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Wednesday, Third day in India
... taken to the river to be immersed. She is made of clay, and so, like all living things, is to return to the elements. The trucks carrying the images are accompanied by dancing merry makers, many with faces smeared with colored powder. I briefly joined a group of dancing women and had my face covered with bright red powder. We Caucasians were quite the sensation and were greeted with waves, shouts is Happy Puja, handshakes, and, of course, requests to ...
Monday, First day in India
... couple of working elephants! Since the roads are narrow and seemingly all under construction, much dodging and weaving is required and necessitating the constant use of horns. I have found it best not to watch the road because the number of close calls is heart stopping.
Today is day 8 of the ten-day Durga Puja, a Hindu festival. Basically it is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil, specifically the ...
Guwahati - the gateway for the North East
While in Guwahati, a first-timer, should see the following places.
- Brahmaputra River cruise
- Kamakhya Temple - The legend says that if you cross Brahmaputra river once and not go to the Kamakhya temple, you end up crossing Brahmaputra 7 times.
- Kalakshetram - A park/exhibition/academy for Indian classical dance
- Fancy Bazzar - local market
- Paan Bazzar - ...
The Hill Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh, India
... but Indian cities are just a little too much. So the next day we headed for Tezpur. As we had had no breakfast we stopped in a small road side shop along the way for some chapati with dhal and chai (masala tea: with milk and sugar). Jummie, better than the regular toast and jam. The trip was again along these endless flat lands with rice paddies and tea estates. In Tezpur our driver guided us to the lookout in a park with nice views over the river and the river banks of ...
Long journey from Sikkim to Guwahati
... have made it to the railway station by 8pm. We even had to turn the jeep around a few kilometers after he left his mobile phone at a dinner stop. Then to top this all off for bad measure, he got on the same shared taxi at Siliguri to the railway station. He then requested to stop by at a Vodafone shop to buy more air time for his phone, which frustrated other passengers who were running late for their trains. The frustrations escalated ...
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