Destination: India

Tarapith

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Views [1930]

  Tarapith The flight from Dibrugarh stopped in Dimapur, Nagaland before continuing on to Kolkata.   From the plane window I could see lush green forested hills broken only by a few villages/towns with brown roads and waterways. Rivers ... Read more >

Photos: Tarapith - Goddess Pilgrimage Site

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Photo Gallery

News articles in Assam Sept. 22-28

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Views [797]

Highlights from Assam Newspaper articles over the past few days (Sept 22-28,2013): I thought I’d share some of the main stories from the newspapers and broadcasts over the past few days to give you a sense of what the region and country is ... Read more >

On second thought, Kolkata

Sun, 29 Sep 2013 | By tjrossi | Views [901]

To the uninitiated Kolkata seems a city of pure chaos.  At least that was my first impression.     Every type of transport jockeys for position on narrow streets with little or no pavements.  To get from A to B on foot you experience ... Read more >

Tags: beggars, culture shock, india, kolkata, rickshaw, traffic

Arrival in Kolkata

Sun, 29 Sep 2013 | By tjrossi | Views [742] | Comments [1]

Arriving in Kolkata at around 1am in the morning wasn't as daunting as I had expected.  I had met up with Ray on the plane; an Australian planning a cycle trip of northern India.  After waiting for quite some time for our bags we went outside ... Read more >

Tags: airport, india, kolkata, taxi

Photos: Rishikesh

Sun, 29 Sep 2013 | By ruthandklas | Photo Gallery

Magical Rishikesh

Sun, 29 Sep 2013 | By ruthandklas | Views [705]

(We got off to a false start this morning for the Annapurna trek because the contents of my backpack got drenched - twice! Dam you fake Nepalese camelbak, why did you have to explode! Currently drying out my gear but the good news is we can update the ... Read more >

Photos: Namphake

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Photo Gallery

Namphake

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Views [1968]

Namphake  Today I had the good fortune to visit a small Tai Phaki Buddhist monastery in Namphake, a small village which has the largest population of Tai Phaki people in the country.  There are only 70 families and about 600 people living ... Read more >

Tea Research Institute

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Views [2498]

  Tea Research Institute   ( www.tocklai.net ) When I mentioned that I was interested in learning more about tea production, Pradip said he knew of a place I might be able to visit.   We arrived completely unannounced at ... Read more >

Photos: Tea Research Institute

Sat, 28 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Photo Gallery

Photos: Sivasagar

Fri, 27 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Photo Gallery

Majuli

Fri, 27 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Views [1443]

Majuli  The road from Jorhat to the ferry for Majuli passes by miles and miles of rice and tea fields.   I also saw people fishing in what looked like lily ponds in the middle of the rice fields and in their water-soaked front yards.... Read more >

Guwahati - Jorhat

Fri, 27 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Views [899]

  Guwahati – Jorhat     When the doors to the plane opened in Guwahati I was almost overcome by the heat and humidity. It had been warm in Delhi, but nothing like the sense of melting away the Northeast created. I’... Read more >

Photos: Majuli

Fri, 27 Sep 2013 | By krodin | Photo Gallery