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Sun, 15 May 2005 | By solbeam | Views [1323]
Kolkata/Culcutta, India The Train Station I
jump out of the car, insist that I’ll be safe on my own and Suren, my
in-country co-leader and friend from Nepal, reluctantly gives me a
final hug and jumps back into the jeep and leaves. I turn around ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Wed, 11 May 2005 | By solbeam | Views [1624]
After a tearful goodbye to my students I suddenly find myself shockingly alone. *That sentence needs some of the sudden S P A C E that I have yet to get comfortable in.* But
the madness hasn't a chance to cease as there's a taxi strike in
Kolkatta ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Sat, 7 May 2005 | By solbeam | Views [1543]
...that
I'm so busy closing the semester and preparing the students for an
American-reality re-integration, that I haven't had time to type. But
I'll be heading solo-style to Southern India this week and my fingers
will finally again find their ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Mon, 2 May 2005 | By henrique | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 6 Apr 2005 | By true-claims-stories | Views [6419] | Comments [8]
While I was in Sarnath, India I was bitten by a puppy that later bit 13 other people and died four days later of rabies. I was bitten on my index finger and wrist. Unfortunately, I didn't find out that the puppy had rabies until I reached Kathmandu the ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, rabies, true claim stories
Thu, 24 Mar 2005 | By trailrunr | Photo Gallery
Pix from India
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Sat, 19 Mar 2005 | By solbeam | Views [1195]
11 layers of daily dirt deep, I have a shower and inbox to meet, BUT the photos, for themselves, talk, gasp, sigh and speak. So while I'm on my way to Nepal, please take a peek: > All the Himalayan Trek Pictures ... Read more >
Tags: india, the great outdoors
Mon, 7 Mar 2005 | By trailrunr | Views [1744] | Comments [2]
Chapter 1/3
They say there are two types of people who visit India - those
who can't wait to come back, and those who can't wait to go home. I'm suspending my judgment until I get back
on the plane. There are lots of
guidebooks ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Sat, 5 Mar 2005 | By solbeam | Views [2288] | Comments [1]
Cost of my incredible lunch this afternoon of dahl baht, garlic naan, gohbi paratha and palak panner: 80 Rupees US dollar equivalent of 80 Rupees: $1.84 US dollar value of eating lunch with your fingers: priceless What never gets burned when you ... Read more >
Tags: india, solbeam, the stats
Thu, 17 Oct 2002 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [1892]
The Taj Mahal is just as spectacular as the postcards say! We’re told Taj means crown and Mahal means palace, and it really is an architectural wonder. It is built of native red sandstone covered with white marble; it took 3 years to build ... Read more >
Tags: india, once in a lifetime, taj mahal
Tue, 15 Oct 2002 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [722]
India’s a hard place to figure out. It’s so poor here, but everybody I’ve talked to seems happy for the most part. Driving to the airport this morning at 5am, I saw so many people camped out on the sidewalks. I’m told that over 700,000 of ... Read more >
Tags: india, musings
Thu, 1 Aug 1991 | By w4michael | Views [321]
London – Delhi – Agra – Jaipur – Goa – Cochin – Ooty – Trivandrum – Madras – Calcutta – Varanasi – Srinigar – Delhi – London The trip was done exclusively by train, having purchased a train pass (Indrail Pass) before leaving.
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