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To Night Train OR

Posted by yafnaf

... am most excited to take the Jungle Line that travels up the east coast of Malaysia to the boarder of Thailand. When I do finally go to India I am going to take trains the entire time I am there and I plan to travel from south to north and back again, I ...

Indian visa application in Islamabad

Posted by pbrain

I carry an Australian passport and am going to Pakistan from India (on foot at Wagah). I'll need a new Indian visa to come back in July. Has anyone recently applied for an Indian visa in Islamabad? Was it any hassle? Thanks Peter

What to do with Passport etc. while surfing.

Posted by pbrain

... after I post "it's never happened to me on the street," I'm walking between villages on a main road in Tamil Nadu, India, near Trichy, and a guy on a bicycle stops beside me. It's 40+C and 99+% humidity, the middle of the day. He ...

An Interview With......

Posted by wakingdream

I think you'll find he's in India now....... Yeah, I figured he had moved on. I haven't kept up with Overland Tales...I was reading it avidly for awhile but just ran out of time! I just saw this interview online yesterday. He's ...

One Country in Each Continent

Posted by flewthecoop

... ? Israel - to see the geography and all the remnants of ancient places I've heard about, Afghanistan (when there is peace), India, Cambodia - have a daughter there! Australia - again, friends -- they're in Melbourne, then up the coast to see ...

An Interview With......

Posted by rbisset

I think you'll find he's in India now.......

One Country in Each Continent

Posted by yafnaf

... i want to swim in the springs. Africa - Mali. I have a thing for west african music. Antarctica - Uh I wouldn't. Asia - India. Its terribly diverse, The sky is always a special shade of yellow in every picture I see, I imagine it smells like Chai ...

One Country in Each Continent

Posted by travelmonster

... probably Iceland Africa - Botswana, I wanna go to the Okavango Delta Antarctica - I don't really know much about this area, but I'm going where Stereobread talks about cause that sounds awesome. Asia - India without doubt Oceania - New Zealand

Cheapest Airfare In Decades

Posted by rbisset

... than last year. Maybe £50 or something here and there but not massive discounts. Flights to Bangkok still seem around the £400 region. India, HK and UAE seem to be pretty cheap at around £250 return. Europe wise I saw return flights to Moscow for £110 ...

Obscure Religions

Posted by aopaq

... of ancient Persia. It was driven out by the expansion of Islam. Those who refused to convert to Islam fled to India, where it thrives today. They are persecuted because many Muslims are intolerant of other religions. From what I know, they believe in ...

Obscure Religions

Posted by polydemic

... of ancient Persia. It was driven out by the expansion of Islam. Those who refused to convert to Islam fled to India, where it thrives today. They are persecuted because many Muslims are intolerant of other religions. From what I know, they believe in ...

The Bucket List

Posted by travelmonster

Somewhere in my list would be: India Madagascar Botswana Morocco Jordan New Zealand Jamaica Iceland Mexico Malaysia/Cambodia/Laos/Thailand/Vietnam (yeah thats cheating, but hey - they are close together and I can't split them to choose)

Holiday Showdown

Posted by kathryn77

Well, I am impressed! They changed the views of the Magaluf family so much, they have booked another holiday to India! Result!!

Holiday Showdown

Posted by kathryn77

... kinda like 'Wife Swap', which I know you get in the States, but this is a holiday swap. Tonight they have mixed up backpacking in Kerala, India, with a package holiday in Magaluf, Majorca, Spain!! I reckon there's going to be mucho

General hints, tips, must see, must do, advice!

Posted by bindannmalweg

... preparations. But due to a limited time budget I trust to get help. Is there a recommendet route when I want to go to Laos, Cambodia, vietnam and Thailand (I fly over from India and then onward to New Zealand) And would you go into Myanmar in December?

Granny Needs a Holiday.

Posted by gorgeousgranny

... Granny and I am 60 years of age. During my late teens and early twenties I travelled quite a lot. In 1967 I drove to India through Europe and Asia and although later I became a one parent family I endeavoured to instil the wandering bug into my children ...

What to do with Passport etc. while surfing.

Posted by pbrain

... , except for visa applications. I stay in the cheapest hotels, where I refuse to give them my passport. I'm going to Kerala, South India for a weeks surfing. Any ideas on what to do? Or am I stuck with asking the hotel to mind it. I also don't ...

Round the world ticket or buy as you go???

Posted by luke_1989

... , meals, in-flight entertainment and baggage. Go budget airlines the whole way! Easyjet to Istanbul/Athens, Air Arabia to India (via U.A.E), Tiger Airways/Jetstar/Air Asia to SE Asia and then onwards to Australia. It was £150 with all the taxes ...

Round the world ticket or buy as you go???

Posted by rbisset

... from UK. Plus fees, fuel surcharges, meals, in-flight entertainment and baggage. Go budget airlines the whole way! Easyjet to Istanbul/Athens, Air Arabia to India (via U.A.E), Tiger Airways/Jetstar/Air Asia to SE Asia and then onwards to Australia.

Which travelpod traveller has been to the most countrys

Posted by richardcowley

... definatley agree with people that you have to spend a while in that country. I was working in Sri Lanka this year and stopped over in India but didnt leave the airport so I dont count it at all. I would say that the guy who went to Germany for a few hours ...

If you knew you could only take one more trip

Posted by raniroo

... post='100255' date='May 3 2009, 06:19 AM'] I still don't understand why people want to go to India. Can you give me one specific reason why somebody would go there? (As a traveller probably just to experience some things....possibly a ...

New blogger, old traveler from US/UK

Posted by hammitt

... Vienna when I was 13!) but I'm happy to give whatever advice I may have, and seek advice too! I'm currently in India, and planning on going back to the UK, then France and Italy - but I'm at loose ends in July and either going to ...

If you knew you could only take one more trip

Posted by yafnaf

I think it would have to be an extensive journey through India, taking lots of trains all over.

Vaccines

Posted by yafnaf

... I need all sorts of vaccines but I just wonder if its really necessary? The countries I am visiting are Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Laos and China. I am going to get the routine stuff plus Hep A and B because its free, as well as typhoid ...

If you knew you could only take one more trip

Posted by greekcypriot

... go to Japan but with much money because life if expensive there. I still don't understand why people want to go to India....I also heard so many things about travelling there.....being a trip of somebody's life!! My husband was there for ...

If you knew you could only take one more trip

Posted by stereobread

India and it's not even a question. Ever since I was a little kid it's been at the top of my list of places to go and I still haven't made it yet. Hopefully I'll be able to remedy that situation relatively soon.

Burning Desire Travel List

Posted by yafnaf

... trip I tend to get excited about one place a lot for a few weeks then something shifts and I get excited about other places Im going, and then wish i was going other places too. But at the moment my list goes like this: India Indonesia Oman Qatar Mali

In all of your travels..

Posted by bloomer

... rebels (almost over, btw), they still remain chilled out, and fairly well organized. Of course, they are buddhist. . . Tibetans and Nepalese, and especially the Kullu people of northern India are up there as well. Not always trying to sell you stuff.

Burning Desire Travel List

Posted by travelmonster

... an order though. They do sometimes, but then I regularly change my mind, some of the places I really want to go though are: India Morocco Jordan New Zealand also my affair with East Africa isn't over - I want to go to all those countries over there.

What is Your Favorite Photo of People Taken During your Travels?

Posted by djchurch

... back. Our modern ways might have been giving us trouble, but she just went on with life the same ways as always. - In Udaiphur, India this was one of a few sadhus sitting outside of the main temple. He was more than happy to pose for this photo in ...

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