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Travel Blogs from India
Bedbugs and saints
This is a top pick! ... old-fashioned Portuguese vibe about it. Some of the streets resembled Lisbon or Havana more than the views we were accustomed to in India. We also made the trip to Old Goa where we saw the somewhat dessicated body of St. Francis Xavier, who died ...
Shopping!
This is a top pick! Yes, the plan was to go to Red Fort and the mosque and maybe the big Islam monument Qutub Minar, south of Delhi. Instead I went shopping. Red Fort, as I suspected, was red and fort-ish and getting to it involved walking across a busy road. The mosque ...
Are we having fun yet?!
This is a top pick! ... more, we were soon ambushed by a bunch of young, over-enthusiastic guys demanding to know which hotel we wanted to stay in (in India, if anyone accompanies or leads you to a hotel they get paid commission and your room rate goes up to cover this). Why ...
Bus over Kunzum La
This is a top pick! Note to self: don't fall asleep on a Himalayan bus. When you are woken by the desperate honking of the horn, your first thought is, "Oh my God, I'm going to DIE!" That is all. ...
Last day in India and first day on my own again
This is a top pick! ... I basically forced my way into. Here is an excerpt from an email my Mom sent about her impressions of India: Scrambled thoughts at 33,0000 feet Returning from the Indian subcontinent is a journey through time. I will be catapulted ...
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Francoise vs Dirk [trek day 3]
This is a top pick! Alright, Francoise's husband, here you have it: Got up at silly o'clock for a chilly toilet trip, totally worth it for the incredible view of the stars. Like, wow! Morning routine as usual - wake earlier than I'd like, read, pack, breakfast, water dance, ...
Back we go
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Raj hill station
This is a top pick! ... keen to talk to us..especially about England. Shimla is a popular destination for weekend breaks from Dehli and honeymooners from all over India. We discovered that it was the 'wedding season' and many of those with whom we chatted were part of a wedding ...
Cup of Tea anyone
This is a top pick! ... took six hours to get here by bus and we stayed at JJ Cottage which is in our guide book. Munnar is the Tea capital of India and if my family were here I'm sure they would drink the place dry!! Munnar has great scenery and amazing views but by 8pm we ...
Relaxing, eating and some more relaxing
This is a top pick! ... followed 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 ...
Monkeying around
This is a top pick! Rudely woken at 5.30am by what sounded like someone beating a sheet of metal with a stick. Turned out to be monkeys on the roof. They are everywhere - the males grinding their teeth at each other and getting the dogs all excited, the smaller females ...
Our passage to India
This is a top pick! ... in Pondicherry being the major exceptions. By the 1800's with the decline of the Mughals, and rising trade, India effectively came entirely under British control. British rule brought many mixed blessings, better infrastructure, economic development, and ...
First Light, New Delhi
This is a top pick! A musical whistle wakes me at 5 am. There it is again, a brief, bright motif of half a dozen notes a few blocks over. Some peddlar selling papers or something? It comes a few more times, receding. I lie awake for an hour letting my mind wander, then ...
My Name is Khan
This is a top pick! ... and Bollywood are analogous to baseball and Hollywood in the US, but more so. They are national passions, obsessions. Along with India-Pakistan relations, they provide the bulk of the news material here (South African trouncing India in a test match is ...
Learning curve
This is a top pick! Ate meat. Couldn't resist. In my defense the French dude on the next table was eating it and it was sizzling hot when it arrived. I guess we'll see how my stomach deals with it, though in fairness I'm less worried about the meat than the bug I fished out ...
big fort, awe inspiring.
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Agra and the Taj!
This is a top pick! We left the hotel at 6am to catch the train to Agra- a 3 hour trip in 2nd class seats. good trip with Chai (spicy milk tea) coming through the carriage at 10 minute intervals and then even a trolley with omelletes or "fried suprise" (croquets of some ...
The Goecha La Trek to Kangchendzonga
This is a top pick! TREK SUMMARY Recommended? Yes, very highly. The trekkers: Nickie, Phil (UK) & Barry McBride (Ireland), also Ravi & Kelly ( UK, different group but in sync with us) Our local team: Guide - Pema Lepcha; Cook - Deependra; Porter - Prem Rai; Porter ...
Cochin
This is a top pick! The bus ride to Kochi was a seven hour nightmare and we have decided that any journey which takes longer than 4 hours will be done by train from now on. We go straight to the fort side and stay at a small guest house called Wilson's. It would have ...
Short and sweet - WOW, I'm in Nepal!
This is a top pick! We had a very uncomfortable, 10 hour bus ride from Varanasi to the border. But a short walk and a $30 visa later, we were in Nepal. As with every border town, Sonauli is a complete shithole. Our hotel room was a massive rip off. Horrible place. Only ...
Short but not sweet
This is a top pick! ... it unpleasant. Whilst wandering we came across a bridge and looked over too see kiddies playing in filth, as you do a lot in India. Their little shanty dwellings were on the banks of the Sabarmati river. I saw an old guy squatting at the river's edge ...
The Relaxing Tentacles of Udaipur
This is a top pick! ... and enjoyed relaxing by the lake - a lot. But it was time for Udaipur to release us from her gentle embrace. The rest of India was calling. The only stain on my Udaipur memory is the ass touching man that David punched in the arm. Lots of men came ...
Bank woes, or how I miss my first Himalayan sunset
This is a top pick! ... you. I know I'm trying to get money out!! That's the problem. Also, what's the point ringing me at home when I'm blatantly in India? El Stupido. The end result was I wasted money, got pissed off, got stared at by some men, and missed a great sunset. Not ...
Mad Dogs and Englishmen [trek day 6]
This is a top pick! ... . Francoise, Katryn and I took ourselves up the road to look in the little stalls. Pretty much the same as anywhere in India - foodstuffs and hanging sachets of shampoo and betel nut. Down a side track we watched women gathering peas and Francoise and I ...
The Half Century!!
This is a top pick! ... ! (Poms - you should remember this number one hit from summer 2005!) I had heard so many different stories about India including robberies, illnesses, diseases and a whole host of other horrible experiences I was afraid I wouldn't like it. They ...
Akbar's City
This is a top pick! I foolishly thought I'd try and get a good night's rest before having to get up at 4am to get the 5am bus out of Khajuraho which would take us to Jhansi then we'd get a train on to Agra to meet the seppos, Meg and Ryan. At about 23.30, three rooms ...
New Dehli
This is a top pick! 13.9.06 New Dehli We awoke early and in a rage. The mosquitoes had driven us to distraction all night. We killed over 30 of the blood filled blood suckers in the small hours of the morning on the roof and walls of the camper. This meant washing the ...
Afternoon in the trenches
This is a top pick! Up to find that my tooth is gunky again. Grr. And there were clouds covering the entire view. Double grr. We headed down to Rekong Peo for breakfast and to use the internet before we start the trek. I had a interesting toilet experience in a random ...