Destination: India

Nation/Statements

Mon, 25 Dec 2006 | By taroso | Views [2008] | Comments [2]

When the British colonised Australia, their culture and agriculture were imposed on a country that was in many cases unsuited for it. Seasons were six months out of phase, and the soil, climate, and weather patterns were so different, that by the ... Read more >

Tags: General

unasked answered

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 | By solbeam | Views [3108]

This week, on the streets of Pondicherry, I was blessed by an elephant. And she raised her trunk to deliver, upon my forehead, a sacred thump, a story that I always felt compelled to compose, but never found the time to type, came back to ... Read more >

Tags: animals, elephant

Midnight Monsoon

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 | By solbeam | Views [1809]

pouring. drenching. pounding. drowning. rain. When I was in Pune, they asked me, “Did it rain in the North, in Mumbai, when you were there?” When I was in Goa, they asked me, “Did it rain in the North, ... Read more >

Tags: midnight, monsoon, on the road

Fear Factor

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [955]

HCC: Sure, travel involves risk: Robbery, bombings, bird flu. But we’ve already addressed the fact that taking a trip is no more dangerous than driving your car (you’re much more likely to die in an accident only a few miles from your home). Yet with ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Claire Bear and PenGwen's Guide to Traveling in India

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 | By gwen1 | Views [1565] | Comments [1]

Claire Bear and PenGwen's Guide to Traveling in India: How to Keep Going When Your Cash has Stopped Flowing!   This guide was born after finding ourselves in a foreign (and craaaazy!) country without a cent... Although this is purely comical and ... Read more >

Tags: Budgets & money

Claire Bear and PenGwen's Guide to Traveling in India

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Views [2309]

Claire Bear and PenGwen's Guide to Traveling in India: How to Keep Going When Your Cash has Stopped Flowing! This guide was born after finding ourselves in a foreign (and craaaazy!) country without a cent... Although this is purely comical and ... Read more >

Tags: Budgets & money

Birthday Bash

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 | By gwen1 | Views [898]

Well I celebrated my 22nd birthday in India. I woke up on the morning of the 4th at 5am cos we were on the sleeper train going from Dharamsala to Jaipur (15hrs) and we had to change carriages in Delhi. Happy birthday to me! Anyway my first presents were ... Read more >

Tags: People

Gallery: Kashmir

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 | By gwen1 | Photo Gallery

the way south

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 | By jessikat | Views [608]

It was a relief to get out of Jaisalmer and back to Jodhpur where we were happy to be met at the train station by Nagenda (from the maharani guesthouse). We spent the day we had in Jodhpur mainly at the train station, which we had to visit twice. In ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Mumbai

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 | By sambarton | Views [560]

Have been hanging around slick, attractive, clean and expensive mumbai the last few days. Is definately a city flying pretty high at the moment and if you want to work in a bank is definately a good place to be (millions of them). I really like the place ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Gallery: Rajasthan

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Photo Gallery

Classic Quotes

Sat, 9 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Views [2556]

I am collecting quotes in India - Haven't got much of a collection yet but I will be adding more as I go along! 1) "My parents have expired" (Naz) I can't get over this one! It cracks me up every time! 2) "Oh no Calire (me!)! You're ... Read more >

Tags: Laughter

The Big Misunderstanding

Sat, 9 Dec 2006 | By gwen1 | Views [1218] | Comments [2]

Pushkar 6-8 december   Here we experienced out first bout of ‘trouble’ based on the ethnic tensions of the country. But not only did the people involve misunderstand each other, causing a huge argument, but we completely misunderstood the issue ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Rajasthan So Far...

Sat, 9 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Views [1838] | Comments [1]

We have been in Rajasthan since the 4th of December... We arrived in Jaipur, Rajashtan's capital by train and so far have been there as well as Pushkar... Jaipur did not impress us particularly as we did the tourist circuit of all the monuments... ... Read more >

Tags: Scams & Robberies

Gwen's Birthday Festivities

Sat, 9 Dec 2006 | By clarinette | Views [1584]

Gwen celebrated her 22nd birthday on the 4th of December... Considering we are broke, it ended up being quite an eventful and memorable celebration... Firstly, the scary Dharamsala guys (they told Gwen that they "have special feelings" for ... Read more >

Tags: Laughter