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Lucknow Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Lucknow, India
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A bit of luck in Lucknow
This is a top pick! ... , and a long and thankful goodbye to our host, and our eventful evening came to a close. Our lasting impression of Lucknow was definitely a good one: enthusiastic hospitality, delicious food, and a brush with Royalty – you can’t go wrong ...
Sleeepy.....
This is a top pick! ... entire way....!! nearly missed our stop, found a room close by then went off to get some pictures developed and explore a little, saw Lucknow at its most modern - see the pics, and also saw the Lucknow where we didn't dare take pictures - where we ...
Lucknow, don’t come here it’s not a ni
... plan was we had a 6 hour bus ride from Agra to Lucknow and a 5 hour train trip from Lucknow to Varanasi 2 days later. Like almost everything in India nothing ever goes to plan, because this is the most disorganised chaotic overcrowded country in the ...
Kathak........
... and a British girl who are part of a group of 8 or 9 Americans and Brits studying Urdu at an Urdu language institute here in Lucknow. Class meets three times a week, which is a bit intense, but I'm enjoying it. The only downside is that our teacher, who ...
Lucknow : The Land of Kababs!
... foods and also to experience the part of old city that still preserve the authentic lakhnavi adab. A typical day in Lucknow starts with Nihari-Kulche, a mutton/beef dish which cooked over-night to get the aroma and exceptional tenderness. This ...
Visiting Moses and Nirmaan Bharati
I first met Moses Prashant Rao, Executive Director of Nirmaan Bharati (NB) in Lucknow, India at the MicroCredit Summit in Bali. I instantly appreciated this warm and charismatic individual who was kind enough to go out of his way to ...
Kebabs and mosques in Lucknow
... impressionnants, surtout la tombe qui a au 2ème étage un labyrinthe de couloirs à explorer avec une lampe torche. Après Lucknow, on a eu une longue journée de bus pour Gorakhpur. Le lendemain on a pris un bus jusqu’à la ville ...
First Week in Lucknow
... . The shop was much smaller than I expected, just one little room, and was filled with fantastic-looking books, many about Lucknow and its history. When we entered, we were greeted by an smiling gray-haired man with a beard who was ...
Life in Lucknow...First Impressions
... in the U.S., where there is a relatively limited number of types and sizes of vehicles on the road, Lucknow's roads (and most roads in India) are fair game for bicycles, cycle rickshaws, auto rickshaws, scooters, motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, and ...
Next stop: change your freaking pants
The train was long and the visits to the toilet numerous. Descending from a cramped upper berth in sleeper class to prevent one from shitting oneself at regular intervals was not fun. The toilet to the left was a squatter, meaning I had to go through the ...
Exploring My Neighborhood
... overcome with tiredness and had to take a nap! In the afternoon, Sharon came over and we went to the National Book Fair in Lucknow. I had gone with my landlady and her daughter on Thursday after work, but there were so many stalls to see and so many ...
TV and room service baby
Sitting half way between Agra and Varanasi, Lucknow made a an enjoyable stop on our way across the state of Uttar Pradesh... We'd like to say because of the wonderful sites, however after a cold and sleepless overnight train journey, we spent the day ...
Janam Din Mubarak Ho means Happy Birthday in Hindi
... was my birthday, marking my "official" entry into my mid-twenties. Although I was excited to celebrate my birthday in India, I welcomed the day somewhat reluctantly since this was the first birthday I've spent out of the U.S., away from those of you who ...
Visit to MicroSave India
I met with Namrata Sharma - Senior Knowedge Specialist and briefly with Madhurantika Moulick - Financial Systems Specialist of MicroSave ...
Lucknow
... integral pero muy sabroso. Aqui conocimos a un chico que trabaja en saudia arabia, pero que es hindu y estaba de vacaciones en lucknow. El nos estuvo contando muchas cosas y gracias a el nos enteramos de como funcionaba el sitio. Despues de esto nos ...
Lucknow ... not for us
... were working everywhere .... there was always something to look at or photograph ..... in fact never a dull moment.... our arrival in Lucknow was a bit disheartening, no rooms to be had anywhere?? we couldnt believe it at this time of year when its so ...
Not So Lucky in Lucknow
... our tuk tuk with us as it was on his way home and took us to the hotel we'd earmarked to stay in. Apparently Lucknow doesn't have an abundance of hotels where foreigners are welcome to stay because it's not somewhere that is usually on the tourist trail ...
Przystanek po drodze do Mumbaju
1 noc spedzona w hotelu w oczekiwaniu na pociag. Update: Fotki ...
My Life is Like...Whoa
... on my blog entries, I've uploaded a short video that I created to show the other AJWS fellows a little about my life in Lucknow during our recent midpoint retreat in Mumbai/Thailand (don't worry...I'm working on a blog entry about the trip that will be ...
Riding the Rails, Part II
... quite comfortable, and I realized that the on-the-train part of the journey was probably the easiest. Our train pulled into the Lucknow Station early on Monday morning. We waited for coolies to come onto the train and help us carry our bags. ...
A day on an Indian bus, to Lucknow
... station for a couple of mins and said bye to driver 1, we set off again and got stuck in traffic for nearly 2 hours. We arrived in Lucknow at about 08:20 after 10 hours to do about 220 Miles, average 22 MPH, even slower than the trains. Not sure we will ...
Yoga, with a Twist
... adventures on our search for a class...The first adventure on our yoga quest took place this last week... On Tuesday, 10/2, India celebrated Gandhi's Birthday, a national holiday here, and so we had the day off from work. Sharon decided to call a ...
Lucknow and Diwali!
... what we did that day, since everything was quite disorganized (standard Priyanshu). We spent a lot of time driving around Lucknow and visiting various family members of Priyanshu and eating a lot of sweets. There were so many firecrackers ...
Crossing the border into India
... how my mother would tolerate the ride, laughing to myself. About another 3 hours later we entered the outskirts of Lucknow, which were congested with traffic. We weaved our way through and started to pass larger and larger buildings, then large ...
3 days in Lucknow
... . Gotam showed us how to eat it with our hands, adding a little fresh onion and lime juice. Delicious. Since we arrived in Lucknow, we'd seen many large billboards, banners and signs with the portrait of a woman and a photo of a large building. We ...
Lucknow
... to seeing the Residency, the scene of the infamous Siege of Lucknow in 1857. So far, I like the look of this city. Lucknow has a long Muslim past, and some of the mosques here are most impressive. I couldn't help noticing though, that many people fixed ...
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