Destination: India

Day 6 continued

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [652]

Planes, trains and autorickshaws!!! it's fantastic! where where we??? The couple wer Tamali and Walter,we gave them all the space they needed because... as first timers we were sleeping in our cloths with everything we own locked to us!!! The old man ... Read more >

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India: A camel herder tried to buy me and other stories

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 | By princessfeet | Views [249]

Story to come

Day 6

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [686] | Comments [1]

Last night Victoria Station was packed with thousands of people. Our guide from the gods: Aine took us to an area where we had enough space to put our bags down and watch the scene as the train pulled in and people made a run for it. The first carriages ... Read more >

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Day 5

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [693]

Checked out and over to Aine's again for a little chill. sitting in her window is like sitting in a nest and looking down on the world. Breaky in Crosswords bookstore and on to Bombay Cathedral. There was a mass being said the the church was packed right ... Read more >

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Day 4 continued

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [686]

We are finding niternet access not so easy, either power failures or saturated with midges, ants or mosquito's. Anyway after a trip down memory lane in Aine's apartment with photo's and articles we headed to Swathi Rest for a Panki Chut - a Gugarat dish ... Read more >

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Day 4

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [551] | Comments [1]

Met Aine at 7:30 a.m. and headed to Victoria Station for our train to Goa. big queue outside and malee once doors opened, but, being non-nationals we get preferential treatment and a whole window to ourselves in the cool of upstairs. Here we organised ... Read more >

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Day 3 Continued

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [591]

Hi again...we needed a stiff one after Haji Ali's and popped into a Muslim eatery and i decided to try something different from the menu and got a Kashmiri Soda which was a concoction of fizzy water and salt and pepper - i'm sure it wasn't but that's ... Read more >

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Gallery: India

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 | By tea | Photo Gallery

Day 3

Mon, 9 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [652]

Woke at 8:30 ant free and made our way to a guru named Ramesh. Went to take a taxi up the road (lazy gets) but the guy wanted 100rs and the bright sparks we are now realised we were being ripped off and in unison sighed a big 'no' and off we trotted ... Read more >

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Gallery: India 2006 Cathy & Dee

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Photo Gallery

Day 2

Sun, 8 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [770] | Comments [2]

Alarm set for 8:00 a.m. up at 9:15 ;) 1st shower since we got here, filty, filty girls! thing is we didn't know how to work the shower until then. Breakfast in Crosswords - such a santuary in the madness that is Mumbai - have to seriously negotate getting ... Read more >

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Gallery: India

Fri, 6 Oct 2006 | By shaz | Photo Gallery

Day 1

Thu, 5 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [866] | Comments [5]

so, day 1. our holiday begins. Sooo excited!!3:00 wake up call.3:42, tacxi pick up. So far everything is ok. 4:15 we reach the airport...excitement is building up. 4:16 Dee realises tat se leaft a small bag in te taxi. Smalli saize, but... It contained ... Read more >

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Learn Hindi with WorldNomads Hindi Language Guide

Wed, 4 Oct 2006 | By language-guides | Views [81003] | Comments [8]

The World Nomads Hindi language guide iPhone app is now available for free from the iTunes app store. Have you ever been stuck in a country wanting to be polite, but not even knowing the word for 'please'? Or been frustrated when you ... Read more >

Delhi Departure: Sweeping up the dust

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [984] | Comments [1]

This might be the last entry written on the road. The last few weeks of our trip have tumbled past in a haze of sight-seeing (Agra and the Taj, Delhi's Red Fort), relaxing in Rishikesh watching the Ganga turn emerald green (It finally looked healthy ... Read more >

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