Hotel Deep Palace Lucknow

... lane as in one lane for all directions. It was dark most of the way. The driver drove with one hand on the wheel and one hand on the horn. Manuel put on his dark glasses in the night so he couldn't see what was going on. This was quite an ezpperience. We stopped at truly ' the middle of nowhere for the driver to have a break and some dinner. The roadside place would not use electricity to ...

... pretended it didn't happen and made my escape with pink roll of toilet paper hidden under my shirt. I killed that toilet and pretty much destroyed the other. When I used the toilets on trains before I wondered how could someone get **** that high up a wall. Now I know. Cleaning lady I salute you.<br><br>12 hours on a train is a long time to feel sick. No i-pod or reading due to nausea. Just staggered sleeping ...

... but we loved Nepal very much too ..<br><br>A great journey, in comfort for a change, a few of the normal dramas you get on Indian roads of course!! but loads to look at yet agian, a great lunch stop off .... and a break to watch a hindu wedding, another mini adventure, what more can you ask for ... and a proper loo stop ...its fantastic .... loads of rerally thriving little towns en route all busy and full of life each seeming to sell a certain type ...

... that I saw was a group of children come charging after the bus, screaming and waving and calling their friends to come and join them. They were all there to greet us when the bus stopped, all shouting 'hello' and 'photo, photo'. Such beautiful faces with black, shiny eyes and big wide smiles, filled with tiny pearly white teeth. Their complexions were enviable and their hair was sleek and in really good condition. Their clothes were tatty but ...

... off, then later push started a Tut-Tut. Next to the fuel station was a school with all the boys scrabbling to get their photo taken and see themselves on the camera. They were so excited they got the head-master out to meet us. All the girls were giggling from a classroom. A fellow traveller looked to take a photo of the girls, I warned him to ask first as we had teachers checking our every move. The driver choose a small one samosa vendor town for ...

... feet are, since it's easier to make the requisite slapping sound while stomping if you have flat feet. I definitely need to work on making my feet flat! In addition, unlike other forms of dance where your body is supposed to be loose, in Kathak your body must be very stiff, with movement coming only from your feet, arms and eyebrows, though I haven't quite understood how to do the eyebrow part yet. Our teacher is great, and an amazing dancer! She doesn't speak ...

... stopped us, telling us that that was the men's side (as we later noticed), and so we went back and sat among the women, all dressed in bright, colorful saris. Soon after we took our seats, a woman came up to us and asked us to move up to where she and the yogi were sitting at the very front of the room, right in front of the big shrine to the yogi's "guru." Sharon and I were hesitant to draw even more attention to ourselves by getting up and moving to the front ...

... a shiva. (creo que dijo). Cuando le pregunte a este chico me dijo que si y que era una pena que no lo podiamos ver, pero que si queria nos llevaba a ver un altar que habian construido los vecinos muy cerca del hotel. Le dije que si y nos llevo a un altar de shiva, muy colorido, donde habia mucha gente bailando, y comiendo unas bolitas naranjas hechas de harina de lentejas. Todo el mundo nos miraba, pero nos hicieron sentir muy bienvenidos, nos regalaron dos ...

... around 7pm is quite a difficult task, as it turns out! It seemed to be the time when everyone was coming home from work, and every auto that passed us on the street was completely full with passengers. We stood for a while on several different street corners, unsuccessfully flailing our arms at any auto that looked like it could be available, and trying to figure out which direction the autos going to Gomti Nagar would be coming from. Finally, we gave up and decided to ...

... have found the things we needed for very cheap. However, I think that since Sharon and I are from the U.S., Paula assumed that we'd prefer to go to nice, air-conditioned stores that were more similar to what we have at home. After having a bite to eat at one of the mall's food joints, we went into a big "department-like store" where I bought some cleaning supplies, sheets, a towel and two large buckets. As I've come to learn, having a few good buckets is ...