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Thu, 28 Sep 2006 | By solareyes | Views [1201] | Comments [5]
The Great Rickshaw Race The idea for this movie flashed in my head during a late night excursion home on a three wheeled rickshaw with my from Sonam. It was pitch dark in the late night after a fresh rain. Unsafe by any standards. A car made ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 28 Sep 2006 | By solareyes | Views [705] | Comments [1]
Karmic Death Sonam Phonjur is also a Bhutanese Director who has spent many years of his life living on the edge of pleasure and pain, legal and illegal. His story is about two friends who roam the streets, feeling free in their daring acts ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 28 Sep 2006 | By solareyes | Views [613]
Fall from Grace – A fable of a Sadhu and a moment of weakness Tshering Penjoor is a Director from Bhutan. His story is of a wandering Sadhu who has taken vows of celibacy, abstinence from alcohol and a pledge not to kill. His disciplined life comes ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Wed, 27 Sep 2006 | By larissa | Views [408]
Here we are finally in New Delhi. The sun is strong and so are the mosquitoes. Even with loads of repellent I still got a few good bites only in one night!!! We haven't seen much of the city yet but there are a few highlights: - chaotic traffic and ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Fri, 15 Sep 2006 | By tjwhale | Views [1644]
Arriving in India at 5pm wasn’t quite the culture shock we suspected. The hordes of people, the stench and smells on this continent of 1 billion people just weren’t there. We did however fly through a cloud of haze arriving at the Delhi airport. We learned ... Read more >
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Wed, 13 Sep 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [3752] | Comments [1]
Get to know your camel; Naomi rode Bapu, a beige 9 yr old with a propensity for walking through bushes to brush off the maelstrom of flies that lived in his fur. I rode Simon, a grey 10 yr old who liked to get down in the dunes and kick sand all ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sun, 10 Sep 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [794] | Comments [1]
We managed to wake up at 4:30 am to hike up to Savitri Devi with Gita and her family like we promised. It was a drizzly morning and we headed out through the town, mud and cow dung oozing beneath our sandals and getting between our toes. It was a caravan ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Sun, 10 Sep 2006 | By solareyes | Views [1054] | Comments [1]
The day began early. The lead actress, Selma Francis, rolled up to the men's hostel in a rickshaw at 7:15. The Director, Mohamad Zaine Hassan from Malaysia, and Me, Assistant Director, got on the rickshaw and we slowly made our way to the Asian Film ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 29 Aug 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [2978] | Comments [4]
We are still alive but have been completely consumed with music the past week--nothing new for Brandon, but for me it's like a strange new drug and the Indian scale (sa re ga ma pa dha ni sa...) is the only language my brain understands these days. We ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sun, 20 Aug 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1765]
I had been sick for almost three weeks with a bad stomach, had been to see a doctor in Jaisalmer and was given a prescription for antibiotics. These were completely ineffective and I was very unwell when I reached Mumbai so we found the address for a ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, true claim stories
Sun, 20 Aug 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [1658] | Comments [1]
A bumpy 15km vikram ride from Jaipur under a lavender desert sunset brings you to Choki Dhani, an ersatz Rajastani village designed to entertain wealthy Indians with their own history. Or at least the watered-down trappings of history. Upon arrival a ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sun, 13 Aug 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [1576] | Comments [3]
We left McLeod Ganj on a sunny Saturday morning—the first we’d seen the whole two weeks we’d been there. The night prior we took our beloved music teacher, Kumar, out for dinner at the Japanese restaurant—his first time—and taught him how to eat with ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Thu, 3 Aug 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [2712] | Comments [3]
We've settled into our new routine here in McLeod Ganj, blissfully happy to be away from the heat and hassle of the road. Our room is simple, with a squat toilet and cozy comforters, and a perfect place for my laundry line, though it takes days for anything ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
Tue, 1 Aug 2006 | By lauramc | Views [645]
July 25, 2006 After 4 days of essentially doing nothing except hanging out with Ori, Shir, Guy (Israelis) and Heike (German woman) in the Germany Bakery's rooftop cafe lounge area, playing "Shithead," (a new and decent card game I learned ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 1 Aug 2006 | By lauramc | Views [614]
July 17, 2006 This morning I woke up, went outside to the patio of the New Dharma Hotel, and sat down, staring at the snow-tipped mountains in the distance and the deep valley and river below. The mountains here look different each morning and evening.... Read more >
Tags: Friends
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