Destination: India

The Trip to Delhi

Thu, 6 Jul 2006 | By lauramc | Views [366]

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

High Tea in Darjeeling

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [2938] | 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

Diving into Delhi

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 | By craigandsimon | Views [5707] | 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

Gallery: India

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 | By craigandsimon | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Himachal Pradesh

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 | By kev_desilva | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Bodh Gaya

Wed, 31 May 2006 | By kev_desilva | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Delhi

Wed, 3 May 2006 | By kev_desilva | Photo Gallery

Darjeeling Roadblock

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 | By leelefever | Views [474]

(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

Gallery: Pondicherry

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Trichy

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Photo Gallery

Flight to Thailand

Wed, 1 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Views [501]

I discovered about 8 hours before I fly to Thailand that a visa for more than 30 days has to be obtained from the Thai consulate before departure. Well, I had a ticket for more than 30 days but it was too late to get a visa from the consulate, 8 hours ... Read more >

Tags: Airports

Calcutta

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 | By doherty1957 | Views [519]

I like Calcutta, the first place Ihave liked since Hampi. The people are friendly here and the bars and restaurants are nice. Not nice enough tomake me stay in India though, tonight I leave for Thailand. I've been nearly 4 monthsin India, more than enough ... Read more >

Tags: Airports

A motorway in India

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 | By doherty1957 | Views [1798]

I forgot to mention that in the taxi from Visakhapatnam we travelled along a motorway, the first one I have seen in India. The motorway had two lanes in each direction with a concrete border seperating the different directions. Rather than drive in the ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Andra Pradesh

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 | By doherty1957 | Views [913] | Comments [2]

After a couple of nights in Chennai I caught the train to Vijayawada which was a rather relaxed place at the mouth of the Kishna river. There wasn't much there apart from temples, which hold no further interest to me, and so after a couple of days I caught ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

The beggars of Pondicherry

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 | By doherty1957 | Views [697]

They're totally unprofessional, if there were a professional body I would report them. On numerous ocassions, and I have only been here 4 days, I have come across beggars eating who will interrupt their meal to hold out their hand to me for money whilst ... Read more >

Tags: Culture