Destination: India

Day 11 Continued

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [606]

while lazing in the afternoon sun down by the ghats Suresh came looking for us to let us know Lakshmi the elephant wouldn't be cleansing at the ghats tomorrow morning because, goddess love her, she had to walk over 50 kilometers tomorrow to honour a ... Read more >

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India Oct 2006

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 | By shaz | Views [1254]

Just got back from my trip to India. You might wonder why I went back especially after the last time. Well I went to see the tigers. Apparantly there are loads of tigers in the Ranthambore National Park so off I went. Unfortunately the tigers are in ... Read more >

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Day 11

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [755] | Comments [1]

Today myself and Cathy are 4 years together! i woke up at 7am so excited and looked accross at Cathy deep in sleep and looking like a Buddhist in her orange liner covering her whole body and head, she looked beatuiful. checked the room - all crawlies ... Read more >

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Day 10

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [956] | Comments [1]

Woke at 7am and couldn't wait to get out of town. cold showered and checked out then headed for the train station which tankfully was only three minutes away. turned out we missed the 7:20 train! booked the next one out at 12:50 and walked to the most ... Read more >

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Road Rules, India

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [937]

HCC: The Lost Girls have been in northern India for just four days, and have already witnessed our first traffic accident. Frankly, we’re surprised we didn’t see a collision sooner, given the fact that mopeds, trucks, cabs, cows and elephants all share ... Read more >

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The Great Elephant Debate

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [807] | Comments [1]

HCC: When our tour guide, Sunil, told us riding an elephant was believed to be able to change my luck, I was all game. After all, For Me magazine, where my monthly column chronicling my on-the-road adventures was scheduled to appear, had closed after ... Read more >

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The Lost Girls Go to India

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [975]

ADP: After a whirlwind tour of Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, Brazil, the girls and I took a short hiatus in New York City to stock up on supplies, hang with friends and otherwise fortify ourselves for the next leg of the journey. We arrived in New ... Read more >

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Day 9

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [724] | Comments [1]

Left very early and took a taxi to Panaji hoping to take an delux bus to Hospet...not to be! Thomas are you listening??? Nothing going out that day except a local bus at 12:20. Met a lovely Dutch couple Ania and Vim, also taking the bus. We were just ... Read more >

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Day 8

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [690]

Oh a lovely nights sleep and what a view to wake up to - so exciting! A long lazy breaky overlooking the sea then off exploring. Once down on the beach - the Alcove is in the hill, the first person we met asked us if we wanted hash, this is the second ... Read more >

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Day 7

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [654]

Woke at 8:20 after a surprisingly excellent nights sleep. Cathy and Tamil slept on and Walter and i talked for hours. Walter, never met a Walter before and he just tickled me! Walter moved to Goa in the late sixties and happily lost himself to hippydom! ... Read more >

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Day 6 continued

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [614]

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 [194]

Story to come

Day 6

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 | By cathydee1 | Views [633] | 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 [629]

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 [621]

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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