Gautam Retreat Gurgaon

... cloudy day and so we couldnt even see the sunrise. On the way back down we had to pass quite a few monkeys. Now as most of you know, I am not a big dog fan, well they are everywhere in India. One came running over to me and my friend and so we threw a shoe at will to get him away. The owner started laughing at us at calling to us to see if we wanted our shoe, but we just carried on walking! There was no way I was turning back!!

Day 8: We arrived in Udaipur and I ...

... was a firecracker with 2000 “loaded bullets”. It had to be unfurled like the cartridge belt of a sub machine gun and spread out on the floor like a captured python. Oh I forgot to say, this is happening literally in the alley like road in front of every single house.

For this big mother, the kids were thankfully told to watch from relative safety on the front porch veranda. Neeraj probably made only a foot after lighting the monster before the first ...

... even a moment - I just wanted to get out of this place, no matter how. The bus was 100% full, and departed right away. It was after 6 in the morning, and I think we hit the traffic - the bus moved really slow, horning almost non-stop. That was just the beggining of the 16-hours journey.I think I was too tired to remember what I saw from the window. Mostly some industrial areas, some towns - I just don't remember that well. The same about ...

When last we heard from our intrepid adventurer he was fighting off a pack of big, huge, wild dogs using only a small penknife and his meagre survival skills. Having successfully defeated the dreaded Rabies virus (we hope) he then headed to the dark subcontinent of India to hunt tigers and trace his ancestry..... zzzzzzz......

Back in the real world:
Indian road rules: 1: see vietnam ...

... by it said transaction velocity should pick up across mot major cities in the medium to long term. The report says the stimulus packages announced by the government and the slashing of interest rates by the banks sparked hope that real estate activities would pick up in the medium term. "This in turn is expected to provide an impetus for the property market from the downward trend ...

Having consulted the Rough Guide and deciding that I don't currently need anymore clothes I decided to visit the Tibetan market. Originally this would have been many makeshift stalls clustered together along the roadside all owned by true Tibetans today it is a small row of concrete shops, owned in the main by Indians, with the odd Tibetan thrown in here and there for authenticity purposes or at least some men that look like they may have been Tibetan (of oriental descent anyway). The ...

... know anything about. When it comes time for the ring, Jon actually has a heck of a time getting it on her finger... but he is successful and the ceremonies continue. More photos, more videos... I try to get some good ones they might value, but the competition is fierce. :-) So I let the pros do their job. Many people approach Rebecca and comment on her saree... a couple of times she is asked who helped her put it on, to which she would reply "I actually learned from the ...

... how to replicate this at my home!! :-) The other interesting (well to me at least) thing this trip so far is the recycled paper I bought today. Outside the office, they are selling all kinds of things for Diwali, with the money going to charity. They have candles, holders, bags, clocks, jewelry... and notepads made out of recycled paper. I picked up the recycled notepad to flip through... and ...

... gaps to overtake. At 4.15 p.m. we encountered one such convoy of military trucks and tanks essentially parked along the roadside but taking up more than half of our lane. Half an hour later, we encountered even more military soldiers on the road side with less than 70 km distance to Amritsar. All the while we had been driving on the road connecting Agra to Kabul. But the road split now and we continued on to Pathankot instead of Amritsar.

My notes about ...