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Travel Blogs from Thana
Chatrapatti everything, Colaba and the Curious
... there, the street vendors were buzzing with life and food. First we stopped by a bakery selling elongated bread rolls called lamba pav. My mum explained to us how she used to stuff chota kebabs from the restaurant next door into the bread and eat it as a snack as a kid. We order some chota kebab which are being fried in massive proportions by a man on the side of the road to eat tomorrow. Next we go for barbecued meat, ordering beef (ghost) khirri and ...
In Praise of India...and Rustic India
... br> I must admit to being somewhat flummoxed as we leave India. More than any place I have experienced, India is a country of contrasts, contradictions, in a region where religion and politics overlay incredible poverty and hardship, all in the midst of goodness, beauty and hardworking people.
We met a guy from Goa (who runs his own company in San Paolo, Brazil) on an ...
Wet Mumbai
... los mercados de Mumbai almorzamos en unos lugares pintorescos y pa! drama!! la lluvia se puso mas fuerte y mas fuerte y nosotros pensábamos que eso iba a ser, seguimos recorriendo, vimos la universidad de Mumbai y total nos mojaríamos un poco y después nos vamos al hostal, nos duchamos y listo....pero no, la lluvia era enserio, y pa peor nos perdimos, cuento corto terminamos todos empapados caminando sin rumbo por las calles, preguntando a la gente donde ...
The ego has landed. It's all me me me
... on big cats on the way to the airport this morning there was a warning sign for Panthers crossing – too cool). It’s either ‘tiger caught’ or Tiger escaped’. For all I know it could be the same poor animal a village 5km away from here and they just let it wonder around and chew dead cows for a day before they pick it back up and pop it in a nature reserve. I like the tiger stories because you don’t get them at ...
Vocation Day
Meeting in the morning with our Indian representative Shivaami at Fetise Retail, which is a large and fast growing on-line shop for A-brands male products. After 1 year in existence, they employ already 150 people. Interesting to see the very small spaces in the offices and them making two floors of what was meant to be just 1 floor.
Then I met the NGO CRISYS Solutions. Very ambitious, highly talented young people who believe in helping the poor people by using their brains ...
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