days at an Ashram doing meditation and yoga, so we will not be checking in on email, blog or phone. We know everyone is dying to hear about our camel adventures, and if we have been fed opium ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 | By beckyandsasha | Views [480] | Comments [2]
being in hampi felt so different to anywhere we have been so far. the land was covered in gigantic boulders that looked like they had been put there by someone but actually it was all natural. every direction you look is just rock. orange/peach rock.... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 | By joyful_jo | Views [871]
After a week in Pune I was ready to find out what the maroon robed drifty-looking people were up to in the smart 'Meditation Resort', so I turned up at lunch time for the guided tour. At the visitors Centre you are greeting by grumpy people (also in ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
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