Trip: India
There are [29] stories from my trip: India
INDIA | Wednesday, 6 Apr 2011 | Views [630]
Some notes
about “smart packing” for long term trips:
My fashionable
friend Faith (FFF), who is not only a great personal stylist but also a classy flight
attendant with American Airlines, asked me to dedicate a section of the
blog to smart packing.... Read more >
INDIA | Monday, 4 Apr 2011 | Photo Gallery
Tea plantations, altitude, steam trains, cold and peace, great zoo and plenty of mountains Himalaya style
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INDIA | Sunday, 3 Apr 2011 | Views [766]
Destination: India – West Bengal – Darjeeling – what is
clean, quiet, nice, cool and it’s in India?
From Siliguri,
we take a shared Jeep taxi to Darjeeling, with the driver plus 10 other passengers. Uncomfortable but going up surely. The ... Read more >
INDIA | Monday, 28 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery
Place of the Lord Buddha's enlightenment
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INDIA | Sunday, 27 Mar 2011 | Views [867]
Destination: India – Bihar – Bodh Gaya – lights please!
“Our” conductor wakes us up just before we arrive in Gaya. From Gaya, we take a shared rickshaw (10 people) to Bodh Gaya, the town where The Buddha achieved enlightenment. Having said, ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 26 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery
Holy, holy Ganges and the smell of burning flesh from the burning ghats
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INDIA | Friday, 25 Mar 2011 | Views [1122]
Destination: India – Uttar Pradesh - Varanasi – It’s all about expectations…
Ok, let’s be honest here, we were kind of dreading this trip to Varanasi. We’ve heard the most confronting things happen in this place. Dead bodies floating in the river, ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 24 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery
Taj Mahal & Red Fort
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INDIA | Thursday, 24 Mar 2011 | Views [977]
Destination: India – Uttar Pradesh – Agra – of course you
have to see the Taj Mahal!
We take a
midmorning train from Delhi to Agra. Nice, easy and quick ride. Get to Agra in
the afternoon and checked into the Tourist Rest House. Kind of ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 20 Mar 2011 | Views [585]
Destination: India – Delhi - New Delhi – it’s shopping and
eating heaven!
We arrived in
Delhi on a Saturday afternoon after a very nice and comfortable 5 hour bus
ride. As I said before, they do exist, at least from Jaipur to Delhi. And ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 17 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery
Rajasthan capital
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INDIA | Wednesday, 16 Mar 2011 | Views [1222]
Destination: India – Rajasthan – Jaipur – Never wear your
pants inside out!
So, we leave
Pushkar, for Jaipur to catch our overnight train to Amritsar. All nice, all
well, all good. Our Taxi is an old white Ambassador, a bit of added old
colonial ... Read more >
INDIA | Tuesday, 15 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery
The Holy City
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INDIA | Thursday, 10 Mar 2011 | Views [1157]
Pushkar – Cows,
camels, monkeys, pigs, monkey-pig, dogs, squirrels, and their droppings
We get to
Pushkar in the afternoon, after a 2 hour taxi ride. The taxi driver takes us to
a very nice hotel. We’re on a roll here, guys! TV, AC, nice staff, ... Read more >
INDIA | Tuesday, 8 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery
The Blue City - Mehrangarh Fort and Jawant Thada (Cenotaphs)
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INDIA | Monday, 7 Mar 2011 | Views [1707]
Jodhpur – The city gets the blues!
We take an
overnight bus to Jodhpur. Again, it’s like being in Afghanistan or Iraq! The
buses are awful. We don’t get it. We are in one of the hottest tourist circuits in India. Come on people, the tourists ... Read more >
INDIA | Friday, 4 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery
Amazing Fort and exquisite Jain Temple (on way from Udaipur to Jodhpur)
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INDIA | Thursday, 3 Mar 2011 | Photo Gallery
The Pink City - City Palace, Lake Palace, Cenotaphs, Jagdish Temple
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INDIA | Wednesday, 2 Mar 2011 | Views [2855]
Udaipur – (no,
YOU die poor, Muahahahahaha!) - So many palaces, feeling like an old queen
already!
We leave Goa on
March 2 nd , taxi to Margao, then 2AC (2 tier with AC) train to
Kota Junction, 23 hours, nice (not). Then, a bus from hell, ... Read more >
INDIA | Friday, 28 Jan 2011 | Views [772]
Destination:
India – Pondicherry – Hello baguette!
We get up at
5am and take the train, cattle class again to Pondicherry, 3 hours, and then
change trains for another hour. Pondy is still part of Tamil Nadu, however it’s
a territory and it used ... Read more >
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