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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 pic
November 15th 2009

Day 2 - Agra Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra

I am now in a very posh hotel in Agra called The Mughal. The whole place is lovely...and it smells wonderful. I think they do something like the big casinos in Las Vegas and perfume the air. The day started early. We left Delhi at 8:00 and began a very long 4.5 hour drive to Agra. The traffic here is amazing. Not amazing in a good way. Well maybe it is a good way because I haven't seen an accident. That IS amazing. The other thing is that in both Agra and Delhi I saw traffic police. But they were just [View Full Entry]

By DanandNat
November 14th 2009

Pune Asia » India » Maharashtra » Pune

Train

On Thursday we travelled from Mumbai to Pune (pronounced Poona) by train. We opted for 2nd class air conditioned for our first experience of Indian trains, just to be on the safe side. The 4.5 hour, 100 mile journey cost us less than £4 each - a real bargain. We had spacious seats and the 2nd class area was mainly filled with business types and families. Men constantly came through the carriage offering chai tea and food which we didn’t expect, but didn’t try since we brought food. As the journey went on, more people started appearing selling everything from sweets [View Full Entry]

By Sasha the Wanderer
November 14th 2009

Seven Days in Delhi Asia » India » National Capital Territory » Delhi

Picture it. Close your eyes and imagine. You've been on planes and in airports for over 20 hours, you've just landed at New Delhi International, it's your first time setting foot on such foreign soil. The plane door opens, your breathing quickens - finally, at last, yes! You step out of the plane, look around and ugh, the smell! You can see 800 feet on the brightly lit runway. From the smog. Wow, welcome to India. We have been in Delhi for 7 days now and have lived a lot more than that. There is simply no way to describe to [View Full Entry]

By JBloodworth
November 14th 2009

Camels, Stars and Feral Dogs... Asia » India » Rajasthan » Bikaner

Village Life
The five of us in the desert village (myself with 2 day old lamb in hand).

Hi All, Well, I have just returned from the three day camel safari in the Thar desert! All in all five of us made up the safari including myself, 2 Israelis, an Irish guy and a Swiss; The trip started with a jeep ride into the desert to see some wildlife. This incorporated taking in an animal carcass dump where around 200+ vultures and eagles patrolled the skies and ground; which made a pretty amazing spectacle. The trip then took in a local traditional village where we got to see how the desert dwellers live; which included mud huts, lots of [View Full Entry]

By pic
November 14th 2009

Day 1 - Delhi Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi

I have arrived in India and spent the day touring Delhi. My flight over was quite interesting. The PDX to Amsterdam portion was great. I had the row to myself, my vegetarian meal showed up...life was good. Then we landed in Amsterdam. I actually think we might have landed in Belgium and then taxied our way to Holland and Amsterdam. I think we taxied for an hour...okay maybe it was just 10 minutes but it felt like an hour. The flight from Amsterdam to Delhi was not nearly so pleasant. First they did sort of a free-for-all loading method with 2 [View Full Entry]

By glenaceae
November 14th 2009

Kochin Asia

Just a quick update. Left Shimla by bus for Delhi, got in last night. Got up this morning trying to find a way out of this madhouse...nothing available by train for 24 hours so found a cheap flight down to Kochin which is in Kerala in southern India. Very tropical feeling...palm trees everywhere. I'm in an old section called Fort Kochin which has a unique feel....had a great dinner in a homestay....basically an old house turned hotel....kind of a dive but better than some I'v had so far. Hoping to see the ocean tomorrow...would like to just chill for a while...this [View Full Entry]

By michelski
November 14th 2009

Rajasthan 1 Asia » India » Rajasthan

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India - Rajasthan

After China and Nepal here the third and final destination of the trip: India - Rajasthan. Let's get a little sun and heat before heading to the long winter of Val Thorens. Michel [View Full Entry]

By RickP
November 13th 2009

Freitag der 13 Asia » India » Goa » Anjuna Beach

Aber das Wetter ist besser
..wenigstens etwas

Freitag der 13. Seit Heute werde ich dran glauben! War im Inland unterwegs um eine Gewuerzfarm zu besichtigen. War auch alles wunderbar nur der Rueckweg war ein wenig unerwartet. Der Rikshaw wurde die vorfahrt genommen und schon lagen wir Kopfueber im Strassengraben (Wir= der Fahrer und ich). Das andere Auto fuhr einfach weiter..... Fahrerflucht. Haben es zum Glueck nicht gerammt oder so. Der Rikshaw Fahrer ist einfach ausgewichen ansonst haetten wir das andere Auto gerammt. Also schnell raus aus der total demolierten Rikshaw. Sagen wir mal vorher war sie viereckig so war sie jetzt heftigs [View Full Entry]

By purplekitty83
November 13th 2009

Fort Cochin Asia » India » Kerala » Kochi

Rain Vol I

Wednesday, Nov 11th - Ford Cochin - Kerala The train ride was pretty OK. I slept most of the time, so the twelve hours went by fast. As I arrived in Ernakulum, I was lucky to catch a local bus to Ford Cochin. Standing at the local bus station, obviously looking pretty lost I got picked up by a guy who took me to his guest house. The room was very decent, clean and the owners very friendly. So I started wandering off to explore the surroundings - and ended up in one of the nicest little towns, I’ve seen in [View Full Entry]

By purplekitty83
November 13th 2009

Munnar - I love this place!!!! Asia » India » Kerala » Munnar

Me at breakfast

Friday, Nov 13th - Munnar Today was my second day in Munnar, well, sort of. I arrived yesterday night at 6 pm after a beautiful, but tiring 5 hour bus ride. As I mentioned before, I like the buses, but especially the first two hours where pretty awful. Getting on the bus I thought ‘wow, such a nice and spacious bus, with comfy, cushioned seats’ got in a row, sat my backpack next to me and started to read. But India wouldn’t have been India, if that would’ve been it. The bus got more and more crowded. When I saw, that [View Full Entry]

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