Destination: India

Gallery: India Pics!

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 | By dkirwan | Photo Gallery

A breath of cool, crisp air...

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 | By dkirwan | Views [1285] | Comments [1]

After our long trip in Rhajastan, we all eagerly awaited the arrival of our new travel buddy for a week - Sven - as well as our relief from the hot weather in Northern India. In Delhi, we boarded a 6am train to Shimla.  During the British Raj, the government ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Sand Troopers

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 | By dkirwan | Views [1129] | Comments [1]

By the time we reached Khuri, close to the Pakistan border, we were on the verge of becoming true sand troopers. Khuri is a base for camel safaris. We parked our gear at a mud hut for the first night and dined on Rhajastani cuisine. As the sun fell down ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Jodphur

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1285] | Comments [3]

We arrived in Jodphur after travelling on the bus for six hours to the impression of a dusty, dirty, noisy city and that we may not stay long, but our impressions soon changed. Our hotel is in the new part of the city where buildings have sprung up like ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

The Blue City

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 | By dkirwan | Views [779]

Although most cities in Rhajastan have unsurprisingly blended together in my mind, Jodhpur stands out for several reasons: Like every other city, Jodhpur has a fort perched on a hill. For those of you who have read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Jodhpur

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

Goodbye India

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 | By paul | Views [757] | Comments [1]

Six weeks and three days and we are heading out of India : the last ten of those days have been mostly uneventful!  Having arrived in Goa  last Wednesday at the back of a two-day train ride I was exhausted.  Indulging in my first steak dinner of the ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Gallery: Goa

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 | By paul | Photo Gallery

Mt Abu

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 | By over-40 | Views [1134] | Comments [1]

The road from Udaipur to Mt Abu had about 100km of roadwork - they are building a new tollway. There were plenty of jobs for civil engineers (Adam and Duncan) and hundreds of diggers and trucks with big boys playing in the dirt. We shared a car with ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Gallery: Mt Abu

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 | By over-40 | Photo Gallery

Sailing down the ganges

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 | By jirrupin | Views [891]

5am wake up call on the train, slept soundly - some friends not so well, from the station we have the luxury of a private bus to take us to the river... sailing boats, hmmm, well they have a sail I guess - but there's no wind anyway so its a moot point.... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Orchha

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 | By jirrupin | Views [641]

another day of contrasts train ride out of agra, hot and crowded, (the toilets voted worst ever by our group which includes some very seasoned travels with much of 3rd world asia and south america under their belt) chai vendor proves very creative with ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Nepal is a MUST.

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 | By mutt | Views [3231] | Comments [5]

I've been trying to find words to describe Nepal, but I jut can't find to represent a deep breath before you say "beautiful." Riding in Nepal has been a constant switch of feelings from pleasent, revigorating, relaxing to exciting, mind-blowing and WOW.... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: misc

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 | By solbeam | Photo Gallery

India - Agra

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 | By jirrupin | Views [506]

Yay the Taj! it did not dissapoint, what an amazing accomplishment! and there were plans for a matching palace in Black! Can you imagine... Great photos, amazing, inspiring - and next morning was rowed along the river at sunrise to see it all again ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road