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Mon, 1 Jan 2007 | By clarinette | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 1 Jan 2007 | By h1annah | Views [797]
31/12/2006 - We spent the day in Calaba. Checked out the 'gateway to india' - a fantastic big arch on the mumbai port that was used by the british as like a gate to india when india was a colony - redundant now. Hannah is getting so used to the indian ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Mon, 1 Jan 2007 | By h1annah | Views [854]
1 st January Hi there. New Years Eve was interesting. We walked around Mumbai all day (shall send you all yesterdays email too) and then made our way back to the hotel. After getting first class train in at 78 rupees - around one pound, ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Mon, 1 Jan 2007 | By globalld | Views [1840] | Comments [5]
Happy New Year! Well I’ve made it this far without any serious shenanigans! One night outside the monastery that has evening teachings by His Holiness Karmapa, I came out and my shoes were gone. I waited until the end and was having a melt ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 30 Dec 2006 | By taroso | Views [1152]
That he was on holiday did not stop the UK electrical engineer from
burbling enthusiatically on the dangers of electricity; the Australian
sparky he was conversing at was less effusive. Their group and mine
were sharing a bus back from the Mekong ... Read more >
Tags: General
Sat, 30 Dec 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [1396]
“You can check out any time you’d like, but you can never leave!” echoed through my head as the gangly, Indian security guard stood between me, Amanda and the exit gate. Now, of course, that’s not really what he said to us, but I could feel an eerie, ... Read more >
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Sat, 30 Dec 2006 | By h1annah | Views [726]
Day 1 - 2: Mumbai. Sending you a quick email from South Mumbai on the west coast of India to let you know that Hannah and I have arrived safely. With regards to our plans we are taking each day as it comes so we will not be able to set up a routine ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Thu, 28 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Views [1183]
We decided to move to a cheaper and more central hotel to spend the rest of our week in Darjeeling… We spent the whole morning looking around as most of the rooms were booked out. We finally find a well placed and decent room for an amazingly good price ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Thu, 28 Dec 2006 | By h1annah | Views [742]
It took us 1 and a 1/2 hours to check in our baggage at Heathrow, so we only had about 45 mins to have a look around the shops. We will be carrying our WHSmiths voucher from Jason’s Nan and granddad about for the whole year! Virgin flights ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 | By gwen1 | Views [1293]
Varanasi 21-24th dec 06 The mist slowly rises to reveal the rows of houses and temples along the ghats on the river's edge, as the new dawn rises... Many small boats are scattered along the Ganges as tourists watch what's happening on the steps leading ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Views [1413]
We spent three days in Varanasi... Our experience was an interesting one... Our hotel was unfortunately outside of the main part of the city which made the experience slightly less enjoyable... We arrived on train to Varanasi from Agra at 5am in the ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 Dec 2006 | By annanderson | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 26 Dec 2006 | By gwen1 | Views [1270]
20 day Tour of Rajasthan 4-18 Dec 06 Itinerary Jaipur, Pushkar, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Ranakpur, Udaipur, Ranthambore National Park Rajasthan can easily sound like one of the world most romantic and fairy tale-like places in terms of its ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Views [7311]
Gwen and I prepared heartily and enthusiastically for spending our Christmas stuck in the overnight train from Varanasi to Darjeeling. We bought yummy food, decorations, and headed down to the train station humming Christmas carrols to each other... ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 | By gwen1 | Views [2064]
24-25 Dec 2006 Varanasi to Darjeeling Well here we have a recipe for a very interesting Christmas, perhaps regrettable unforgettable even... Ingredients Nutella Chocolate 'zingle' bells Ferror Rocher Indian Sweets Paper for Xmas decorations ... Read more >
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