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REPLY to HELLO AGAIN
Hi, No I haven't seen your blog on McLeod yet as we don't get to do internet as often here in Africa. I'll check it out taday hopefully. Wish internet was 50 cents an hour like in India!!!

From Blog: Golden Temple

26th July 2008

REPLY to HEY NICE PICS
Thanks! Going to Leh on a bike sounds even more scary than the bus, but at least you are in control yourself I guess!

From Blog: The "Adventure Highway" to Leh

24th July 2008

Patricia Somewhere
Patricia MC

hello again
Yeap, I will blog. Actually I've writen but no chance to upload photos yet. Did you see photo with u guys on my last blog??? Can't wait to hear about Africa and be careful about flying little insects at restaurants... since I am not there to "defend" you. Tchau

From Blog: Golden Temple

23rd July 2008

bharat ahuja
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hey nice pics
pal these pics are beautiful and crazy specially the curverceous it is hilarious and making friends in thiksey.i have been to leh couple of times on bike , illl post you my pics soon

From Blog: The "Adventure Highway" to Leh

22nd July 2008

REPLY TO "PHOTOS"
Hi Michelle, We are in your old turf right now, South Africa, going to Kruger Nat Park tomorrow - can't wait! We just picked up our cute blue VW Golf and plan to set off at rediculous O'Clock tomorrow!

From Blog: Historical Pictures of Delhi

18th July 2008

Michelle
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photos
hey i love the photos - think they would look wicked stretched on canvas. whats after india?

From Blog: Historical Pictures of Delhi

17th July 2008

REPLY to Patricia
Hi guys, Glad you are enjoying London. I guess freezing will be quite a novelty after India! :) I'd love to hear all about your saga with the train to Rishikesh and then the taxi to Delhi...are you going to blog it? If not, send me an email! We are in Delhi :( but we leave tomorrow to South Africa - excited!

From Blog: Golden Temple

16th July 2008

Patricia Somewhere
Patricia MC

hey friends...
Nice to us at the blog. We truly enjoyed the time we spent together with you guys in McLeod and even playing nurse/"babying" thru Scott's illness. Love you guys and hope to see you again. Be well and stay away from raw food, okay? Patricia and Amanda

From Blog: Mosquito Murderer!

16th July 2008

patricia
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You still boiling in india and we're freezing...
... in London. It's very nice and CLEAN and Amanda is loving it! Reading your blog it's hard to imagine that we're in the middle of the Indian madness just a couple of days ago. We do not miss the mess, heat or smell, but I do miss the food and lot's more... somehow. Just wait until you hear the details of our last day there. Thanks for sharing the experience in Amirstar. Loved the descriptive way you write... i can picture as if I was there. Happy travels Patricia

From Blog: Golden Temple

6th July 2008

REPLY
Good luck with your 12 August flight. I'd be interested to see if you have a good or bad experience. It was only really a joke about floral coverings etc. but the perpetual delays and lack of communication are what really get to you. We are seriously considering throwing away our return portion back to Bangkok as we have a connecting flight to the US about 36 hours later, which we are not sure we will make given Biman's track record (we have heard delays of three days). It's quite funny all in all when you have no time delays, such as our outward portion, but when you have connecting flights that are completely independent, Biman is not worth the ticket it is printed on.

6th July 2008

Reply: It happened again to me
Wow, your experience was insane. 6 tyres bursting! We are supposed to take Biman back to bangkok from Delhi, meeting a flight to the US a day later. We are so worried that we will miss our connecting flight to the US and therefore lose all the money that we are looking into a new flight to Bangkok and just throwing away our Biman ticket. It really didn't pay to take Biman - we will definitely take a slightly more expensive but stress-free trip (no pun intended!) next time! Thanks for your comments - it's good to know other people have similar experiences!

6th July 2008

anonymous
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Why everyone goes on about older planes, with floral coverings etc, it would be part of the experaince to get in a 1970s cabin (not 50 years old!) which was the golden era of jet travel and a better era altogether. A shame though that Biman are truly letting the side down. I'm booked to fly with them 12 August, to fly in a more intersting aircraft the classic DC-10.

5th July 2008

Biman
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It happened again to me
Thanks for this well written blog entry. I just got back to Bangkok after doing a RT flight to delhi with remarkably similar experiences. All flights had massive delays. The return from Delhi took 42 hours yo get back to bangkok. The flight was delayed because it crash landed bursting 6 tires minutes before we were to board it. After slapping on some new tires we headed to bangkok but instead ended up in Singapore at 3 am!!. They just decided to send us to Singapore as if we had nothing better to do. Also, two fistfights broke out on the flight. This is very typical Biman. On the return portion back to Dhaka, I just plain skipped the "hostage" hotel as I refer to it. My room had no windows and was infested with mold. It was not worth paying $20 for. Sleeping on the floor at the airport is better. On another flight, the rudder seemed to snap off and we were shaking so violently that I thought my dental fillings would fallout. This was the first time i ever worried about dying in an airplane. Thanks Biman for that experience. However, Biman made my trip to India totally insane which I now sort of appreciate slightly. Flying Biman is like an acid trip. After a 10 or 12 hour delay when you are already dazed and confused, you finally get on the plane but even the captain doesn't know if it will arrive safely or even in what country you will land in. Totally insane airline!! From now on i do not want an acid trip when I take a flight. Looking back on it now it was an experience i will never forget, but in the future i will pay extra for a normal airline.

29th June 2008

RE: True Local Style
No way! I don't really trust the laundry here unless it is machine wash as they tend to rub your clothes on a stone or a hard brush, getting them all holey! Luckily it is colder here in the north, so you don't have to wash everything every five minutes, like in humid Delhi!

From Blog: "Stop the bus!"

25th June 2008

mum
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true local style
Nice to see you're learning the local culture carrying your bag like that. Next you'll be washing your clothes in the river. Don't tell me you already do, yes? mum

From Blog: "Stop the bus!"

4th June 2008

Response to "Long beach..."
Totally! I hope that Perhentian never gets like Long Beach in California! ;)

4th June 2008

Response to "Sad about the Coral"
Yes, it is really a shame as they are lost forever there now. I try not to dwell on it but it was so pointless and needless, that's the real shame. I guess there will always be a new spot to visit!

1st June 2008

anonymous
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Long Beach in California looks very different

31st May 2008

Mammar
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Sad about the coral
Hi Sharon and Scott, How sad to read of the destruction of the corals that have taken so many thousands of years to grow, and lost the wonder to travellers. And they call it Progress ! Love your batik Love Mammar XX

27th May 2008

Matt
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Wow!
Hey Scott- it looks like you are traveling around the world....you will probably run into my mother somewhere soon...she just completed another three month cruise to west africa and the middle east....she is thinking about selling our house in Davis and living on a cruise ship....take care, matt

27th May 2008

Kind of!
Luxury, apart from the resident frog (he became a kind of pet though) and the cockroach in our bed one night, eeek! I helped them out by sewing up the hole in their mozzie net, too!

27th May 2008

Evil!!!
I almost died! Believe me, though, I checked and double checked it before doing the wax and paint. Wouldn't look good in front of the students' parents, eh?!

26th May 2008

Sheila Woolley
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Luxury accommodation!
Looks like you opted for a 'luxury appartment' compared to the only place we could find vacant on the island when we were there in high season!! We still look back on it with affection though. Shame about the pier, but we did warn you. love mum xx