Pune, India Travel Blogs

BBQ Shapes!
Feb 12, 2006 (1 photos)

... 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 things ...

Missed Out
Feb 14, 2006 (1 photos)

... 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 ...

Live from Pune, India!!
Jan 14, 2006

... 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
Jul 17, 2006 (10 photos)

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
May 3, 2009 (20 photos)

... 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 ...

The Armani of Ashrams
Jan 20, 2009 (8 photos)

... weirdy-beardy in their midst havig sex with all the white women, and he was sent back to India for breaking immigration rules. The Ashram in Pune is mega plush, described as the Armani of Ashrams and is absolutely chokka with middle aged Americns (90% ...

Stress be gone!
Jul 12, 2009 (8 photos)

... 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 the ...

Coconut Puja
Sep 25, 2009 (3 photos)

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 ...

bare yete -- see you later, Jamkhed
Jan 29, 2006 (1 photos)

... railway station this afternoon and split up. About half went on to a train to Mumbai, others flew to other parts of India, while I stayed behind in Pune for a night. There's only so much movement I can take in one day. Goodbyes were sad and gentle -- most ...

a fine day in Pune
Feb 1, 2007 (8 photos)

... 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
Oct 2, 2008 (71 photos)

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 Pune ...

Mumbai to Pune and back again
Mar 18, 2009 (14 photos)

... 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 ...

Ganesh and Me
Aug 27, 2009

... , 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 me as ...

Getting schooled
Jul 10, 2009 (12 photos)

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 ...

slow day in Pune and the beef
Feb 2, 2007

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
Nov 11, 2006 (10 photos)

... 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 his ...

Settling in...
Sep 23, 2006 (2 photos)

... 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 ...

Day 5-6: Pune, spirituality and B52s
Nov 21, 2006 (4 photos)

... 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 from ...

german bakery again (in Pune)
Jan 31, 2007

... 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 dressing,& ...

Buddhist caves and a wild ride
Jul 11, 2009 (10 photos)

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 ...

Movin'on ...and on...
Nov 4, 2004

... 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 was ...

De Aurangabad a Bijapur, via Pune et Solapur
Apr 9, 2009 (8 photos)

... route! manque de bol, dans tous les bus, il y a un rideau voir un mur qui ferme l avant du bus :(  Arrive a Pune, on  sest vite rendu compte que nous etions dans une ville fournaise en pleine expansion, on a esaye de choper un train pour partir ...

Pune visit
Apr 14, 2006 (6 photos)

... little business. The return flight from Pune to Mumbai was sold out and our driver agreed to drive us to Mumbai. When we left the office, there was a festival going on for a past leader in India so we were slowed a little by parade and other activities.

Pune
Apr 10, 2006

Our next stop after Bijapur is Matheran but it's too long a journey for one day so we broke it up with an overnight stop here.

Marriage indien : Harsh et Arpita
Nov 25, 2007 (41 photos)

Bon, je me suis pressé un peu pour être au mariage d'un copain à Pune à temps.  Harshawardhan Nene (surnommé Harsh ou Harsha vu son nom impronoçable) est indien et il était dans ma classe à ...

Le "spa"
Jun 24, 2008 (3 photos)

Donc j'avais parle d'une seance au "spa" de Captain. Ca fait du bien un massage mais je dois vous dire qu'ici, les Indiens n'utilisent pas l'huile juste pour que ca glisse, je pense qu'ils se disent que c'est bon pour la peau parce qu'ils en mettent en ...

Premiere journee dans les bureaux
Jun 2, 2008

... . Je pense que cette journee fut bonne pour moi. J'ai pu visiter d'autres quartiers qui m'ont montrer d'autres facettes de Pune. Petit moment magique ce matin en attendant que Cyril passe nous chercher... En face de l'hotel, il y a une genre de ...

phone call with Usha 1/4
Jan 4, 2005

... friend Pete as well. I like the idea of having travel companions and I especially wanted Christopher to have an experience of seeing India. I separate in my mind the Lariam reaction (because that is what I believe it to be) and the experience of India. ...

Hello Pune!
Jul 25, 2008

... It's home to many of the call centers we're so familar with --you know when you call your credit card company and someone from India answers the phone. As a result a lot of people of disposable income. Lots of shopping here! I don't have pictures to post ...

L'hotel
Jun 1, 2008

Bon, l'hotel... On nous avait parler de la grande hospitalite des Indiens et bien, pour le moment, on repassera... Les gars ici parle pas trop anglais et ne sont pas particulierement invitant... On dirait presqu'on les derange... L'hotel est assez ...