INDIA | Wednesday, 20 Oct 2010 | Views [971]
After one final Indian night train to New Jalpaiurgi, we had to catch a shared jeep up the mountain to Darjeeling, which was an experience in itself. The people we were riding with were on their way home for holidays, but seemed to be moving house.... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 16 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Calcutta or Kolkata?
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INDIA | Thursday, 14 Oct 2010 | Views [1084]
The Sunderbans, a vast delta of small islands, mangrove forests and tiny waterways, located partly in Bangladesh and partly in India. It covers 4252 square km in India alone, with almost half the area protected for wildlife. The changing tides mix ... Read more >
INDIA | Monday, 11 Oct 2010 | Views [530]
Kolkata Giant marble lions standing in the shadows of palm trees are a fitting symbol of Calcutta, frequent references to Marxism unmistakeably marks of its new incarnation, Kolkata. Since 1911 this former capital, once the jewel of the Empire, has ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 10 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
One of the holiest places in the world - unbelievably!
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INDIA | Sunday, 10 Oct 2010 | Views [835]
From the Golden temple, spiritual home for the Sikhs, we now come to Varanasi, spiritual home to the Hindus. Varanasi sits on the banks of the river Ganges, believed to be a sacred river, a Godess on earth. One story says that she was sent her to earth ... Read more >
Tags: boats, ganges, sunrise, temples, water
INDIA | Tuesday, 5 Oct 2010 | Views [896]
Back from the Punjab and into a capital fully ready for some event or other. The turnaround now is remarkable, though the current manifestation is lifeless and sterile. It's Gandhi's birthday and instead of a day of jubilation and rejoicing we see ... Read more >
Tags: crazy iranians, sword, taj mahal, tombs
INDIA | Monday, 4 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Some old building or other...
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INDIA | Friday, 1 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Modelcity
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INDIA | Friday, 1 Oct 2010 | Views [681]
Good evening citizen. The Computer welcomes you to sector 22-B of Chandigarh. Report immediately to your hotel and present your papers. If they are not in order you must report for termination... Chandigarh feels rather like a sci-fi vision of ... Read more >
Tags: chandigarh, cricket, india, roads, tickets
INDIA | Thursday, 30 Sep 2010 | Views [1217]
Fun and games with visa red tape meant that we arrived in Amritsar a day later than we'd hoped, leaving us a fairly short time to cram in the sights. We stayed out in one of many cantonments in India - another visible sign of the the army presence ... Read more >
Tags: amritsar, border, sikhs, sword, turbans
INDIA | Wednesday, 29 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Sikh holy city
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INDIA | Tuesday, 28 Sep 2010 | Views [415]
The return to Delhi was a bit more hopeful, we had shiny new visas to collect, reservations in a nice hotel in a different part of town and lots of goodwill. Abruptly we realised that our hotel was a dump in the middle of nowhere and so we shot straight ... Read more >
Tags: delhi, india, russian visas
INDIA | Sunday, 26 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
The smurf city
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INDIA | Friday, 24 Sep 2010 | Views [545]
Welcome to the audio tour of Jodphur! Don't stop for chai or cheeky samosas, and ignore the taxis and rickshaw drivers offering lifts, for the Shahi Haveli have sent someone to pick you up. Sit back and hold on tight as you enjoy your first glimpses ... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 22 Sep 2010 | Views [1024]
Finally no coconut trees, no rice paddies, but a new landscape entirely. Waking up on the Jaisalmer mail and seeing desert was pretty special. Jaisalmer is the last stop of any note before Pakistan, soldiers outnumbering people 3 to 1 in the town.... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 22 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Jaisalmer
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INDIA | Monday, 20 Sep 2010 | Views [766]
Camels! We're on the way to the Thar desert and although the landscape hasn't yet changed there is a different feel in the air here in Rajasthan. Jaipur, our first stop, is known as the pink city, number one in a collection of three coloured cities.... Read more >
Tags: desert, fort, rajasthan
INDIA | Monday, 20 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
The 2nd corner for us of the Golden Triangle
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INDIA | Thursday, 16 Sep 2010 | Views [662]
Let's begin with a fairy tale. Once upon a time, there was a city called Delhi. It was a huge and wondrous city, home to millions upon millions of people. One day, Delhi was chosen to host athletes from many countries in a huge celebration of sport, ... Read more >
Tags: commonwealth games, delhi, india
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