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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 Indiabuffy
October 24th 2009
AMAZING CAVES. Asia » India » Maharashtra » Ajanta Caves
Ajunta Caves, Khuldabad, Daultabad fort and Ellora caves. Trains, trains and more trains. When I travel alone I always play it safe and travel what we would call first class, but Pete and Debu like to go native! Interesting for me. The hawkers that come on at each stop are amazing. You can buy all sorts of food and drinks, books and magazines, newspapers, cigarettes, chains and locks for your suitcase, children’s toys, handkerchiefs, shoes, key rings and more. Then there are the maimed beggars who crawl on and beg and little boys who scurry around the floor sweeping a patch [View Full Entry]

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2.Lots of walking, but it was well worth it.
3.The caves at Ajunta are all Buddhist monasteries and temples.
4.Everything is carved out of the cliff face with no individual pieces of stone.

By Indiabuffy
October 24th 2009
Goa  Asia » India » Goa » Anjuna Beach
Our stay at Goa was rather overshadowed by lots and lots of monsoonal rain. At one time we couldn't leave the place where we were staying (with friends of Pete) to go out and get food. We did brave it a couple of times and got wet right through to every last bit of clothing. Not that bad really as it still wasn't cold. I would like to go back to Goa out of the monsoon season as I believe the place really comes alive. There are some lovely palm fringed beaches and lots of interesting old buildings in the old [View Full Entry]

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A picturesque fishing beach.
A quiet lane.
Coconut collector.

The Matrimandir, Auroville.
The Matrimandir, Auroville.
I went inside this place and do not have words to describe it. It is essentially a meditation hall and I think there would be few people who wouldn't be moved by it.
I LOVE PONDI! Yes, I probably could live here for quite a while. The French quarter has the most beautiful coloured buildings with wide tree lined streets and many choices of food too. It gets really hot at times though, which could be a problem. But I shan't ramble on here, just know that I love it and will be back there in the not too distant future, especially as I feel that I have made some lovely friends. Thank you for everything Hari, Petra and Marion. See you all in 2010. [View Full Entry]

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The sleeper bus  to On the sleeper bus to Pondi, one of the worse trips I have ever had. I thought I was going to be thrown from my bunk at any minute.
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Bangalore Botanical Gardens when Dev heard he had his visa....

By the time we arrived at the train station for our four hour ride to Delhi, the combination of dehydration from my upset stomach and the fierce sun (it was 95 in the shade) had gotten to me. Boarding the train I climbed straight into one of the upstairs bunks and just lay under a fan for the entire trip and tried to sleep. Bob tells me that I didn't miss much on the ride in, but I should have ample chances to see it as I have one more train into Delhi and two out coming up over the [View Full Entry]

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India Gate
Diwali Bus
Mosque

By purplekitty83
October 24th 2009
Mumbai Asia » India » Maharashtra » Mumbai
Tuesday, Oct 20th Finally I got sit down and write… We’re in the airport and waiting for our plane to Goa. The past couple days in Mumbai were crazy. We left the ashram on Saturday early morning and got on the train to Mumbai. We’d booked just regular seats, nothing fancy, but lots of fun. Its hard to describe, but I’ll try: Picture tons of people trying to get into one carriage….We got in and even found our seats… Definitely nothing for bigger people. There are families, huge groups of people and everyone’s playing music and talks and is just st [View Full Entry]

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Indian Trucks
The Taj & Gateway of India
Amy & I at the Bollywood film set

By purplekitty83
October 24th 2009
Goa Asia » India » Goa » Anjuna Beach
Tuesday, Oct 20th Later on in Anjuna, Goa So, now we arrived in Goa. Our plane was about an hour late, but if you learn one thing here, it’s patience… Besides patience, India teaches you thankfulness. I am just so lucky, that I was born where I was born and that I was able to live outstandingly well, go to school, get a university degree and so on. But let me get on with Goa: my first impression: very touristy, reminded me kinda of the Canary Islands. We met two girls at the airport and shared a taxi with them, which [View Full Entry]

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Amy & I chillin
Bingo & cat
Awesome view

Chennai - museum - dance of Shiva
Chennai - museum - dance of Shiva
"Nataraja and Natesa" - amandastandava, the dancing form of Shiva popular in South India, representing Shiva's cosmological dance bringing the universe into being and maintaining it. Modern artwork\[... [more]
This blog is late because I had a problem with my camera and couldn’t get the photos off it until now. There should be another one or two soon. It relates to the days 29/09/2009 - 4/10/2009. As you might notice, most of it was written about three weeks ago. As well as all the jungles and temples, waterfalls and mountains, beaches and rivers, elephants, lions and tigers, that you see on the tourist brochures, the typical image of India should be men peeing against walls. This probably explains why the cities smell like the area in a 20 metre radius [View Full Entry]

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Chennai - Marina beach
Chennai - Marina Beach
Chennai - Fort St George

By rjrsmith24
October 24th 2009
Mumbai Asia » India » Maharashtra » Mumbai
Dad has left now. For the few days after Kathmandu, the two of us lounged around our luxurious hotel room at the Grand Goodwin in Ram Nagar. For one of the days, my Dad went to Agra to see the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort, while I ordered room service and watched “Mortal Kombat” and “Get Me Out of Here, I’m a Celebrity!” reruns on television. We had a great time, and more than anything else, I enjoyed just having my father there to talk with. It seemed almost egregious that we set our final weekend in Mumbai, an Indian city [View Full Entry]

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I arrived in Delhi on October 13th, at about 4 in the morning, I wasn't able to sleep so I hit streets and took some pictures. The first few days in Delhi we're so overwhelming, all the horns, people, animals, and smells left me needing to get the hell out of Delhi. So after 3 days in Delhi, I took a flight to Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, where it was much calmer. In Srinagar I was staying on a houseboat on a lake, very beautiful and very relaxing, Once I had some time to reflect on what was happening I [View Full Entry]

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Well, it’s not quite the gauntlet. More like a self-inflicted time crunch that will span the next month. That’s how long I have left in India. A month. It seems odd to say. I’m saving my travel funds until the program ends, and my lengthy end-of-the-term papers are growling at me. Plus, I have a whole language to re-learn, thanks to the long break in Hindi class and my sloth in studying on my own. It’s easy to not know Hindi in Delhi. So I have a month in Delhi, for better or worse. A month to savor all the tantalizing [View Full Entry]

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