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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 carlaalexmota
November 12th 2009

Incredible INDIA! Asia » India

India... everything we could say about India is never to much! I felt like someone you was been in space and knowone understand what we saw! India is an amazing country, specialy for western people, because is to "spicy" for all our senses. First we hate it: - the noise... - the touts... - the poverty... - the litter... - polution... - trafic... - and a LOT of people, but... after a few days (or weeks) we felt like we belong to that place. We love it and we are adicted to it. We love, - every noise... - every child... [View Full Entry]

By MariaandWill
November 11th 2009

A day at the animal welfare sanctuary! Asia » India » Haryana » Gurgaon

Sweety 1
One of the many dogs at the sanctuary, i wish I could adopt them all!

I have now finally gotten around to do some volunterwork here in India, and it may not come as a big surprise to you that this includes animals and there welfare.. Friendicoes seca is an animal welfare organization here in India (much needed here!!) which basically does the same as other such organizations around the world i.e. raising money for shelter, food and veterinary expenses for lost, sick and abandoned animals. They have a sanctuary in Gurgaon, quite far out on the countryside, where they have monkeys- most are found abandoned around Dehli when they are babies; then there are the [View Full Entry]

By MariaandWill
November 11th 2009

My afternoon in Dehli Asia » India » National Capital Territory » Delhi

The Baha temple

Hi all We are soon on our way to Mumbai (tmrw morning!!), but I just wanted to share some pics from yesterday afternoon in Dehli. While Will was at a meeting I visited the fantastic Bahas temple! As always when I am out sightseeing on my own it creates a bit of attention and I often feel like a walking tourist attraction myself.. However, it is a nice building and I really like the whole Bahai idea, which is spiritual unity of all humans and religion (no, I myself have NOT turned religious:), just like the including all humans idea) On [View Full Entry]

By Pug11
November 11th 2009

The arrival - Delhi Asia » India » National Capital Territory » New Delhi

Following an 8 hour, night flight where either of us got any sleep, we arrived in a dusty building site. We were greeted by our rickshaw driver and he took us to our hostel. It was the craziest drive of my life, here, there are very few road regulations and drivers just fend for themselves, we regularly found ourselves on the wrong side of the road. Our first night was nice, both still very tired we walked around the surrounding area and found an authentic indian restaurant and had pizza lol. We saw our fist cows and got hassled by countless [View Full Entry]

By Helga unterwegs
November 10th 2009

Kerala backwaters Asia » India » Kerala » Kochi

Backwaters
Unser Boot am Vormittag

Der Trip in die backwaters ist super entspannend und landschaftlich fantastisch. Die Boote werden langsam mit meterlangen Bambusstangen durch die Kanaele manoevriert. Wir sehen, wie aus Muschelschalen Kalk gewonnen wird, wie aus Kokosfasern Seile gewonnen werden und sehen, riechen und schmecken versch. Gewuerzpflanzen. Mittags gibts ein typisches Kerala Mittagessen auf Bananenblaettern. Am naechsten Tag fahre ich zum Elefanten waschen im Fluss bei einem Trainingscamp. Sie werden mit abgeschnittenen Kokosnussschalen kraeftig geschrubbt, was ihnen sichtlich gefaellt und wir duerfen mithelfen. S [View Full Entry]

By samforest
November 10th 2009

Travel Without Arriving Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Shimla

Some Zen master or another suggested it is better to travel than arrive, but he did not have the day I did. A day after reading about a horrible crash of an overcrowded bus in Kangra where I had just been, I found myself on a bus with 120 fellow sardines, the conductor always willing to stop for more. I stopped worrying about holding on, as there was no where my body could go. I did worry about my ribs being crushed, but like nuts in a jar, with the shaking of the bus coming down the bumpy mountain road, some [View Full Entry]

By Keep Smiling
November 9th 2009

A delicious cuppa and a risky one! Asia » India » Kerala » Munnar

Cheeyappara Waterfall
One of three sets of falls, swollen by overnight rain, that we passed on our way from Thattekkad to Munnar

Munnar - Friday 6, Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 November The patter of raindrops on Hornbill’s thatched roof, the croaking of a thousand frogs and the growing stuffiness in the tent caused by a lack of electricity to power our overhead fan woke us up before 7.00a.m. As night turned into day, the rain eased and the gardening boy gathered up leaves and some coconuts that had fallen in the night. Two pied kingfishers sat in a nearby tree and a small flock of white egrets skimmed along the river on their way to who knows where. One of our waiters [View Full Entry]

By purplekitty83
November 9th 2009

Bangalore Vol II Asia » India » Karnataka » Bangalore

the 20 layer chocolate cake

Wednesday, Nov 4th I can’t believe I’ve already been in Bengalore for 2 days! Time goes by so fast in a big city like this! Telling of what I’ve seen so far I really like it here. The city is superbusy, loud and polluted, but still has its very own charm. At some places there is now way you’d think you were in India, if there weren’t so many Indians on the street. It could as well be any other big city in the world. Ok, maybe I’m just very spoiled, cause I’m being shown around by a local ☺ Thank [View Full Entry]

By Drinkthewater
November 8th 2009

The Ancient Kingdom of Ladakh Asia » India » Jammu & Kashmir » Leh

Khardung La - me
at the top

Probably because I’d come from Manali which is about 2000 metres above sea level, and come over the higher passes, the altitude in Leh didn’t affect me too much. Leh is at 3500 metres. I still found that I’d get a bit out of breath, and times when I’d suddenly feel a bit like I hadn’t been breathing enough. Other people also reported weird dreams, which I also had to some degree. It was also very cold. I bought another jumper and a thick woollen jacket, which of course became a massive burden to carry around after I left Leh. I [View Full Entry]

By Drinkthewater
November 8th 2009

Hazy recollections of Delhi Asia » India » National Capital Territory » Delhi

Gandhi Smriti
a photo from inside a kalaidescope

To explain the rather contrived title I’ll skip to the end. This morning (1/11/09 - which will be discussed in the next blog) when I arrived into Leh the first thing i noticed was that the sky was blue. Also, the sun was bright. Why would this surprise me, I hear you ask? Well, good question. The answer is that it’s because I’d spent the previous ten days or so in Delhi. Unless there was some weird seasonal effect going on, I can confidently report that Delhi doesn’t have much in the way of sky or sun, as they’re hiding behind [View Full Entry]

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