Destination: India

Gallery: Delhi to Goa

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 | By sophsossig | Photo Gallery

hare krishna

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 | By anniekaka | Views [657] | Comments [1]

Well well well I love it when a plan comes together. Yesterday we went for breakfast and decided we are gonna leave Goa earlier than expected. we were gonna stay here 2 weeks but feel like its time to move on. Althoughit has been fab here we both feel ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Break-Dancing Tibetan Monks - Whatever Next?!?

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 | By sophsossig | Views [899]

Hello everybody - have spent over a week here in Goa now and just as I was getting bored of it we stumble across the punk scene here in Arambol (correct spelling at last!)!! Still delicate from stomach upsets so have been taking it easy in the evenings ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Roads and Traffic

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 | By taroso | Views [2032]

I first saw Nepali trucks (which share their style with Indian trucks) at the border town of Zhang Mu. Chinese trucks were drab and staid. A typical Nepali truck is bright and decorated to the point of garishness. Its body is painted a brownish ... Read more >

Tags: General

The Half-way Point

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 | By gwen1 | Views [1252] | Comments [2]

Th Half-way Point (early Jan 2007) Well we are now at the half way point of our trip in India, 6 weeks have gone by and there are 6 more to go! I must say things have changed a lot, so I just felt I should write about it. First of all we are now in ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

where are my friends???

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 | By anniekaka | Views [521]

got it all working now this web site thing so feel free to write someone, anyone ????had enough of Goa now and decided this morning that we are off to Maharashtra where there are Buddhist caves etc. what I really came to India for and not the fake hippy ... Read more >

Tags: Lost!

And the Meek shall inherit Room 101

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 | By taroso | Views [1938]

It was the nearest hotel to Pokhara's Camping Chowk and the price was too low, but I took the room anyway. If I was to return to Kathmandu the next day, having just returned from trekking, it seemed silly to lug luggage all the way to Lakeside North, ... Read more >

Tags: General

Sorry!

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 | By clarinette | Views [1420] | Comments [2]

I think that I owe India an apology... Without really intending it, I arrived in India and soon adopted the attitude (Due to a few nasty hiccups!) that I hated it here, and secondly, that India needed to change, not me. India has many problems. It ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Gallery: Auroville

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 | By clarinette | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Bangalore and Mysore

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 | By calgarychick | Photo Gallery

Week Two

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 | By sophsossig | Views [599] | Comments [1]

We have made it to week two and christ the first week felt like it was a month but in a very good way - there is just so much to assault your senses here. Everywhere you look is something funny, crazy, sad, beautiful that you just would not see back ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Varanasi

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 | By clarinette | Photo Gallery

Mysore - Kerala: 16th - 20th Jan.

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 | By h1annah | Views [842]

Hannah and I are now in Alleppey in Kerala, the most southern state in South India. Some have tried to descrbe it as an 'Indian Venice' so Hannah and I have arrived with plan to sail the backaters in a canal boat for a couple of days over 20-25 km. Plan ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

In veggie Mysore, dreaming of beef...

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 | By calgarychick | Views [1266]

I had lunch today and it cost $1.32, which included a 10% tip. Food (and everything else) can be really cheap here too. After 4 days of being very stressed out, crying a lot, and losing my temper at every taxi driver here, I’m finally relaxed and enjoying ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

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Fri, 19 Jan 2007 | By anniekaka | Views [520]

this uploading photoes onto computers malarkey is taking forever and I have just realised its taken bout 20 mins to upload 10 pics must being of London aaarrrhhh . So till I sort it out check out Sophie's page her address is http://journals.worldnomads.... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline