India Travel Blogs

After leaving Jodhpur we landed at Ranakpur - a much greener lush place down in a valley. There were signs everywhere warning of leopards and I (Kate) admit to staring intently at the horizon just in case! The room we stayed in was pretty good apart from ...

A travel blog entry from Ranakpur and Udaipur by mills-mcshea
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... , legs, noses, and heads, flying, swimming, and saying no, monuments, temples, new friends, and rickshaw enemies, we will miss india, but i think 6 weeks in, and we're ready for a new challange, and hopefully more excitement, and less pain. goodbye india, ...

A travel blog entry from Sunderbans by mills-mcshea
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... this far through the blog. I hope you have found it informative and learnt a little about the vital work of WaterAid in India and how they are changing and saving lives. By continuing to support WaterAid we can give women like Champa hope for a healthier ...

A travel blog entry from Delhi and London by cemoore
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So off we head, on a bit of an expensive detour to Ranthambore National Park, allday traveling there, just for some tiger spotting, kate is all excited. unfortunatly the day it self was not covered in glory. firstly we found out the tour, guide,entry,jeep ...

A travel blog entry from Ranthambore National Park by mills-mcshea
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Today we were confined to the hotel because it is Holi, a Hindu religious festival of colour and paint. For the last week we have been receiving colours as we left villages in the lead up to Holi, so we were very excited about going out and playing Holi ...

A travel blog entry from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh by cemoore
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... it. There's kind of a wierd twist to our mentality here where back home you wouldn't trample on someone else's grave but here in India at the Taj we only seem to happy too whilst sharing this experience with a million other people..... Ok, a it's more of ...

A travel blog entry from Agra by mikeandmarisha
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... are friendly, which truthfully, is probably because the locals are all Tibetan. It was here that we sheltered from the rest of India while we organised tickets out of the place. Our original 20 weeks had turned into 3! But we decided to cut our losses ...

A travel blog entry from Mcleod Ganj by zee
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... flat space, i've flown over Oz and seen the African savannahs (ok, only on documentaries, but it still counts), but in India it's all cultivated. There are people everywhere. I think it's here that it actually hits you how crowded this country really is. ...

A travel blog entry from Amritsar by zee
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The Nilgiris: Avalanche Revisited Dec 2008 - Jan 2009 Tiger Sighting on New Years Day Some hasty last minute plans saw us on the road to Avalanche (pronounced Avalanchi) just after Christmas. Jagdeesan, our regular ...

A travel blog entry from Avalanche, Nilgiris District by indianature
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... it which does not appear to happen much in India. Fingers crossed for this one as it really is a beautiful oasis in India. We travelled only for about 1/2 hour before stopping and getting out to walk through a farmer's wheat crop before coming to a ...

A travel blog entry from Bijaipur Village by themurphys
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... to return to Leeds and find the right words to explain what we have seen and paint pictures for people who will never see the real India. Tonight we had a last meal in Delhi, and i finally got to wear my Sari (thank you Vinny) which was a gift from ...

A travel blog entry from Agra by cemoore
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Loved this place as we flew into breath taking scenary and beautiful sunshine.... shame we weren't stopping!! Off we go for our connecting flight to Columbo....

A travel blog entry from Chennai (Madras) by mikeandmarisha
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... sit down without attracting a crowd and were a little too tired to see the funny side! That night we went to the India-Pakistan border to watch the ceremonial closing of the gates. There were thousands of people all cheering and clapping and chanting as ...

A travel blog entry from Amritsar by mills-mcshea
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... off into the National Park for a 3 hour safari in open roofed troop carriers. We saw monkeys spotted deer and a few peacocks (India's national bird) but alas no Bengal tigers. Really none of us held out for even the slightest chance of spotting one as ...

A travel blog entry from Ranthambore National Park by themurphys
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... to a cultural centre in Delhi which had lots of colourfall stalls selling local handicrafts. Aided by Shilpla (WaterAid India) and her brilliant bartering we had a lovely evening shopping. Catching an internal flight this afternoon, which should be ...

A travel blog entry from Delhi by cemoore
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... somewhere over the ghat, lost in the smoke and sparks, when i was pulled back to the realities of traveling in modern india. i got angry and frustrated...i got quiet and withdrawn. i made some of the volunteers uneasy and others angry. i just didn't want ...

A travel blog entry from Varanasi by tofudan
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Our last visit of the trip was to another slum in Gwalior. The New Mehera Colony is part of the SESI project which we learnt about yesterday with Dr Singh. The slum was very different to yesterday's and seemed to be much less crowded and a bit cleaner. ...

A travel blog entry from New Merhera Colony, Gwalior by cemoore
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... isn't as hard as it used to be but my meals are still joyless tasks at the moment, a tragedy of epic proportions in india. i think that being sick while traveling, especially alone, is harder mentally than it is physically. or maybe that's true of all ...

A travel blog entry from Jodhpur by tofudan
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... but without a one Miss Bakshi.... Serves her right for a) not changing her name before we left and b) having a common surname in India (no offence Bakshi family, their words not mine). But like the true gentlemen Mike refused to go without his wife ( hee ...

A travel blog entry from Mumbai by mikeandmarisha
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AAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHH FIRSTLY FORGIVE THE CAPS, ON THIS KEYBOARD ONCE YOUR BIG, YOU STAY BIG. ANYWAY WE ARE HERE, SPENT SO LONG TALKING ABOUT IT, THAT I STILL DONT THINK THAT IT HAS SUNK IN. ARE ALIVE, AND WELL FOR THE MOMENT, IF NOT VERY WET BEHIND THE ...

A travel blog entry from DELHI by mills-mcshea
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... then gave a short presentation on behalf of the supporters visit. Translated by Dr Singh, we discussed our impressions of WaterAid India and the fantastic work which we have been privileged to see. We also talked the important role of hygiene education - ...

A travel blog entry from Gwalior by cemoore
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Pushkar - the holy (and hippy) city We arrive in Pushkar and are pleased to know that the centre can only be explored by foot - hooray! We can use our legs and not worry about getting knocked over by a passing car or rickshaw. Unfortunately, cows and ...

A travel blog entry from Pushkar by mikeandmarisha
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It is a great realisation that what we are doing really does make a difference. Since the first day in Mudhkheda I have been struggling to see how anything and everything we've seen could even begin to help Champa and the others like her in the village. ...

A travel blog entry from Morenaa District, Madhya Pradesh by cemoore
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Delhi - Bakshi family visit - Part 1 Too short but very sweet! One last and longer than expected journey to Delhi finds us at the end of our little adventure with Mintu our driver. After a hug and a generous tip for keeping us safe, he drops us off ...

A travel blog entry from Delhi by mikeandmarisha
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... Office Manager and learnt more about our programme for the next week. I think everyone is nervous about tomorrow and going to see the non intervention village, but having seen unreal wealthy side of India this afternoon I am keen to see "real" India.

A travel blog entry from Gwalior by cemoore
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Jumped off the raft yesterday at 2.45, rickshaw to the bus stand, and then stright on a 7 hour bus to Delhi. i have a theroy that indian people must have callouses on the bottom to put up with this kind of tourture, it's much worse than those pesky ...

A travel blog entry from Delhi by mills-mcshea
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... by a 4 hour bus journey, and made it with allot of luck. Mum just in case your glad we're on trains now, India railways have the most collisions in the world every year. The journey up through the Mountains to Dharamsala on a very crowded bus was a little ...

A travel blog entry from Dharamsala by mills-mcshea
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... , is the Political Consultant for the Israeli embassy. There were about 45 people at the Seder--- Jews from all over the world.... India, Israel, Italy, the US, UK, and one man from Bogota, Columbia! The Seder was conducted in both Hebrew, and (accented) ...

A travel blog entry from Rishikesh by rachel_jodie
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Moving on from Bikaner, sore, kate with a slightly raw nose from the sun, and the feeling that our budget for india, may have been greatly underestimated. next stop Jodhpur, or the blue city. we had a brief stop on the way at the rat temple, where there ...

A travel blog entry from Jodhpur by mills-mcshea
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... role in the work and their pride in the changes was abundant. We were presented with a beautiful scroll, which thanked WaterAid India, from the left and right of their heart for their work in the village, and promises that they will spread the messages ...

A travel blog entry from Theh Village - Shivpuri District - Madhya Prahesh by cemoore
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