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A write off
... of money out of the hands of someone handing it out. Money seemed to play an important part in the whole thing; Ganga told us families have beggared themselves trying to put on the lavish wedding that will increase, or maintain, their standing in the community. Women, or rather daughters, are particularly a problem. While dowries are technically illegal this is not enforced, and families are often expected to pay large sums to persuade a man, and by extension his ...
Ridin Shotgun to Jaipur
14th Sept Pushkar - JaipurPicked up at our hotel by a luxury coach, it's small but functional, just like the little guy riding shotgun for the driver. He not only looks after the luggage, he checks the tickets, he ejects passengers at their designated stops, sometimes this is done without the bus actually coming to a complete stop, he's also the navigator when we traverse difficult road conditions in fact there is no end to this man's skills. Our first ...
Patra Swedan og Sirodhara
... den langsomt til at dryppe ned i panden, så det løb videre ned i håret. Det var en virkelig surrealistisk oplevelse at få 3 liter olie ned i panden og nu 3 timer efter og en halv times bad er håret stadig helt fedtet ind + computeren tastatur, great..!
Så lykkedes det endelig at komme i kontakt med Amanda, som jeg havde planlagt at skulle mødes med i Delhi, og hun skulle gerne ankomme her klokken 20:30 i aften. Men smutter igen er blevet fanget af en god bog af Jussi Adler-Olsen. Vi ...
Jaipur - the Pink City
... br> Our hotel seems to be a haven for pigeons. Outside our room, there is a small rook where a large flock of pigeons gather and on our balcony. I can see why our balcony door is locked and we can't go out onto it. The pigeon cooing can be a soothing sound to fall asleep to. Our guide told us how some Muslims believe their ancestor's souls return in pigeons and we saw various spots where people have bought and left bird seed out for them.
On Monday, ...
I came, I saw, I bought a carpet
... our 127 tourists. Our guide speaks perfect English, most all of it unintelligible, however. After a while, I satisfy myself with picking up every tenth or fifteenth word and figuring out what those in between may have been. I am either right or wrong but I don't care much. I am just taking it all in, allowing smiles of others to assure me that I am unthreatened.
The shopping here contrasts to Dubai in two ways. First, what is sold here is manufactured or crafted ...
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