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I Have now arrived in Delhi after leaving Amritsar this morning. Yesterday was a very full in Amritsar so finished feeling rather hot, tired and grubby. I got to Amritsar on Friday evening and since the Golden Temple stays open pretty late, I took the opportunity to pay a night-time visit. At about 10:30 there is a ceremony in which a copy of the Sikh hold book is carried back from its daytime location (in the temple in the middle of the pool) to its storage area. I spent about and hour and a half there wondering around the whole temple complex. To be allowed to enter the complex you must remove shoes (and socks!) and cover your hair. There are many people outside selling temporary hair scarves so I bought one of those and then ... read more
In sickness and in health
Published: July 25th 2012Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi » DwarkaI have faced (and survived) my first digestive diffucutly in India! It is a little rough to feel ill in another country far away from the familiar and your mother ;) Plus feeling feverish when its 100 degrees and humid is not fun. Luckily I recovered quickly with a few days in bed, plain rice and toast, and Norflox- a digestive antibiotic. It feels great to be back on track and motivated to explore again. This was our first weekend free, so we all met up at the market on Saturday. I can't really think of much to report, it was a bit of a down day for me since that is when I started to not feel well and it was so hot that day. Sunday we were going to do a bunch of sight ... read more
the real beginning
Published: July 20th 2012Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi » DwarkaI'm not exactly sure where I left off on the last post, but I'll start with what I remember the best and most recently which will most likely lead me back around to where I started. Today I moved in to my homestay! This is where I will be living for the next four months. The thought of that in general, four months here (minus one week), feels much more real now. Before at the hotel, it felt like I was just on like a week or two week vacation because most of our activities were orientation stuff, and I never really unpacked at all. Now I am living in a really nice area called Greater Khaleish II, which so far looks beautiful! There are tons of gardens around, and large fancy houses. In New Friends ... read more
Expedition chez Karim
Published: July 8th 2012Asia » India » National Capital Territory » Delhi » Qutub MinarRetour en arriere. Je vous ai mentionne que, plus tot cette semaine, je me suis rendu dans une chaine de Restauration Indienne tres populaire nommee "Karim's", ca vaut la peine que j'elabore un peu sur le sujet. Tout a commence quand Javid, le professeur d'echec, a suggere a moi et Sergio que nous nous rendions dans ce restaurant : "The best food in town, you will not forget it!" qu'il nous dit. D'accord, nous nous y rendons donc. En route, avant de prendre un "touc-touc" ou "auto-rickshaw", moi et Sergio on emprunte une petite rue non loin de notre hotel. On constate alors que si l'on croyait notre rue achalandee, nous n'avions rien vue. Cette petite rue etait, semblait-il, seulement frequente par les locaux et elle etait tres etroite. Elle n'etait pas si achalandee mais quand ... read more
Leaving JN part 2, Mcleodganj, The big goodbye
Published: July 7th 2012Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New DelhiFinishing up at JN So our stay at Trekkers Nest really was great. The staff were awesome (see picutres) and we actually made some really good riends ,especially with Bunty and his family. We went to their house again on our last day where we exchanged some photos, had a laugh with Gugu (their son) and had indian pancakes. Upon Leaving, the grandparents presented us with our very own Himachali style caps (see pictures) Everyone kept asking us when we were coming back, but unfortunately on this trip, we're definitely not. The hotel organises treks in the surrounding area and has a campsite at Barot (the next valley we walked to) where you can fish for trout in the river before staying the night and walking back. Every week on a sunday Dr Singhla has a ... read more
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Nettoyage d'oreille a central park
Published: July 8th 2012Asia » India » National Capital Territory » Delhi » Qutub MinarAujourd'hui, je decide de me rendre a Connaugh Place, un rond point tres courru a Delhi. Ce Rond point est entoure de commerces dans de grands edifices a colonnes qui donne un joli look a l'ensemble. Au centre du rond point, il y a un parc nomme simplement " Central Park". Apres m'etre repose dans ce joli petit parc, je me promene un peu, et la, un homme m'approche. Il m'explique qu'il nettoie les oreilles, qu'il fait ca depuis des generations et puis il me vend sa salade. J'ai beau lui dire que je ne veux rien savoir, il est persistant. Il me montre son carnet de temoignage de clients satisfait et surpris de la salete qu'il retire. J'insiste et continue de dire que je ne veux rien savoir, il ne bronche pas et persiste. Quand ... read more
Une semaine a Delhi
Published: July 6th 2012Asia » India » National Capital Territory » Delhi » Qutub MinarBen dis donc, ca fait maintenant une semaine que je suis a Delhi. Y'a des hauts, ou je me dis que c vraiment chouette. Y'a des bas, ou je me demande qu'est-ce qui m'a pris de venir ici pis je me dis que je veux retourner chez-moi. On va y aller avec les bas, qui, soit dit en passant, je ne porte pas souvent parce qu'il fait drolement chaud par ici. Mon voisin de siege dans l'avion, un americain demeurrant au Texas mais pas Texan, habitue de l'Inde, me disait : "Delhi is a rip off" Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas cette expression, ca veut dire "Une arnaque". Apres une semaine seulement a Delhi, j'ai depense pres de la moitie de mon budget. Bon, relativisons. Quand on sait que par la j'entends 400$, que j'ai ... read more
After a bit of a nightmare at Heathrow we made it to Delhi just a day later than expected. The flight was good despite Graeme spilling red wine all down his light linen pants - ha! Landing at Delhi airport at 1am, the heat was overwhelming. Even though the flight had been delayed the hotel pick-up was still waiting for us. We survived the drive back to the hotel - just. And we've never heard so many car horns on the road especially at that time of the night. Crazy drivers. The dark, dingy alley (with outdoor urinals at the end) leading to our hotel was a nice, warm reception. Surprisingly, our room was nice, with a TV, air-con that actually worked and an en suite with a real flushing toilet! On our first day we ... read more
Today we had a big drive back to Delhi and "the Connaught Hotel". We said our Goodbye's to Sanjeev our wonderful bus driver for the past whirlwind four day tour that we had undertaken. Sanjeev's familly live back in the mountains in Northern India, and he bases himself in Delhi to earn money and sees them only occasionally. We decided we needed an extra suitcase for the Souveniors we had acquired so embarked on the challenge of shopping in the Connaught area in New Delhi. The area was busy with market style stalls and loads of touters who were really annoying. They follow you for streets if you show any interest in their products such as Marco's desire for sunglasses! We walked for a while and ended up a laneway that had the strongest stench of ... read more
1er juillet. Ben oui tiens. J'ai revu un de mes "amis" d'hier. Il m'a dit que si j'acceptais de visiter quelques boutiques pour quelques minutes seulement, meme sans rien acheter, il aurait un 100rs (roupies indiens, 1$ canadiens equivaut a 50 roupies) de commissions pour chaque boutique. Parfait, tu es sur que tu as des commissions meme si j'achete rien? J'ai verifie et reverifie en lui garantissant que je n'acheterais rien. Il m'a confirme que j'avais juste besoin de regarder. Alors j'ai fait comme presque toute les fois ou je magasinent pour vrai, j'ai regarde, j'etais pas satisfait et j'ai rien achete. Voila mon ami, 300rs pour toi, j'ai fait ma B.A. de la journee ;p J'ai oublie quelques trucs que l'on m'a offert hier, ce n'est pas anodin. - You want woman, I can get ... read more
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