Blogs from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia - page 2

Hi, I'm checking how this blog is functioning, being a semi-techo-illiterate, I'm oblivious to techno-obviousness :-) I'm have been trying to get a facebookpage online and I'm not really sure if it actually is online... My intention is to import a little bit of Belgian surrealism into Lucknow, Northern India - a city I have chosen to further Study Hindi and Urdu through an internship, private coursework and immersion into the social and cultural life of lucknow. This city, although attractive in itself, doesn't seem to attract a lot of visitors except those studying Urdu. Surreal is the fact that almost all students are Americans... Lucknow has a kind of "past glory" ambiance and although there're some 3 million people living in Lucknow, it's a actually a very relaxed city with parcs, trees and beatifull mosks. ... read more

i happened to reach pangot while exploring some quite jungle after kilburry nainital . and i found pangot as the best place on earth , for peace , soliltude in the natural lap of beautiful hills . there i found lot of beautiful cottages and affordable budgeted plan for longer stay . we stayed in janardan resort , ( janardanpangot.co.cc ) , which was under construction and found it very comfortable . What is Pangot? Pangot, a beautiful hamlet in the Kumaon hills, Situated in the midst of beautiful high rise hills , 15 km from Nainital . Pangot is the right place for nature-lovers and bird-watchers to spend in paradise . It’s more like a small town having typical village houses of the Kumaon region, a beautiful village temple, a village post-office and population of ... read more

Lucknow has been full of wonderful surprises! TOTALLY DELICIOUS FOOD: Roomali rotis (paper thin breads), mutton kebabs (for the carnivores), raita, rogan josh (more lamb meatiness) and tandoori chicken. The little tip we got from an American/Indian dental student---Dastarkwan and Tunday Kebab sent Guillaume into a euphoric eating FRENZY! FANTASTIC SIGHTS:The fabulously designed fantasy school, La Martiniere. Looks like Hogwarts school for witches and wizards. Fully equipped with giant lion statues perched high above the entrance (no longer with smoke pouring out of their mouths when the furnace is turned on, as it scared the locals) and great cannons seemingly protecting the well uniformed young school boys below. Also we stopped by the Bara Imambara. A crumbling old tomb, with gorgeous archways, a magnificent mosque and also featuring a frustratingly complicated labyrinth. As t... read more

Lucknow was fun; we got their too late to actually do anything so we sent Patrick (half of the bus's Canadian population; likes walking, food and walking to get food and/or beer) to get us some twenty ruppee (fifty rs to the dollar) noodles which were very good and bigger portions than most restaraunts. We messed around in the party room for so long that the actual residents chucked us out and we had to go next door. It was one of the best OzBus nights so far, which was good, seeing as someone left my key in the other room and I ended up sleeping on their sofa. I was probably the most comfortable person there, because several people simulataneously decided to have a sleepover and were trying not to breathe too deeply for fear ... read more

Last Thursday after class our school organized a trip to explore two of Lucknow’s most famous structures—the Bara Imambarah and the Chota Imambarah. First though, our group was driven to the house of a descendant of one of the Nawabs of Awadh, Mr. Abdullah, for tea and a short lecture about his family and the old Nawabi culture of Lucknow. ‘Nawab’ is a courtly and administrative title that is akin to a governor, and ‘Awadh’ was the name of the regional area with Lucknow as its capital that became the center of official Muslim culture and influence after the British had firmly established themselves in Delhi. Mr. Abdullah had our group into his house where he talked a little about his descendant’s history (they came to Delhi from Nishapur, Iran in the early 1700s) and the ... read more