Blogs from Kurukshetra, Haryana, India, Asia
Hey Everyone, Well I just wrote this really long entry to you all and it disappeared so I will keep this one shorter. I went to this hippy dance party on a roof top cafe which looked over Laxma Jula. I went with 6 of my new friends. No alcohol and we all danced around this fire under the stars. Amazing amazing amazing! I had my prayer beads (Sandalwood Japa) blessed today by this amazing man called Prem Baba. He does lectures everyday for 2 hours and I have been to see him talk twice now. He has spoken about so many things in such a simplistic way... Amazing amazing amazing!... read more
1. It is not a place for foreigners.2. The inhabitants are not nice.3. The inhabitants are stupid. This is what is wrong with Kurukshetra according to every Indian we mentioned it to, since Ralf recommended it as an off the beaten but not too off the beaten track destination. I trust the advice of His well travelled Dudeness, so two days after Christmas we left the backpacker hovel Hotel Navrang in the backpackers ghetto of Paharganj, Delhi. I held tightly onto my little girl as my boyfriend tried to clear a path for us through the touts, rickshaws, filth and grasping hands of beggars, so we could reach the train station on time for our early morning train. Several hours later we stepped off the train in Kurukshetra train station and blinked and yawned in the ... read more









