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Monday, 24 Dec 2007 | Views [120]
As well as being Christmas Eve it is the Eve of my departure from India. I had a few little "jobs" to do before leaving which I sorted out in the morning. I had Marsala Dosa for breakfast which was fine - though I don't really like spicy things ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sunday, 23 Dec 2007 | Views [85]
I had a lie down in my new room for an hour or so and a shower. It was cold water but that is no problem it is very hot and sticky here in Mumbai at the moment. Afterwards I took a long lazy walk along the promenade to Chowpatty Beach. This was very ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sunday, 23 Dec 2007 | Views [92]
I wondered after I signed off last night if a narrative of what I did and what I saw gives the right impression of my time here. I was actually quite happy with all the difficulties over the last few days in the sense that I had put myself well outside ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Saturday, 22 Dec 2007 | Views [92]
Once I was washed, not showered the room only came with the Indian "bucket shower" that I had come to expect only at really cheap places, I didn't feel like lying in the tiny room so went out for walk to look for some breakfast. I don't think ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Saturday, 22 Dec 2007 | Views [84]
For some reason I don’t have any luck trying to tell this story. I have typed it in at 3 different times already in various forms and something has always gone wrong. So I am going to be very brief just to get it in and may elaborate later. ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Friday, 21 Dec 2007 | Views [118]
I had some browser problems, then a power cut to deal with last time I wrote so the day ended quite abruptly. On the bus to Aurangabad I was sitting next to a well dressed, pleasant mannered man who just before he was about to get off handed me a ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thursday, 20 Dec 2007 | Views [87]
I had a nice dinner after writing yesterday at the Silver Palace restaurant next door to my hotel and retired for what I had expected to be an early night. As it turned out on flicked on the little TV in the room and there was an English movie channel ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Wednesday, 19 Dec 2007 | Views [88]
It's an old Cold Chisel song: "I've been living at the Plaza Hotel/It aint the Hilton but I live well" that filled my mind as I checked in this morning at the Hotel Plaza (of course). Actually the place I am at is better than the one described ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
Tuesday, 18 Dec 2007 | Views [94]
I was feeling better when morning came. So got up reasonably early, had a very light breakfast (toast and tea) and visited the main sites of Mandu. The groups of temples are a little spread out and it reminded my of Orchha in that respect. I visited ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Monday, 17 Dec 2007 | Views [84]
I awoke in the middle of the night with a rumbling and cramp in my stomach. It didn’t seem too serious at the time but it kept me awake for a while. By the time morning came I was quite sick. Diarrhoea and Vomiting that undid all the good work I had ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
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