Hotel Lohmod New Delhi

... however, he *ssured us th*t he *nd his friend would show us their ritu*ls involving the holy l*ke with no thought of money. Steph went with our origin*l ‘priest’ *nd Ch*d with the other. While Steph h*d *n enlightened convers*tion, Ch*d struggled through his. The m*n grew *ngry when Ch*d could not repe*t * ‘ch*nt’ in perfect Hindi *nd scolded him when he l*ughed it off. Ch*d’s toler*nce for this t*lk grew p*per thin *nd ...

... as we left that car with our bags (Tashi found a porter but I was left to carry my 30kg luggage alone) and ran down the platform. We had 3 minutes to run the length of the platform, a trip that would usually take at least 10. As we ran through the crowd and I tried to keep up with Tashi and her porter it became clear that I was not going to make it, I was falling behind and the train looked as though it was ready to depart. I looked around and found a man who ...

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... phone but was told I would get the new ticket at the airport. However, at the door to the Indhira Ghandi International Airport, there are armed guards who check your passport and ticket before they will let you in. There was NO WAY they were going to let me in with my 2 month old ticket! The guard tells me to wait. I waited about 10 minutes and then approached the guard again. He waved me away. I decided to try another door. Same thing happened. However, when I approached him for ...

... in one sitting was also a great spectacle. Often though, we get the sense that it has all been seen before and that we are just being herded from here to there along with every other tourist. Nothing, for us, beats a random ramble, liberated from the tourist trail and free of any time restraints. We have enjoyed the luxuries of a busy chowk in Old Delhi, which we have made our home for the past few days. It has given us ...

... thunk that Connaught Place was so big? :) Anyway, they offered me a glass of mango juice when I got there which I nervously refused because I wasn't sure it was "ok." I slept for a few hours, and then took an "auto" (a very small vehicle) to the next hotel, where I met the group after a brief nap. --I do not have enough time to blog this now, more later.-- The group toured Humayan's Tomb, and the Qutb Minar ...

... center. We made two stops for practical matters and even stopped briefly for Subway subs and Baskin and Robbins' ice cream-neither stop took longer than 15 minutes. But the trip from one side of Delhi to the other with a slight detour through Connault Place took 3 ½ hours. The traffic made rush hour in Washington look like a speedway. Astounding. Here are some notes from ...

... hazy. Maybe it's just me, but I think that's a bad thing. We actually got bounced around in the customs lines multiple times by multiple handlers, and we kept getting the slowest line in the whole room, so they'd motion for us to move to a different line. Of course as soon as we got there the new line would be the slowest. Eventually we split up, and when one of us finally made it to the front of the queue, the other would join. As an indicator of how bad it was, the customs ...

... you alone. This country is easily the most poverty stricken country I have ever been to in my whole life. Nothing compares. It is so extreme in every single way. The world we come from is a complete opposite. These people are so poor that everything we take for granted in our country comes as a luxury to them. Things like electricity, running water, shelter, food, clothes, and education come only to the ...

October 11th through October 21st: On the way to Karunamayi's ashram from Gudur it just started getting dark. We drove and drove down a road in a poor rural area in the Indian country. The stars were amazing and all most as clear as in in Kainchi Dham. In about two hours we came to the ashram. There were Christmas lights everywhere (decorated for Navaratri). It was so beautiful. In behind the ashram there are these amazing mountains and jungle ...