Vijayawada
Travel Blogs from Vijayawada, India
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Volunteer Work in India
... class is a big issue in India, as the people we were building houses for were called the Dalits (or untouchables of India.) There was even a hierarchy amongst the two villages we were helping, which was apparent in the way they dressed, the size of ...
Finally....
... place, where it cost us 16 rupees before he fitted the exhaust back in place - and didn't charge us! We carried on into Vijayawada - with some relief and it was great to catch up with two other teams, Midlifecrisis and She's A Goa, and hear about ...
feelin' festive
Got VIP treatment at the Kalika Durga temple in Vijayawada, perhaps because we were the first Westerners they'd ever seen! We got to cut in the 100 rupee line, for free, and only had to wait about 5 minutes to reach the inner sanctum when some people must ...
Die perfekte Fahrt / The pefect ride
... buyed immediately. The very few sight was spottet quickly and so it couldt go on already. Normally impossible in India, today it was possible on the way to Vijayawada: to drive 500km in one day! But a perfectly Highway, an easy traffic and sound in the ...
Vijayawada
A place on the delta of Southern India's largest river. First impression - not impressed. Lasting impression - a place not to return to. ...
Patrick's account of Indian schools
... six weeks of 24/7 seemed like a very good idea. Becky and Hannah have had a very frustrating time - they were stuck in Vijayawada for a long time because of floods and the election problems. When they finally got to their campus they had very little work ...
En Route
The trip to Delhi took about 45 hours and apperantly, foreigners don't take the train for such a long distance, they fly. It was an okay trip - Reena and I had our own berths (just a padded bunk amongst a bunch of other bunks - no private ...
Day 9
Lost
Last post for awhile
This might be my last post here in India. I've donated my US to India adapter to the Doctor's house, and our last power strip with conversion capabilities is being left here as well. So we'll be leaving here in an hour or so to another place called ...
Overnight in Vijay
... the night before we’d have happily been half way to Bhubaneswar by now. The train journey was uneventful. We arrived in Vijayawada 8 hours later, it was pretty quiet around the place. We found a hotel (not very clean with funny stench) and went out ...
Preparations in Mori
Hop off the bus and get to work! We had breakfast, a quick tour of the campus, then we went to a house dedication in the village. This was a very interesting experience. After racing through the village in the school bus, we hopped off and wandered into ...
Vijayawada
... would be taken close to the village of Guntur (90mins away) to visit some of the religious attractions around Vijayawada. The following morning after taking advantage of the complimentary breakfast (consisting of omelet, toast, fresh ...
Wednesday-Friday
... we've done here. Thanks for all the comments, everyone! Good to hear from family back home while I am here in India. I haven't been updating this thing these past couple of days, as we've been getting home late from whirlwind experiences visiting ...
Back @ Guntur...
Hello daar in t westen! tijd voor een nieuwe update... We zijn intussen terug in Guntur gearriveerd. Een beetje vroeger als gepland... Omdat we de laatste week in Pedapatnam echt veel te weinig moesten gaan werken (de laatste dagen omwille van de ...
Tuesday- More Training
Not much new happened today. More assemblies, training sessions. This time we were able to spend an hour with about 12 of the schoolchildren. They caught on very quickly and had a lot of fun playing with their pictures. The staff learned a little more ...
Visiting the school at Suryapet
In the morning we visited their school AVV High School. We had a lot of fun at the school - nobody was remotely interested in us - they just loved meeting the children, particularly Jake. Patrick disappeared at break time and apparently a big group ...
Monday-
... , and the school building is four stories high. The campus is one of the nicest places in this remote area of Eastern India. There are three main facilities here: The Riverside School holds classes for about 370 children from the area. Many of them are ...
Guntur
hello, even voor ik naar mn dorpje vertrek nog een snelle entry... ja ik zit dus nogaltijd niet in mn dorpje... hier volgt de uitleg: We hebben dus met vijven de trein genomen van nagpur naar guntur, met het plan dat er 3 naar nellore zouden gaan en ...
Bad timing strikes again.
... also means that most of the trains are fully booked. We have no choice but to break up the journey to Hyderabad by stopping off in Vijayawada. Although this city was not part of our plan, it is not a great setback to spend a night here as there are a few ...
machilipatnam - manginapudi beach - pedapatnam
... van de fotograaf hebben mogen kijken naar de zon... tot zover onze 10min beroemdheid hier in india. Dan zijn we van zaterdagavond tot maadagochtend naar Vijayawada geweest. Een van mn favoriete steden tot nu toe. heel rustig dagje gehad met zitten ...
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