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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 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 russandkathryn
October 30th 2009

Day 14 Jaipur Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jaipur

Back into the Mayhem at Jaipur
Getting into the outside lane to overtake a camel and a donkey

Day14 - Jaipur After our late start, we were heading into the market area of Jaipur by tuk-tuk. We got out and headed towards the Palace of the Winds. We passed marketstalls and small shops, all of which promised much and we vowed to return later for shopping. The Palace of the Winds is pink, and has nearly 100 windows in it. We also saw where the City Palace gates were, and after consulting the guidebook thought this might be a good place to visit after the Amber Fort. After a few photos, we headed back to where the tuk-tuk's had [View Full Entry]

By fellini
October 29th 2009

Procession in Pushkar Asia » India » Rajasthan » Pushkar

I had expected to see lots of street processions in Pushkar during the festival, but it was a while before I saw the first one. I was alone in the hotel room because Tracey had gone off early in the morning to photograph camels, old men in big turbans, scowling beggars, and suchlike. My laziness was rewarded by the appearance of this procession right outside the hotel, which overlooks the main bazaar street. First, before anything was visible, came the noise. A frightful ear-splitting but vaguely musical din, even louder than the normal bazaar din, which steadily and unbelievably increased i [View Full Entry]

By Julie L
October 29th 2009

Hiatus Asia » India » Maharashtra

I may be taking a short hiatus from posting blogs. It's not that I don't want to post, but I am so unbelievably busy at work that it may be difficult to have time to write the blogs. I am working on a training manual that consists of 13 one hour trainings. I have two weeks to finish writing and researching the trainings then I'm doing a test implementation over two days and reviewing and making changes. If you do the math, that means all of my time is taken up in the next few weeks until I leave. I will [View Full Entry]

By Dee and Holly
October 29th 2009

Beachy Varkala Asia

Varkala
The beach was calling

After our great backwater experince, we decided to travel south from Fort Cochin by boat so booked a tourist boat from Alleppey (2 hours from Fort Cochin) to Kollam. We took a death-wish taxi to Alleppey and boarded our boat. It was very empty, just 10 of us in total, so comfortable. It was very slow going (10km/hr) but the scenery was amazing so we didn't mind. We got to Kollam, a typical (horrible) big Indian town, we hated it and got a taxi straight to Varkala. We'd been recommended this place by Steve and Sarah, who we'd met in Goa. [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]

By purplekitty83
October 28th 2009

Arambol - Goa Asia » India » Goa » Arambol

Doing my laundry

Monday, Oct 26th - Arambol, Goa So, today we left Anjuna to go to Arambol. The weekend was fine. We didn’t end up partying at all, but we met really nice people and hung out at the Shore Bar a lot. I finished ‘eat, pray, love’ yesterday and actually got a parcel send out today to hopefully be in Melbourne before I am. Sending a parcel in India usually includes spending 2-3 hours at the post office (not exaggerating here!). But siunce the post office in Anjuna is tiny, it only took me 20 minutes. Like everything in India, sending a [View Full Entry]

By cheesybear
October 28th 2009

Delhi not so hell(y) Asia » India » Punjab » Amritsar

Dinner time - Delhi

Hi everyone. Since VV’s last post we have been to two places: 1: Delhi OK, So we were well prepared for this one. After being warned by a few people that Delhi is one of those necessary things you have to visit quickly and then get out of and 2 pages in the guide book advising you of all the scams to avoid we arrived about lunch time completely covered in sand dunes, dirt and good knows what else. On the approach to the city the tracks were lined with tonnes of rubbish and people burning plastic and large streams of [View Full Entry]

By Pillay
October 28th 2009

Fall in Srinagar, fall in love with Kashmir (Oct 23 -27, 2009) Asia » India » Jammu & Kashmir » Srinagar

Dal Lake

Kashmir ~ Paradise on Earth. One of our business associates opened a hotel in Srinagar recently and I had the golden opportunity to attend the inauguration and visit Kashmir, a place I would otherwise never visit on my own. I can now say confidently that this lovely place is safe to travel and the reason why it is out of the tourism radar is simply because of the media. Cops and armed forces are everywhere, thus making it very safe for tourist. I went around the city on an auto and not even for a second, did I feel threatened [View Full Entry]

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