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Wed, 13 Sep 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [3477] | 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 [737] | 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 [947] | 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 [2844] | 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 [1319] | 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 [1477] | 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 [2569] | 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 [580]
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 [530]
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
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 | By lauramc | Views [503]
July 31, 2006 I realized since writing my journal about Varanasi....the people here are so poor and have had so much suffering over the centuries...if they didn't believe in something-- be it the holy Ganges river, karma, reincarnation or whatever--... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Sat, 29 Jul 2006 | By lauramc | Views [921]
July 26, 2006 My environment changed dramatically today. I came from Leh, the laid-back northern town where very few people hassled or hustled me, where the pace was slow, the weather was hot but dry in the daytime and very chilly at night. Now I'm ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Fri, 28 Jul 2006 | By brentoc | Views [635] | Comments [1]
So, ive just got back to Delhi after a while up near the Inidan Himalayas. I think it was almost 2 weeks, but its hard to know really? i spent a bit over a week in a little town called Vashist, near Manali, in the foothills of the Himalayas. We found ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Fri, 28 Jul 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [1046] | Comments [3]
Woke up the day we were to leave Mussoorie with the remains of a chest cold, and my best friend, Mr. Runs. With an hour long taxi ride and 6 hour bus ride to Chandigarh, I wasn't going to take any chances, so on top of the Mefloquine, I added some stoppers ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Fri, 28 Jul 2006 | By smelt_and_gizzard | Views [959] | Comments [2]
I turned 28 in Mussoorie, a decaying raj-era himalayan hillstation. The first thing I saw after awakening that day was a giant long-legged spider who had been living web-wise behind our hotel's heavy emerald curtains. It's auspicious, I'm told. Certainly ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
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