Pune
Travel Blogs from Pune, India
BBQ Shapes!
... that we came in every day to eat too (being the only whities there!). It's a strange town, Pune. It's supposed to be the next IT centre of India after Bangalore. There is the contrast of the desperately poor wandering the streets and the usual other ...
Stress be gone!
... visited the internationally renowned Kaivalyadham Yoga Institute. We toured the campus- completely clean, verdant, and well-groomed. I notice in India that where there’s a will (and some money) there’s a way to keep things clean. Otherwise ...
Getting schooled
Today we visited children in an orphanage, a school, and a shelter throughout Pune and its surrounding rural area. The orphanage, called Save Our Schools (SOS) village, is divided into 20 small cottages (10 children and one "mother" to each cottage). The ...
Missed Out
... was double our usual amount. Fuck me it was an expensive town. It is also meant to be the new silicon valley of India after Bangalore. Well, the city did have a slightly different feel, there was a supermarket with Tim Tams, BBQ Shapes and other Aussie ...
Buddhist caves and a wild ride
Yesterday was a blast! Hopefully I'll have my pics from yesterday and the day before loaded soon- the computers here are making it difficult/impossible. By the way, as I’m writing this the lights just went out for a minute- this happens regularly ...
last hurrah in Pune
I sit here the night before leaving for Cochin relieved to have at least temporarily solved my camera problems- neither of the two business center computers nor my friend's laptop will recognize my camera, although this hadn’t been an issue ...
Freezing in India
... a bus to Aga Khan Palace where Gandhi and his wife Kasturba were imprisoned after Gandhi had begun the Quit India movement in 1942 (civil disobedience movement for independence from Britain). During her imprisonment there Kasturba passed away, apparently ...
Live from Pune, India!!
... have missed out on the booming specialty coffee market so far, because they have always sold they're coffee as "coffee from India" Instead, in the specialty market, the roaster and the consumer quite often want to know exactly what region the coffee they ...
Monsoon Magic
After a few days in the intense heat and humidity of Bangkok, I was worried about stepping into the monsoon season in India. Luckily, the temperature was actually pleasant when i landed into Hyderabad airport. My uncle picked me up from the airport and we ...
Chaos and Curries
... and managed to shake him off) Now that we have finished our cathartic vent, let us move on to the more charming aspects of India! Before mentioning specific places, let me tell you about the food. We both love Indian food at home but here everything is so ...
Coconut Puja
Ever since I had heard my friend Greg talked about the “Indian christening” he partook in while working in India I’ve been hoping for some new equipment to be installed at work. The ceremony I speak of involves smashing ...
Back to Goa
... just to start getting familiar with the process of buying land. Of course, I cannot be sure of the physical location (thinking about India, US, or South America for starters), but I feel more confident that I (and partners) can create this kind of space. ...
a fine day in Pune
... because she was in a panic but they were able to talk her into staying. On a lighter note she said that all of India is following the wedding plans of Aishwarya Rai and Abishek Bachan. They were able to do some sort of ceremony that removed the ...
Jejuri
Just like Tarkarli, I was planning to go to Jejuri from a long time. Jejuri is located on Pune-Baramati Road and the distance form Pune is 40kms. It is well connected with the public transport and the road is also very good. You can catch any bus from ...
Mumbai to Pune and back again
... traffic approached. In the end though we arrived in one piece with new knowledge such as the popularity of Harry Potter throughout India. You learn something new every day! Also we now know that we need to book train tickets in advance. This second piece ...
Marooned!
Well I have done some strange things in my time but this really has to be up there with the best of them. One minute i'm on a plane talking to middle aged travellers who have just finished their golden triangle tour 5 star style and the next I am dressed ...
Ganesh and Me
... book reading, and the occasional meal. A friend convinced me to see a doctor on Tuesday afternoon and so I had my first India medical experience. The doctor's office was right outside Brahma and I was carted over on motorbike. She was described to ...
slow day in Pune and the beef
Yesterday I had a massage with a therapist from New York. We had a great conversation and he said that it was fun talking to an american especially for humor and jokes. Most people don't get our humor, he said. He told me things about ...
Pune, India -first weeks of shooting
... to a temple site on a hill outside the city which was quite beautiful. There were about 4 temples on the site. A man from northern India insisted on me taking a picture with him, then with him mother, then with his wife, then with him mother and him and ...
Yllattava junamatka
Oli tarkoitus matkata kohti Punea monen pysahdyksen kautta, mutta jalleen suunnitelmat muuttuivat. Kavelimme Gogarnalla aamun raikkaudessa Om rannan paahan, josta nousimme tielle ja tappelimme riksan itsellemme. Olimme kayneet matkatoimistoissa ja ...
Ajanta, Ellora, and Lonar
... will be my last. Whereas in the US the buses are usually the slowest and most cautious drivers, the opposite is true in India. I've been taking government buses, which are cheap and the stations are easy to find (finding the right bus is another story). ...
Settling in...
... main platform held the DJ and the 3rd platform was supposed to be for us, the fire performers. But of course, since this is India, there was absolutely no order, and the last platform was packed with people as well. The moving party with literally tens of ...
tarina jatkuu
Odotimme siis isantaamme useita tunteja, mutta aikamme ei kaynyt pitkaksi, silla meita viihdyttivat milloin koulupojat (talon emanta oli hindin kielen opettaja ja antoi kotonaan opetusta muutamille koululaisille) ja milloin palvelija kysymyksillaan. ...
Day 5-6: Pune, spirituality and B52s
... Memorial museum at the Aga Khan Palace. This is the place where Gandhi was jailed by the British after delivering is "Quit India" speech in Mumbai in 1942. He was interned there along with his wife Kasturba, his secretary Mahadoebhai Desai and others ...
Pah...
Pune... Military police, rubbish food, poor chai, aggressive locals, drugged up yoga students, ... Outa here. On the way out we got a tuk tuk man to take us to a few of the sights. One of the old ruins was 5r for Indians, 100r for tourists. ...
german bakery again (in Pune)
... I sort of could find my way if I had to. I am trying to figure out why it is hard to paint a picture of India. On the one hand everything here is different. The architecture, the roads, the traffic, the way of ...
Isannan luona Punessa
Nyt istun isantaperheemme tyohuoneen lattialla, jossa myos nukuimme ohkaisilla patjoilla. Keittiossa soi alttarilaulu, joka on koko ajan sama kappale ja palvelia haaraa ympariinsa tata kolmen huoneen kerrostalo asuntoa. Soimme asken aamupalaksi vaaleaa ...
Posh Pune
... of India we've been to so far. We found the cheapest place in town but it was still the most we'd paid anywhere in India. We could only think it was commutable to Mumbai from here....and Mumbai has some of the most expensive real estate in the world. Our ...
Movin'on ...and on...
... and somewhat violated I eventually arrived back in Mumbai. This time I stayed at the Sea Lord Hotel. This is immediately below the India Guest House, as mentioned in Shantaram. It was as I checked in here I met Julie, a 39yo fellow Sydneysider. She ...


