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From the foothills of the Himalayas to the backwaters of Kerala, to the slums of Calcuta, to the ashrams, to the beaches of Goa.... India will fascinate, shock and excite.

So, strap on your seatbelt for a rollercoaster of a travel experience around this incredible sub continent. You will love it or hate it. You'll not forget it.

India is nicey. It is spicey. It is dicey, and if you are not careful it will be bery bery pricey my friend. Beware of touts and scams.

Highlights
• Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
• The Great Himalaya Mountain Range
• Palaces and Forts of Rajasthan
• Sunny beaches of Goa
• Backwaters at Kerala
• Asiatic Lions Sanctuary at Gir National Park, Gujarat
• Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab
• Ajanta & Ellora caves, Maharashtra
• Andaman & Nicobar Islands

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By larryandrose
November 6th 2009

day 20 Asia » India

goa boat trip
the prison

oh well, last day at goa ... had enough now and was looking forward to moving ... not sure about bombay though but we arrived at our hotel at 3.30pm and to be fair it was right on the beach in juhu where the film stars are all supposed to live ... as the picture show the beach is ok but filthy there beggars everywhere and theremust have been 50 people cooking or serving tea etc .. we went for dinner in bandra which is also a posh area and there were people living in boxes outside the sony centre [View Full Entry]

By jason koster
November 6th 2009

for the experience Asia » India

street scene.

I read a quote once that 'traveleling is only glorious in retrospect'. This, i must say, is pure wisdom. Even as I look back on the past couple weeks I already begin to feel quite fond of my recent experiences. However, not enough time has elasped for the real experiences to transform into some glorious experience. Already I can say that I would not trade the 'experiences' for anything, but I hope I won't forget some of the realities as well. Take my journey from Kinnaur (eastern Himachal Pradesh) to McLeodganj (western h.p.). Kinnaur is a beautiful region set in the [View Full Entry]

By RimplesTravels
November 4th 2009

Hogenakkal/hokenhal Asia » India » Tamil Nadu » Hokenkal

A One day trip to Hogenakkal This one day trip started with us waking up around 6. We used the public transport to get here from Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Tamil Nadu is a neighboring state and it takes about 5 hours to get to hogenakkal by Bus. We caught a bus from silk board to Dharmapuri. They give a 10 minute break at Hosur where you can have breakfast (From one of the stalls)..From Dharmapuri we had to catch a second bus to Hogenakkal. After you pass Pennagram on the way to Hogenakkal, you will find picturesque vall [View Full Entry]

By RickP
November 4th 2009

Back in Delhi Asia » India » National Capital Territory » Delhi

Vor ganz genau zwo Tage hab ich die Haelfte meiner Zeit hier erreicht und zwar wieder in Delhi. Nachdem ich drei Tage in Rishikesh verweilte gings wieder nach Delhi um weiter in den Sueden zu fahren oder um in den Osten zu fahren. Entschieden wurde sozusagen spontan vor Ort. Es geht in den Sueden Richtung Goa. Genau der passende Ausgleich nach dem kalten Norden in den warmen Sueden zu fahren. Doch zunaechst zu Delhi. Delhi war beim zweiten Besuch fast genauso stressig wie beim ersten. Aber natuerlich nicht wegen des Jetlags sondern einfach deswegen weil ich jeden Tag irgendwie auf Achse [View Full Entry]

By Lawrence of Arabia
November 3rd 2009

Fast forward and pictures!!! Asia

Anna's backpack fall

Ok so let me do a bit of fast forwarding since keeping up with this things is hard.... We had a great time in Puri Returned to Kolkata to travel north to Darjeeling Took a night train to New Jaipalguri Took a jeep 3 hours up the mountain to Darjeeling Met a good travel friend along the way (omri) Ate a bunch in Darjeeling, took a freezing cold bucket shower, and decided to do a trek Did a 5 day trek along the Nepal border in the Singalila National Park - amazing, beautiful, absolute leg killer, definitely froze my ass off [View Full Entry]

By purplekitty83
November 3rd 2009

Five days in Hampi Asia » India » Karnataka » Hampi

Swimming & Cliff jumping

Friday, Oct 30th, Hampi - Karnataka This morning was the first time in forever, that we took a yoga class. It was different, but not bad. Weird introduction… Whatever. We arrived in Hampi yesterday morning after a 14 hour bus ride. It was fun, but also totally exhausting. It was a sleeper bus, so picture this like a bus with a ton of bunk beds inside. Ok, if you ever decided you wanna take a bus in India, make sure, you didn’t have recent abdorminal surgery, you are pregnant, suffering from hernia, have any ulcers (sorry, inside joke ) No, seriously, [View Full Entry]

By purplekitty83
November 3rd 2009

Bengalore Asia » India » Karnataka » Bangalore

chillin

Tuesday, Nov 3rd What a night! Contrary to my hopes, the roads got even worse. I don’t think I ever saw potholes that size! At least I managed to sleep somewhat. This morning it didn’t really get any better. First I couldn’t find my contacts, so I was pretty blind to start with, second I was pretty disorientated and had o idea where I was going. Then I happened to run only into people, that didn’t speak English, including my Rickshaw driver. He must’ve sensed my confusion, took his chance and drove me circles around the city without really going where [View Full Entry]

By jawilso
November 3rd 2009

Delhi and the National Museum Asia » India » National Capital Territory » Delhi

Me in the Red Fort

Hi Everyone, Delhi seems to me to epitomize all that is wonderful and horrible about India. I ended my trip here, but most tourists start here because Delhi is a major international destination. I heard more than one horror story from fellow tourists that I met in Agra and Varanasi about the tourist scams that go on. One couple told me that instead of taking them to their hotel their taxi driver dropped them off at a 'tourist information office' which was a front for a travel agent selling private tours of Agra, Jaipur and Delhi. They tried to tell leave, [View Full Entry]

By MariaandWill
November 2nd 2009

Incredible India: Pushkar camelmarket!!! Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar

Newspaper article about the lake disaster..

Pushkar, a small city in western Rajasthan was created when Lord Brahma (one of the Hindu gods, the creator actually) dropped a lotus flower from his hand to the earth and at the spots where three of the petals landed, water appeared in the otherwise dry desert area to from three blue lakes (according to the Hindu history). On the banks of the largest of these lakes Brahma gathered 900000 celestial beings- this is why Pushkar and its lakes are one of Indias most sacred places, during a specific full moon phase of october/november the water is believed to cleanse the [View Full Entry]

By t dog
November 1st 2009

Vinny & Dogs Epic Trek Part 9: Rajistan and the Camel Fair Asia » India » Rajasthan

In Agra, I decided to continue to a nice quaint area known as Rajistan and start in the city of Jaipur. I found out it is the beginning of the typical tourist route of Rajistan, which includes Jaipur, Pushkar, Udaipur and Jodhpur. I hit 3 of the four places....damn, I am a tourist! As I said, I started out in Jaipur which was and interesting ride from Agra. I got on the bus and we barreled down the 'highway' dodging everything I mentioned before.....animals, cars, bikes, most of which didn't have any lights.....I am so shocked we didn't hit anything looking [View Full Entry]

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