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Long route home Our trip all the way home, trying to catch no planes and stay on the ground like civilised people. It's taking us via India all the way to Europe from Japan, the furthest of the Far East...

Trip: Japan to UK

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Photos: Chandigarh

INDIA | Friday, 1 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery

Modelcity
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Test-ing times

INDIA | Friday, 1 Oct 2010 | Views [682]

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


Sikh-ing the real India

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


Photos: Amritsar

INDIA | Wednesday, 29 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery

Sikh holy city
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Delhi II - the return

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


Photos: Jodhpur

INDIA | Sunday, 26 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery

The smurf city
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Jodhpur

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 >


Jaisalmer

INDIA | Wednesday, 22 Sep 2010 | Views [1027]

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 >


Photos: Jaisalmer

INDIA | Wednesday, 22 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery

Jaisalmer
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Jaipur

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


Photos: Jai-purring with pleasure

INDIA | Monday, 20 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery

The 2nd corner for us of the Golden Triangle
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Get De Hell outta here

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


Photos: Delhi

INDIA | Thursday, 16 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery


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Ach, men are bad

INDIA | Tuesday, 14 Sep 2010 | Views [489]

After a pretty grotty change from a night bus to a delayed day train, we came at midnight to the lovely city of Ahmedabad, capital of Gujarat.  Why go to Gujarat?  Two reasons really, it's on the way and a nice break between Mumbai and Rajasthan and ... Read more >


Photos: Ahmedabad and Udaipur

INDIA | Sunday, 12 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery

Ahmedabad and Udaipur
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To the bat cave!

INDIA | Friday, 10 Sep 2010 | Views [568]

Northern Maharashta is renowned for it's ancient temples, excavated from natural hillside caves.  We saw both of the principal sites, to wit: Ellora cluster and Ajanta cluster.  Ajanta was first, all Buddhist and chiefly Mayahana.  A horseshoe shaped ... Read more >

Tags: bats, buddhist, caves, fort, hindu, litter, monkeys, tandoori, touts


Photos: Cave in

INDIA | Friday, 10 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery

Not quite like Chile...
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Photos: Mum, Bai-bye

INDIA | Wednesday, 8 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery

India's financial capital
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Keeping Mum-bai

INDIA | Wednesday, 8 Sep 2010 | Views [624]

We came prepared for a city that is bursting at the seams, and found relative calm. The streets were wide, the traffic un-jammed and there were even fewer people than we'd seen in many cities - in short, it was a pleasure to be there.  Of course, Mumbai ... Read more >

Tags: colonial, cricket, ghats, mumbai, slums, temples


Photos: My sore feet

INDIA | Saturday, 4 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery

Last of South India
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