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ARAKU VALLEY
Ah the sometimes unexpected challenges of travelling! Woke up at 5:00 AM and by 5;30 AM was looking for my pre-booked tuk tuk. No where in sight and the sun had not yet come up. On the street people are walking...it seems they close the street off to vehicular traffic at this hour for morning walkers and exercisers. I carry my backpack and daypack anxiously down the street to where I see an auto-rickshaw(tuk tuk). I need to meet my Araku Valley tour group at ...
ONE WEIRD DAY
I decided to take a train trip to Vishakhapatnam so I booked a ticket the morning of the train ride. Unfortunately the only "seats" left were in general carriage for 170 rupees. The cost was terrific but the carriages were horrific!! Dark, dingy, dirty and smelly. The ...
Per trein reizen langs de oostkust
... boven elkaar kan je lekker wegdoezelen op de kadans van de trein. Het meest bijzondere zijn toch de mensen in de trein.
In de trein tussen Bodhgaya en Puri heb ik (Dick) van ca. middernacht tot half 4 in de nacht een geweldig gesprek gehad met een Indiase leeftijdsgenoot. Hij was opweg naar een grote stad om een examen te doen om zodoende toegelaten te kunnen worden voor ...
My itinerary
... gardens, tribal museum, shooting point, araku valley, coffee plantation and finally we reached to borra caves, which was the most beautiful caves which we ever seen before and there we came back to vizag with the same vehicle as we could not be able to find any trains to vizag.
The one day tour had made our journey more comfortable and there we no such places due at our end to see.
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Happy New Year + an overview of a few days...
... look really pretty. I can't wait to wear them! Because today's New Year's Day, I am wearing a new flowy green skirt I got stitched and in India, one of our festivals is getting near. For this festival, everyone wears new clothes for three days and I sure an abundance n new clothes.
Again, I hope everyone's holiday's are going well and hope everyone had a awesome new year!!!
Bye!!!
Garima
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