Blogs from Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia - page 5

Geo: 24.581, 73.6811Ráno dorážíme na nádraží v Udaipuru, kde smlouváme rikshaw na 60rupií a jedeme k hotelu, který máme zarezervovaný. Pokoj ještě není připrave, tak musíme chvilku počkat. Čekání vyplňujeme snídaní v nedaleké kavárně, kde si dáváme výbornou kávu a snídani. Po návratu do hotelu se konečně ubytováváme a na chvilku odpočíváme. Na oběd vyrážíme do ulic a vybíráme si jednu z mnoha roof top restaurací s výhledem na jezero. Po příjemném těstovinovém obědě se vydáváme na prohlídku města.Když přich&a... read more

The train from Delhi to Udaipur is 12 hours, probably the easiest journey I've had so far! Slept well and woke up on time. Udaipur must be the laziest city in India! Nothing's fucking open 'till 10AM! When compared with everywhere else opening at like 7/8 makes a difference, when I arrived at the station I couldn't book my fucking ticket for the next day cos no one's at work! Get to work you bums! As a consequence I ended up staying an extra night than I wanted to, and paying an extra 200 fucking rupees for the train! I suppose there's worse places to have to spend an extra night. I go to the cheapest place the guide book recommends, 150rs for a dorm room, lal ghat guest house, it's really really nice, probably the ... read more

Geo: 24.5823, 73.6882We started our day with a walking trip to the City Palace Museum. It was a nice palace to walk through. After leaving the palace we were free until 7 pm when we attended a traditional dance performance. A group of us headed off to enjoy lunch and a real cappuccino. In India they serve a lot of Nescafé!After our lunch we headed off with our Spanish friends and wandered through the narrow streets looking in shops and taking photos. After getting thoroughly lost and getting caught in a monsoon rain, we eventually hired a tuk-tuk driver to take us to a bridge near our hotel. We really enjoyed wandering through the streets of Udaipur. They were much cleaner and fewer cows.In the evening we enjoyed a dance performance before heading out for dinner. ... read more

So I want to explain to everyone what my work is and what my project for the summer is. What has been involved and what I do everyday. I haven’t re-read all of these blogs so there’s a chance I could repeat some information by accident. If so I’m sorry but I hope to give an encompassing summary. Now onto the ''good'' stuff! The NGO I work for is called Jagran Jan Vikas Samiti (JJVS). JJVS was created about 30 years ago in response to a tragic loss of many children in a village in Rajasthan from disease. Through trials and tribulations JJVS strives to encourage the general public in traditional medicines and conserve the practice. In many rural villages the use of traditional medicines by healers can be vital to the overall health of the ... read more

So this past weekend was spent on a little trip. All of the groups that came to India were given a little weekend retreat, except for our group. So we decided to organize an excursion out to Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, and Agra, the location of Taj Mahal. We had heard good things about trips like this. So we asked FSD to buy us some tickets and we headed out. Every week we have a meeting with FSD (the umbrella corporation that connects students with NGOs all over the world). Here we say what went on the past week, what went well, what went poorly, and what we would like to do for the next week. I could make a blog post on just these meetings. But I will just say that this past one ... read more