INDIA | Saturday, 19 Sep 2009 | Views [239]
We left Fort Kochi after an abundant muesli, curd and papaya breakfast and hopped onto a shared taxi with two American students to make our way to Alleppey, for the famous keralan backwater experience. Our first stop was the houseboat jetty, an experience ... Read more >
INDIA | Friday, 18 Sep 2009 | Views [230] | Comments [1]
17-09-09 Fort kochi, the smaller, more touristy, less industrial island of cochin is a sea-facing, laid-back sort of place. after finally making it out of the inital pee-smelling hotel, we headed to the closest coast. happy to smell the sea we allowed ... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009 | Views [234]
our morning in udaipur was a little hectic, after checking out we sped to the city palace to get a boat ride on hte lake and to jagmandir island. we missed the 10 o'clock boat so we had to wait til the 11am one, though that meant leaving it very tight ... Read more >
INDIA | Tuesday, 15 Sep 2009 | Views [221]
another great day in the amazing and laid back udaipur. more roaming and more shopping (for me) allowed us to see the friendly nature of people in this part of rajasthan - perhpas because the tourist season is slowly seeping through the craps of what ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 13 Sep 2009 | Views [198]
we got to udaipur after a five hour bus ride from mr.abu. the first hour was a bendy mountain road nightmare. i used my entire meditative energy to stop myself from being sick repeatedly. we were relieved when the indian woman behind us plastered an ... Read more >
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INDIA | Wednesday, 9 Sep 2009 | Views [550]
our trip to mount abu was generally quite painless (and with only one hour delay), so after a bit of bargaining wityh the jeep-man at abu road train station we made it through what was a crazy, hair-raising ride up to the mountain range. 4 nights ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 6 Sep 2009 | Views [486] | Comments [1]
Our trip to jaipur was as unexpected as that to varanasi...after waking up on saturday morning dreading the 18 hour train journey, we sneaked to the station to 'only ask' what the costs of changing our train ticket and getting a plane instead would be.... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 2 Sep 2009 | Views [524] | Comments [2]
we left our hotel in khajuraho at around 12.30 to embark on what we thought would be an easy 40minute plane ride to varanasi, the holy city. we coudn't haev been more wrong. we had in fact set off for an odissey. our plane had been parked too close ... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 2 Sep 2009 | Views [318]
the trip to get to this small, forgotten town was long and winding but with its worth-a-mention highlights. the three hour train ride from AGRA to JHANSI was made pleasant by the acquaintance with an International Relations professor from Delhi university.... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 30 Aug 2009 | Views [227] | Comments [2]
when as a child i watched Aladdin (...last month) i would see the Taj look-alike in all its splendour adn glory. never would i have imagined that reality could actually surpass fantasy! the Taj Mahal is enormous, splendid, grand but delicate and tasteful ... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 29 Aug 2009 | Views [258]
what a long and strenous day! humayun's tomb is huge, majestic and pretty. he must have been greatly loved byhis wife..and his barber (an entire mausoleum was dedicated to his barber!!!). the Lotus temple was in itself an experience. i went from complete ... Read more >
INDIA | Friday, 28 Aug 2009 | Views [238]
cows, cars, dogs and men live, breath and shit on the bumpy, brave streets of OLD DELHI. a little boy, no older than six but more street wise than sixty, hangs onto the sleeve of my shirt as he asks - with his much rehearesed but irresistible stare ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 22 Aug 2009 | Views [208]
Well here we are, Friday night, T minus 2 days and a bit and the butterflies in our stomachs are having a party! We're both sitting here in front of our computers surfing the internet and trying to figure out how many more things we need to buy and ... Read more >
ITALY | Thursday, 6 Aug 2009 | Views [246] | Comments [1]
Mella's the name, Stripy's the hair and Fizzy's the nature. i tend to be seduced by overwhelming passions for Random things; they never seem to last more than a few months. it's the funnest way to get through life, i think! my latest is photography.... Read more >
