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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 fellini
October 31st 2009

The strange case of the vanishing lake Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar

When we arrived in Pushkar ten days ago we were disappointed to find that the world-famous holy lake, which has been the centrepiece of the Pushkar Festival for decades, maybe centuries, maybe millenia, was suddenly not there. This was particularly annoying because the lake is lovingly described in the latest Lonely Planet Guide and furthermore we had paid premium rate for a hotel with a lake view. In place of the lake was a flat expanse of brown dust, about 1 km square, inhabited by a few bulldozers, stray dogs, stray cows, and the occasional woman taking a shortcut with a [View Full Entry]

By MariaandWill
October 31st 2009

Wedding..Indian style! Asia » India » Haryana » Gurgaon

Trying to find aproper outfit for an indian wedding!!
Annabelle and myself out on a mission!! Find appropriate outfits!!

We just got back from the camelmarket in Pushkar to attend the wedding of one of Wills workclients. He is Indian and Will have met him once, however, we were invited to his wedding. In traditional indian style the wedding lasted foe a week and consisted of 5 events e.g halloween, polomatch, barnparty, the actual ceremony and a reception. We went to the ceremonial party and the reception dinner. Which were both located at two of Dehlis top 5 star hotels, The Claridges an the Imperial..NIIICE!!! Annabelle was visiting from Bejing so she also joined in. [View Full Entry]

Trying to find aproper outfit for an indian wedding!!2

will did not have a proper indian costume..

By jawilso
October 31st 2009

Jaipur and the Elephant Ride Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jaipur

Courtyard at Amber Fort

Hi Everyone, I spent the last week in Jaipur and Udaipur in Rajasthan, India. Jaipur is home to the Amber fort and the Pink City. The Pink City gets its name from its pink city walls, but don't let the locals hear you call it that or they will laugh at you. Apparently to them it is the 'Old City.' While I was in Jaipur a met a group of girls who showed me around their college and took me to their English Institute where they take extra English classes. I got to meet the students and help them with their [View Full Entry]

By JBloodworth
October 31st 2009

Food poisoning and wildlife Asia » India » Rajasthan » Bharatpur

Hi all, If there is one bit of travel advice i can give to you all its this... don't eat anywhere the rough guide recommends! Myself and Jud did this in Agra at our own peril! It ended with us spending 24 hours with food poisoning, which didnt help considering we had to endure a bus journey. We have spent the last few days in Bharatpur which has a famous national park; we have spent today wandering around the park which is supposed to be a wetland (although not very wet because of the ten year drought Rajastan has been having, [View Full Entry]

By russandkathryn
October 30th 2009

Agra Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra

The Magnificent Taj Mahal

Day 12 - Agra We woke up on our sleeper train to find that everyone in our compartment had a resonable nights sleep espicially Nicky who had taken a sleeping tablet and said that she had the best nights sleep of the holiday so far. We hadn't been up long before we were treated to the sound of the chai waller coming along the carridge. This is a man with a large tea urn which contains the hot spicy tea who goes along the train shouting "chai chai chai chai" as he goes. Not wanting to miss out on a nice [View Full Entry]

By Katerosemary
October 30th 2009

''if you can travel in india, you can travel anywhere...'' Asia

Well, we've left sadhana forest which was weird, went to Bangalore where we spent two nights, and now we are in Mysore. Bangalore was crazy and very busy, but luckily we were on the out skirts which mean we had a nice guest house for not that much money, the only tricky thing was getting around the place. Rickshaws and everywhere but they all want to rip you off. At our hostel we actually had a balcony (albeit a tiny one, but a balcony none the less). To get to Bangalore from Pondicherry, we had to travel on a Sleeper bus, [View Full Entry]

By russandkathryn
October 30th 2009

Day 13 -Bharatpur Asia » India » Rajasthan » Bharatpur

Tri-shaw fun

Day 13 - Bharatpur - Jaipur An early morning start saw us catch cycle rickshaws to the Bharatpur Bird Sancturary which actually was a little further from the hotel than we thought. The rickshaw riders looked like they were struggling a little but we guessed they must be used to it, although a Chris Hoy in the making they are not. The bird park was good and we spotted loads of different types of birds including Serpent Eagles, Owls, Cattle eagrets, Kingfishers, wagtails, drongos and much more. We were also told about a part of the monestary where a monk lived [View Full Entry]

Another Early start this time at a bird sancturary

Soft Shell Turtle emerges from the water

By Tina Cosi
October 30th 2009

Entwarnung... Asia » India » Goa » Margao

Also die letzten zwei Tage haben wir eigentlich ziemlich gut ueberstanden :). Mit buntstiften bewaffnet haben wir uns am donnerstag in die improvisierte schule gewagt und im grossen und ganzen verliefen die zwei stunden viel besser. die jungs waren ganz heiss darauf zu malen. Das thema war der dschungel und seine tiere, pflanzen. Naja am ende kamen zwar trotzdem viele hunde und haeuser raus aber was solls... :) bis auf ein paar wenige haben eigentlich alle kids mitgemacht. Waehrend einer kleine pause gings dann runter zum "playground" zum cricketspielen. eigentlich ist es einfach ein staubiger [View Full Entry]

By Dee and Holly
October 29th 2009

Lovely Fort Cochin, Kerela Asia » India » Kerala » Kochi

Train from Hampi
Waterfall

We left Hampi and started our long journey to our next destination...Kerela in the south. This involved 2 train journeys. One 8 hours long, hot sleeper class, seat next to the toilet, not great! The second was 16 hours long. We paid extra for 3AC class, much cooler and a nicer kind of person. PLU. We were befriended by a lovely family from Gujarta who insisted on feeding us all their homemade rotis and Diwali sweets and questioned us about whether we were married and why we weren't travelling with our parents!!. Arrived in Fort Cochin via ferry, a lovely old [View Full Entry]

By Global Entrepreneur Fellow from the Kellogg School
October 29th 2009

Notes on Rural India Asia » India » Andhra Pradesh » Hyderabad

Chennai Monkey

The Ashoka-Lemelson Tech 4 Society event was this past week in Chennai. The event brought together several Ashoka and Ashoka-Lemelson Fellows to discuss opportunities and challenges as it relates to technology adoption in rural areas. The makeup of the individuals ranged from 25+ years of efforts in the social sector to new entrepreneurs - all of whom share common themes in their work including the development of new economic models for disseminating technologies to India’s poor, inventors of new technologies serving the bottom of pyramid markets as well as those using new technologie [View Full Entry]

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