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Mon, 10 Jul 2006 | By lauramc | Views [843]
July 10, 2006 Yesterday I took a two trains from Delhi to Shimla, which is due north of Delhi about 150 miles. The trip took 12 hours...after about 3, my butt-bone was in so much pain that I realized I had a pillow in my bag. After putting that under ... Read more >
Tags: People
Sat, 8 Jul 2006 | By lauramc | Views [516]
July 8, 2006
Today I saw a lot of things....I saw boys making Indian nan bread in large round ovens, sweating over them in the street, forking out round breads as quickly as I type a sentence. Cows munch hay next to people selling small items in the ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Fri, 7 Jul 2006 | By lauramc | Views [559]
July 7, 2006
I just checked the temperature online, and it's 97 degrees at 11:15 p.m.!! I don't know how to explain it, but the heat is simply OPPRESSIVE. Unless I'm in the shower, I'm constantly sweating. As soon as the shower finishes, my face ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Thu, 6 Jul 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [4586] | Comments [5]
This week we had the opportunity to represent Footprints (World Nomad’s charity) in Siliguri, where we visited 2 communities of Stone breakers: Chenga: pop-2500, no electricity, water, or sewage, the nearest hospital was a 12km WALK (that’s ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, footprints, hospitals & health
Thu, 6 Jul 2006 | By lauramc | Views [475]
July 6, 2006, 11 p.m.
It turns out that the same little shops that sell toilet paper (no TP is provided in Indian hotels) also sell bottled water, so that mission took 5 minutes! I inquired at the hotel about where I could get an Ayurvedic Massage, ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Thu, 6 Jul 2006 | By lauramc | Views [440]
July 6, 2006
I have that sand-in-the-eye feeling, exhausted from having dragged myself out of a deep and beautiful sleep (with the help of my trusty travel alarm clock) to avoid further pangs of jetlag. It's 12:45 p.m., I arrived at my hotel at 9:00 ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Fri, 30 Jun 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [3040] | Comments [3]
To escape the sweltering heat of the northern Indian plains we have scurried up into the hills to Darjeeling, the quintessential British colonial hill station and home to the worlds finest tea. To get to Darjeeling is an adventure in itself. The road ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Wed, 21 Jun 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [5794] | Comments [30]
India Ahoy! We both arrived at New Delhi Airport with no idea what awaited us. We had heard stories of people outside the airport grabbing at your bags and taxi drivers trying to take you to the wrong hotel. What a relief it was when everything was ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Wed, 21 Jun 2006 | By craigandsimon | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 19 Jun 2006 | By kev_desilva | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 31 May 2006 | By kev_desilva | Photo Gallery
Enlightenment
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Wed, 3 May 2006 | By kev_desilva | Photo Gallery
India
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Thu, 30 Mar 2006 | By leelefever | Views [554]
(Posted by Sachi LeFever, lee's wife) I am feeling better! Finally. It's been too many days - though not unexpected here. On our way up to this mountaintop town of Darjeeling, I had some time to recover a little from the rattling jeep ride (Lee mentioned ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sun, 12 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Photo Gallery
Ex French enclave in Tamil Nadu
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Sun, 12 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Photo Gallery
A place of temples
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