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Trip: Finding Enlightment On A Sabbatical

There are [37] stories from my trip: Finding Enlightment On A Sabbatical

Rajastan, In the land of Kings - Part 1

INDIA | Friday, 2 Mar 2012 | Views [827]

Jaipur, also known as the Pink city and the poster child of Rajastan. Also the biggest city of Rajastan and one for cities in the golden triangle of tourism. Jaipur is the Pink City in reference to the colour of the buildings. It's seems to be ... Read more >

Photos: Madhya Pradesh with Alanis Morissette

INDIA | Monday, 27 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery

Jhansi and Orchha
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Madhya Pradesh with Alanis Morissette

INDIA | Monday, 27 Feb 2012 | Views [2588] | Comments [2]

From Gwalior, my next stops would be Madhya Pradesh, further to the south. Arriving at the bus station 1 hour early to ensure a seat, the bus schedules to Jhansi seems to have changed overnight. Calling out "Jhansi, Jhansi", a man directs me to a bus ... Read more >

Tags: bus, india, jhansi, misadventures, orchha, train

Photos: Gwalior

INDIA | Friday, 24 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery

Gwalior
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Gwalior

INDIA | Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012 | Views [998]

I had decided to use Agra as a stopping off point for trips into Gwalior and Madhya Pradesh further to the south. I managed to get a early morning train with complimentary breakfast. Here's the breakfast, I've no idea what it was other than the fact ... Read more >

Tags: food, fort, gwalior, india

Agra

INDIA | Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012 | Views [1474]

For some strange reason, I felt it necessary to try arriving at New Delhi Railway Station well ahead of time, 1.5 hours to be precise. Despite the chaotics scenes around the station, the train system actually functions quite well and my train to ... Read more >

Tags: agra, fatehpur sikri, fort, india, taj mahal, unesco

Delhi - The first week

INDIA | Monday, 20 Feb 2012 | Views [627]

Sadly for my delicate respiratory system, it doesn't seem to enjoy polluted air and have decided to stage a protect by contracting a throat infection. This is slowing me down considerably and for the last four days of this week, I've been back fairly ... Read more >

Tags: delhi, india

Photos: The first week

INDIA | Monday, 20 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery

Photos from the first week
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Delhi - The Tomb, The Disaster and The Fort

INDIA | Thursday, 16 Feb 2012 | Views [1497]

So it's the third day now in Delhi and I've scheduled Safdarjung's Tomb and the Red Fort, in that order. After hailing a taxi with instructions to take me to the Tomb. We arrived at a building that looked vaguely like the picture of the ... Read more >

Tags: bike, delhi, fort, good samaritan, india, kindness, misadventures, taxi, unesco

Delhi - The first day, anyone for pee pee?

INDIA | Tuesday, 14 Feb 2012 | Views [1316]

From Kuala Lumpur, we finally landed in New Delhi at 2245. The first thing I noticed when getting through immigration was the almost empty queues. I'd been expecting some nightmare air terminal from the 1960s, choke full of people. In actual fact Indira ... Read more >

Tags: delhi, dirty, india, shock

Malaysia Stopover

MALAYSIA | Monday, 13 Feb 2012 | Views [752]

For some strange reason, the options for direct flights from Hong Kong into New Delhi seem to centre around arriving in the early hours, well past midnight. Not really liking this option, I've taken the next worst option of selecting a flight that arrives ... Read more >

Tags: airport, kuala lumpur, malaysia, stopover

Hong Kong Part 2

HONG KONG | Monday, 13 Feb 2012 | Views [1399]

It's the start of week 2. The first item is a little excursion out to Lantau Island where there the Po Lin Buddist Monastery, the Big Buddha and the Po Lin Village. Big Buddha Lantau Island can be reached from Tung Chung MTR station, which ... Read more >

Tags: hong kong, lantau island

Photos: Hong Kong Week 1

HONG KONG | Tuesday, 7 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery

Hong Kong Week 1
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Hong Kong Part 1

HONG KONG | Tuesday, 7 Feb 2012 | Views [1002]

The first 2 days were going to be about acclimatizing, complicated by a cold that started on the plane. On the second night, I didn't get to sleep till about 5 in the morning. The whole time something was bugging me, something that I had forgotten ... Read more >

Tags: hong kong