Trip: India
There are [14] stories from my trip: India
INDIA | Tuesday, 1 Aug 2006 | Views [503]
July 25, 2006 After 4 days of essentially doing nothing except hanging out with Ori, Shir, Guy (Israelis) and Heike (German woman) in the Germany Bakery's rooftop cafe lounge area, playing "Shithead," (a new and decent card game I learned ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
INDIA | Tuesday, 1 Aug 2006 | Views [477]
July 17, 2006 This morning I woke up, went outside to the patio of the New Dharma Hotel, and sat down, staring at the snow-tipped mountains in the distance and the deep valley and river below. The mountains here look different each morning and evening.... Read more >
Tags: Friends
INDIA | Monday, 31 Jul 2006 | Views [462]
July 31, 2006 I realized since writing my journal about Varanasi....the people here are so poor and have had so much suffering over the centuries...if they didn't believe in something-- be it the holy Ganges river, karma, reincarnation or whatever--... Read more >
Tags: Culture
INDIA | Saturday, 29 Jul 2006 | Views [859]
July 26, 2006 My environment changed dramatically today. I came from Leh, the laid-back northern town where very few people hassled or hustled me, where the pace was slow, the weather was hot but dry in the daytime and very chilly at night. Now I'm ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
INDIA | Saturday, 22 Jul 2006 | Views [942]
July 16, 2006 I spent 4 days here, and met several people. One day, I was sitting in a small Tibetan cafe, and many older Ladakhi women came in and sat down at my table and the table next to mine. None of them spoke any English, but as they stared ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
INDIA | Wednesday, 19 Jul 2006 | Views [655]
I was groggy as I sat waiting at 6 a.m., together with a couple of Israeli guys who were also taking an 8-person Jeep from Vashisht to Leh, a trip that takes two full days. It is a trip that traverses the 2 nd highest motorable road in the world, ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
INDIA | Friday, 14 Jul 2006 | Views [621]
July 14, 2006 Upon arriving in Dharamsala, I was struck by the number of Tibetan monks, cloaked in their maroon-colored robes. Given that Dharamsala is the home of the Tibetan Dalai Lama in exile, as well as its government, it is understandable. The ... Read more >
Tags: culture
INDIA | Tuesday, 11 Jul 2006 | Views [449]
July 11, 2006 Raul, Victor and I found a driver to take us to Dharamsala for 200 rupees apiece, which is US $5. Considering the trip took about 9 hours, we thought this was a damn good deal. The three of us sat in the backseat of the Jeep, holding ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
INDIA | Monday, 10 Jul 2006 | Views [533]
July 10, 2006 Today Jemma and I walked to the Jammu Temple (otherwise known as Monkey Temple) on the hill, a steep climb from the small town of Shimla. Along the way we saw puppies and monkeys....2 monkeys were sitting in a tree, one behind the other.... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
INDIA | Monday, 10 Jul 2006 | Views [680]
July 10, 2006 Yesterday I took a two trains from Delhi to Shimla, which is due north of Delhi about 150 miles. The trip took 12 hours...after about 3, my butt-bone was in so much pain that I realized I had a pillow in my bag. After putting that under ... Read more >
Tags: People
INDIA | Saturday, 8 Jul 2006 | Views [390]
July 8, 2006
Today I saw a lot of things....I saw boys making Indian nan bread in large round ovens, sweating over them in the street, forking out round breads as quickly as I type a sentence. Cows munch hay next to people selling small items in the ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
INDIA | Friday, 7 Jul 2006 | Views [422]
July 7, 2006
I just checked the temperature online, and it's 97 degrees at 11:15 p.m.!! I don't know how to explain it, but the heat is simply OPPRESSIVE. Unless I'm in the shower, I'm constantly sweating. As soon as the shower finishes, my face ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
INDIA | Thursday, 6 Jul 2006 | Views [345]
July 6, 2006, 11 p.m.
It turns out that the same little shops that sell toilet paper (no TP is provided in Indian hotels) also sell bottled water, so that mission took 5 minutes! I inquired at the hotel about where I could get an Ayurvedic Massage, ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
INDIA | Thursday, 6 Jul 2006 | Views [309]
July 6, 2006
I have that sand-in-the-eye feeling, exhausted from having dragged myself out of a deep and beautiful sleep (with the help of my trusty travel alarm clock) to avoid further pangs of jetlag. It's 12:45 p.m., I arrived at my hotel at 9:00 ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
