Mohan Hotel Lucknow

... the restroom for me but somehow found electricity if I wanted the giftshop. We passed on dinner there and shared a wonderful package of pringles. We arrived quite late in Khajuarho. The hotel was clean and minimal. Khajuarho is off the beaten path to everywhere. It is near the mines that bring up the fabulous gems of India. The reason to visit is an archaelogical site of many temples that are ...

... and silent staring. Praying patiently for the journey to end. I just wanted to jump in a tuk-tuk and high speed it to a hotel and I'll be in heaven.<br><br>Although with hindsight. Being sick on a travel day, although highly inconvenient is very time efficient. No thats bollocks. It was like going to work with a hangover x10 with no option of a little phone call and a cough to get you out of dodge city.<br><br>

... poluted (ummmm? Delhi is prob far worse!!) a definite language problem at times....like the city tour, .... a **** sheek kebab :-( ........... and the room situation finished it ..... so yes, off we go <br><br>we have to be up at 1.45 am .... 3 hours sleep, just, and off to the airport .... ahhh bliss .... travel in comfort .... what a stroke of luck .... you can tell we are weakening now and craving some home comforts... lol .... Delhi here we come ...<br>

Perharsar is a small village in rural Rajhastan. There is an old haveli in the centre which I imagine is a good source of income for the village as it is now a hotel and the base for all visitors. The villagers themselves all live in make-shift houses made from bamboo, mud, corregated iron, the more ambitious of them have been made with bricks and thatched roofing. They share their space with goats, camels, cows, buffalo and monkeys. The first ...

... us round trip because he looked like he was about 50 years old...too old to peddle our weight! For Buddhists, Sarnath is one of four sites of pilgrimage. Three sites are in the Ganges Valley of India and one is in Lumbini, Nepal. You could also call Sarnath a temple city because there are many modern temples built here. Korea, Japan, Thailand, Burma, China, and Tibet all have temples that ...

... down the dirt road in pitch blackness, only finding our way by keeping our focus on the lights of the festival up ahead. When we arrived at the festival entrance, one of my Urdu-speaking friends asked someone where the dance performance was taking place, and after asking two or three more people along the way, we were able to locate the stage. The stage was set at the front of a big, bright tent with two separate seating areas. The farther back seating area ...

... ended some time ago. Today, Lucknow is best known as the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. It's a city of around 4 million (though probably many people are unaccounted for in this "official" number) and has not been as developed or "modernized" as other large cities in India, though, as I've described before, there ARE 3 big shopping malls that were all built and opened within the last 6 years. Lucknow, It's A Bit Different Here: So, what are my impressions of ...

... once out of the house, that we really didn't know anything other than the office address to help us get to work. First, we got in a cycle rickshaw that drove us the opposite direction, away from where we were supposed to go. We realized we were not heading the right way and asked him to pull over to let us out. After our first failed attempt, and because auto rickshaw drivers are often better at directions, we decided to spend a bit more to take an auto rickshaw to ...

Today I finally got a chance to do a little exploring of my neighborhood and found out that there are many places nearby that I had no clue existed. First, I set out to check out the nearby gym that my landlady's daughter told me about. The gym was only a 2 minute walk from my house, and when I arrived and went inside, I was greeted by an extremely enthusiastic young woman. I told her I was there to check out the gym and find out about their prices and hours. She showed ...

... us from spotting a spoof. However, having read-up on Bollywood (well, I read the wikipedia entry) I realise the crass unconvincing over-acting, sorry melodrama, was not tongue in cheek. The character list included two fat jealous fathers, two fat flappy mothers and two fat gimpy brothers (1 from each pair forming the respective families of two star-crossed lovers who were not fat, flappy or gimpy but Barbie &amp; Ken beautiful). There was also a band of greasy ...