Blogs from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

We left for Gwalior on morning of 28th may. Reached there at around 4pm. After meeting the relatives, we went to the hotel, where I took a long nap. In the evening we left for the marriage and by the time we reached there, the “barat” had already left the house. I joined my relatives in the dance. There were two of my cousins along with 2 nephews and one niece. We all belonged to the same age group. I and Akshat Bhaiya, danced madly and continued dancing even after reaching the place for marriage. We were all sweat and ran for water. After the “Jaymala” I realized that I am going to get bore here. Another cousin of mine (Shekhoo) came up with an idea of going for a movie. The plan involved my Dad, ... read more

Luulen etta mahavaiva tuli siita kun otin eilen illalla oluen. Tarjoilija kaatoi sen lasiin, joka ei ollut kuiva. Siinhan sita hanavetta sitten tuli. Tosiaan yolla sai kayda pytylla tunnin valein neljaan kertaan. Sitten otin antibioottia, joka vatsatautia vastaan, nukuin vahan. Aamupalalla otin vain teeta, vetta, johon laitoin vahan suolaa. Huone piti luovuttaa klo 12 ja juna lahtee klo 20.40. Tassa sita saa keksia tekemista. Ensin kulutettiin aikaa nettilassa. Sitten kaytiin ajelulla vanhassa kaupungissa. Kuski ei kylla ihan ymmartanyt sita minne halusin menna, mutta talla kertaa tarkeinta oli liike eika paamaara. Kayntiin kaantymassa linnoituksessa ja paadyttiin ostoskeskukseen. Otettiin makkarissa fantat ja ostin huokeita kauluspaitoja. Mentiin neljaksi elokuviin. Talla kertaa toimintaleffa, jossa oli mukana lauluosuuksia. Hotelliin hakemaan rinkat. Ennen junan lahtoa ehdittin k... read more

Three holidays were coming in a row, so I and my office friends wanted to enjoy its every-bit of moment and wanted to spend our holidays at some new place. After exploring and discussing about few destinations which we can cover in this short time period, we finally decided to visit Gwalior which is about 800kms far from Udaipur. We boarded the train from Udaipur at 10:30 pm on 25th September. Though it took us about 15hrs to arrive at the Gwalior station we did not get bored, how can you… when you are traveling in a group, ranking the SEC beauties, playing cards till 5:30 am and many more things…… We arrived at 3:30 pm on 26th Sep and then we hired an auto to reach the Gwalior fort. We dumped our luggage at the ... read more

ufffff, q me costo sentarme a escribirles! es q las ultimas semanas han estado muy movidas... Desde la ultima vez q les escribi y hasta el domingo pasado estuve con mi mama recorriendo la region de Rajastan, q esta cerca de Delhi y es desertica pero no bonito como el norte de chile con dunas y montagnas sino simplemente muy seco pero con espinos y sin relieve... en todo caso lo q no tiene de belleza natural lo compensa con lo construido por el homre. Es una zona q estaba dirigida por maharajas entonces esta lleno de fuertes y palacios.. Estuvimos en las ciudades de: Jaipur, Pushkar, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Mt. Abu, Ranakpur, Kumbalgarh y Udaipur, asi q fue muy movido para el poco tiempo. Eran viajes largos en auto y muchas visitas a museos y cosas, ... read more

Our last minute train ticket took us to a city, that had a fort and a palace, called Gwalior. However, they really should have called it Squalior! The city was disgusting (or at least the part of it that we saw). In the darkness we lugged our heavy bags the half kilometre to the hotel district. Crossing a bridge over the train tracks our lungs burned from the fumes of the traffic and the exertion from the weight of our bags. We walked past parts of sidewalk that my sense of smell alone told me had been converted into unofficial urinals. There is nothing quite like the pungent smell of undiluted urine (by far the most prevalent unpleasant smell in India). The “hotel district” was practically under the train bridge which gave it a sinister feeling. ... read more

Three hours on a local bus to reach this city. I spent much of the ride closing the window, as due to the almost complete lack of shock absorbers, the vibration of the bus even on relatively smooth roads meant that every 5 minutes or so the window would have worked itself open about 20cm, I would get tired of having my hair blown in my face and shut it, then a minute later it would slowly start to slide open again... After arriving in the city we visited the palace of the Scindia family, the former maharajas of Gwalior. I am not a big fan of visiting recently inhabited palaces generally, they are usually full of dusty furniture, stuffed animals etc and this was no exception. Gwalior is one of the poorer cities I have ... read more