Blogs from Chandigarh, Punjab, India, Asia - page 5

Hey Laura, is my bindi on straight? Can you make it straight? Laura, I just blew my nose and I can't believe what came out! I can't find my deodorant, can I use yours? These are examples of what Laura is subject to on a daily basis while rooming with me. She's a good sport. Did I tell you yet that I adore this girl!! I'm still having troubles attaching pictures and it's making me crazy. I need pictures on this blog!! I'm a much better photographer then writter, and I have some super pics!! I've taken to doing yoga in the morning with my Indian father. EVERYBODY here does yoga in the morning. In the parks, on the roof, in their yards, it's neat to see. I'd always thought of yoga as just stretching but ... read more

I'm in Punjab with Balbirs family. They have taken us in and made us their own. This is the India that I'd imagined for myself. It's wonderful!! I've got some CRAZY stories but no time tonight. This week though, I promise. Lets just say I'm in deep now ha ha ha. I'm wearing a bindi as I write. Oh and by the way, it's saree not sari. I am having some serious technical difficulties with attaching pictures and it's very frustating. If I had a gun I'd shoot this computer to death. Hopefully I can get it worked out. Love Adrienne PS- Mom & Dad I've decided to stay an extra month, tentative plan is to fly to Texas May 10th. Gwen! I'll tell you when to start selling my possessions and sending me $$. Just ... read more

Now this entry comes with a warning as many of you may find this boring as all hell, as its specifically for the Architects. I’m standing here in Chandigarh surrounded by Le Corbusier, literally there are examples of his work everywhere, there can’t be any place in the world that has so many masterpieces from a single architect. Chandigarh is an experimental city designed in1952, and is the single biggest and most significant example of urban planning, executed by Le Corbusier. It demonstrates Corbusier’s modern idiom of architecture, his radical and visionary plan of low density terrace housing, monumental government buildings, tree lined streets and green belts penetrating the orthogonal plan. Some will like his work others may not, but undeniably ‘Chandigarh is the biggest example in India of experimental architecture. It hits you on the ... read more

Gone were the winding mountain passes that have characterized our trip thus far… No more of the friendly roadside dhabbas our road trip became hideous, irrepressible heat, dust storms, motorway services, blaring horns, drunken guest house owners, more heat and an abundance of traffic… to say that initially we missed the mountains would be an understatement… It is just more peaceful up there… Chandigarh was our first stop… As soon as we were out of the mountains the heat was intense, the Grand Trunk road became a three lane motorway and the trucks, buses and thousands of other vehicles all vying for the best position… swerving round sleeping oxen and kamikaze motor cyclists coming the wrong way only served to exacerbated the heat… Getting to Chandigarh we were struck with the uncanny similarities between Milton Keynes ... read more

Blog by Dave Hello again everyone, We arrived in Chandigargh after a thoroughly entertaining and also surprisingly comfortable jeep ride with the guys we met on our last night in Dharamsala/McLeod Ganj. There was Jon (Geordie journalist who has the most entertaining life ever and kept us enraptured on our jeep ride giving annecdotes of the famous people he's interviewed - mostly music stars from Dolly Parton to Liam Gallagher), his partner Lisa (who works in a London city bank) in India for 2 weeks and Jamie (a would-be film director from Cardiff) with his mate John (a scouser* newly qualified in Law) travelling round Asia for about 6-7 months. This motley crew of six arrived at about 20:00 in Chandigarh at the first of our booked hotels, Hotel Alankar which came straight from the Lonely ... read more