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Hanging Up My Travelling Shoes

INDIA | Tuesday, 24 Apr 2007 | Views [514] | Comments [1]

Hey folks - hope all is well with everybody! I have been back in Mcleod Ganj for one week now and have settled right back into things. Got ourselves the best room in the world today - it is in the same guest house as we were staying in so we still have ... Read more >

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Lucky To Be Alive!!!

INDIA | Sunday, 15 Apr 2007 | Views [648]

Leaving Pokhara in 5 hours - praise the Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry shouldn't be so negative but this place hasn't got much to offer unless you like a good trek - which me and Annie found out we most certainly don't!! We booked ourselves onto a 3 day ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline


Chicken Safari!!!

NEPAL | Tuesday, 10 Apr 2007 | Views [1134]

Dudes - Nepal is amazing!! So different from India - it is so more remote and rural and the people are so more varied!! The people I guess are more free here - there are people who wear saris, wear Britney Spears and Westlife T-shirts and don't wear ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing


The MOST AMAZING Ride of my Life!

NEPAL | Friday, 6 Apr 2007 | Views [1568]

Arrived in Boudha, Kathmandu yesterday morning after the most unforgettable journey of my life! Me and Annie left Delhi on the 3.30pm train to Gorakphur (North India) on Wednesday and were still reeling a little bit from life back in the big smoke -... Read more >

Tags: On the Road


I Hate Goodbyes!!!

INDIA | Tuesday, 3 Apr 2007 | Views [726]

Tashi Delek everybody! Have just arrived in Smelly Delhi after a nightmare 12 hour bus ride  - lunatic driver, sick smell and my long legs wedged behind seat in front : ( And to add to it all we had to leave the other half of our gang behind - Jam and ... Read more >

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Gallery: Mcleod - Nepal

INDIA | Saturday, 31 Mar 2007 | Photo Gallery


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Home Sweet Home

INDIA | Monday, 19 Mar 2007 | Views [739] | Comments [1]

Still in Mcleod and it does feel like home now! Blimey what can i say so much has happened in last few days. Our weekend felt like a real weekend as we got a break from Tibetan classes and English classes. So with our free time we still did not leave ... Read more >

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Gallery: Mcleod Ganj and many more . . .

INDIA | Sunday, 18 Mar 2007 | Photo Gallery


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Party Time

INDIA | Thursday, 15 Mar 2007 | Views [499] | Comments [1]

Writing this message is such an effort today as am suffering from severe sleep deprevation - feel like a zombie . . . . look like a zombie . . . Went to Mcleos for a quiet Kingfisher last night and bumped into Baby (fallen off the wagon!) and friends.... Read more >

Tags: Party time


Top of the World

INDIA | Wednesday, 14 Mar 2007 | Views [571]

It has stopped raining!!! And i am listening to Jo Whiley live - new music i've missed u! The clouds have cleared and we can finally see into the valley and see the new dusting of snow on the peaks - beautiful!! Have just finished taking part in English ... Read more >

Tags: People


Oh Sit Down! Oh Sit Down!

INDIA | Wednesday, 7 Mar 2007 | Views [604] | Comments [1]

Arrived in Mcleod Ganj near to Dharamshala about 9am this morning and it is so cold - why am always suprised by the severe drop in temperature which occurs after arriving in places hundreds of feet up big mountains!?!  The journey has been a long one ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road


Over and Out South India : (

INDIA | Sunday, 4 Mar 2007 | Views [665] | Comments [1]

Am in the big smoke again today - Bangalore- after an 18hour train ride from Varkala yesterday. Another fab journey - 2nd class sleeper train journeys are just the best. You book your ticket - get upper berth its the best and rock on with snacks galore ... Read more >

Tags: Everyday Stuff


This Feels Familiar!!!

INDIA | Friday, 2 Mar 2007 | Views [529]

Praise the Lord!! Annie is still the same old beer swilling nut I left behind!! Awake this morning with blood shot eyes and pounding head - a sure sign that me and Annie have been reunited! Started off tame - fruit juices all round and talks of natural ... Read more >

Tags: Friends


Gallery: Pondicherry-Auroville-Tiruvannamali-Varkala-Bangalore

INDIA | Wednesday, 28 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery


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Lay Your Hands On Me!!!

INDIA | Wednesday, 28 Feb 2007 | Views [680]

Hey Folks- feeling fine again now (although if the sneezy person next to me has her way I might not be feeling good in a while!) Am in a town called Tirivannamali just north of Pondicherry - arrived two nights ago and am staying in a local ashram situated ... Read more >

Tags: Culture


Bugger

INDIA | Sunday, 25 Feb 2007 | Views [468] | Comments [1]

Hi everyone - just arrived in Pondicherry - west coast Tamil Nadu - am tired and coming down with a cold so this is gonna be brief! Need my bed . . . Have also lost the original journal entry i just wrote - bloody comp crashed : ( Have arrived here ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road


Jungle Book Massive!

INDIA | Monday, 19 Feb 2007 | Views [437] | Comments [1]

Oh my God can't believe what a day it has been! Took the bamboo rafting trek through Periyar Tiger Reserve and it was like a scene straight out of Jungle Book (almost!) Saw a herd of 7 wild elephants including one little bambino (probably 1 month old ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors


Gallery: Here There and Everywhere

INDIA | Saturday, 17 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery


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What a ride . . .to PARADISE!!

INDIA | Saturday, 17 Feb 2007 | Views [464]

Have escaped the dump which is Kottayam - sorry dudes but that town is not an inspiring one - but The Ambassador Hotel rocks if you want to live like Alan Partridge! (it has that travel lodge feel about it!) SPent most of last night chatting to Kim ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles


The Lone Ranger

INDIA | Friday, 16 Feb 2007 | Views [775]

Ok its not even been 24 hours since I left beloved Annie at Trivandrum bus stand and i miss her - travelling alone is weird! Time drags, haven't laughed nearly enough and being more on guard is just no good for my laidback vibe. After a night in Kovullum ... Read more >

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