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From Blog: The Honeymoon! (Warning: here there be elephants, many many elephants)
Date: 13th May 2010
Hi
Hi charles, I live in india. Born and brought up here. Hats off to you. You are absolutely right about your observations. Sexual repression is a malady in this ancient country.
From Blog: Sex in India
Hi
Hi charles, I live in india. Born and brought up here. Hats off to you. You are absolutely right about your observations. Sexual repression is a malady in this ancient country.
From Blog: Sex in India
Date: 17th March 2010
lovely blog
Hello Ana, what a lovely story about elephant camp. I love Elephants and google searched and found your blog to read. Tks for sharing the same. This may motivate me to go to Colombo to see kandy. Uma
From Blog: The Honeymoon! (Warning: here there be elephants, many many elephants)
lovely blog
Hello Ana, what a lovely story about elephant camp. I love Elephants and google searched and found your blog to read. Tks for sharing the same. This may motivate me to go to Colombo to see kandy. Uma
From Blog: The Honeymoon! (Warning: here there be elephants, many many elephants)
Date: 13th May 2009
do you have any indian ads?
Hi! I found your entry very interesting and I am doing a project about ads, in particullar Indian ads and I wonder if you have any ad's that could back up your oppinion! You could send them to my e-mail, I would appreciate it emensly Thank you
From Blog: Sex in India
do you have any indian ads?
Hi! I found your entry very interesting and I am doing a project about ads, in particullar Indian ads and I wonder if you have any ad's that could back up your oppinion! You could send them to my e-mail, I would appreciate it emensly Thank you
From Blog: Sex in India
Date: 29th December 2008
dear, your insight to the indian perspective of sexual morality is indeed very refined and accurate. Sexual discourse in India was considered taboo even before the arrival of victorian puritanism . Influx of Islam and introduction of sharia ( muslim law) for about five centuries brought remarkable change in the position of women in society . Prior to it there were some religious changes which eulogised virginity as a virtue and abstinence of sexual practices for religious merits, but it didnt affected people that much. your potrayal of indian males is quite real and being myself an indian , male i found them very true. with warm regards, Abhilash Chaudhary
From Blog: Sex in India
dear, your insight to the indian perspective of sexual morality is indeed very refined and accurate. Sexual discourse in India was considered taboo even before the arrival of victorian puritanism . Influx of Islam and introduction of sharia ( muslim law) for about five centuries brought remarkable change in the position of women in society . Prior to it there were some religious changes which eulogised virginity as a virtue and abstinence of sexual practices for religious merits, but it didnt affected people that much. your potrayal of indian males is quite real and being myself an indian , male i found them very true. with warm regards, Abhilash Chaudhary
From Blog: Sex in India
Date: 24th November 2008
exactly.
i must say this is best description of India today, well said even we Indian cant understand all of India. Its really unfortunate things that changed about relationships,but true. I wish we could have back our glorious past.
From Blog: Sex in India
exactly.
i must say this is best description of India today, well said even we Indian cant understand all of India. Its really unfortunate things that changed about relationships,but true. I wish we could have back our glorious past.
From Blog: Sex in India
Date: 27th July 2008
Thanks for writing the article!
To the author: Hi. I've never been to India, but I've been growing in my interest toward the study of sexual repression and I'm concentrating currently on changing my college major in order to focus more on being apart of the movements to reduce sexual repression. Ironically my girlfriend whom I work with was sent on a trip to India about a month ago for work and she'll be there for another 3 months. I've been talking to her a lot for the past month that she's been there, and everything she has seen in the news and out in public absolutely coincides with what you have seen and experience. I was just talking to her today when she told me that the sale of tampons is actually illegal there. It's seen as so unclean and whorish to put a tampon up your Vag that they only sell pads in India. So she's pretty stocked that she brought a bunch to last her entire trip. Anyway, a quick search on "sex in India" after I had gotten on the phone with her earlier today, a little depressed once again to learn of another country that is horribly repressed and trying to chear up with a sip of my diet Pepsi, I was led to your article. So, Thanks for posting such an informative analysis of India! I'm off to search the web for more info on sexual repression in India. Hopefully I stumble upon movements that are already being made to put and end to the logical fallacies of their culture, if not, well It'll be one of my target countries when I have the credentials and power to make a difference. Peace.
From Blog: Sex in India
Thanks for writing the article!
To the author: Hi. I've never been to India, but I've been growing in my interest toward the study of sexual repression and I'm concentrating currently on changing my college major in order to focus more on being apart of the movements to reduce sexual repression. Ironically my girlfriend whom I work with was sent on a trip to India about a month ago for work and she'll be there for another 3 months. I've been talking to her a lot for the past month that she's been there, and everything she has seen in the news and out in public absolutely coincides with what you have seen and experience. I was just talking to her today when she told me that the sale of tampons is actually illegal there. It's seen as so unclean and whorish to put a tampon up your Vag that they only sell pads in India. So she's pretty stocked that she brought a bunch to last her entire trip. Anyway, a quick search on "sex in India" after I had gotten on the phone with her earlier today, a little depressed once again to learn of another country that is horribly repressed and trying to chear up with a sip of my diet Pepsi, I was led to your article. So, Thanks for posting such an informative analysis of India! I'm off to search the web for more info on sexual repression in India. Hopefully I stumble upon movements that are already being made to put and end to the logical fallacies of their culture, if not, well It'll be one of my target countries when I have the credentials and power to make a difference. Peace.
From Blog: Sex in India
Date: 15th May 2008
thats one of the truest description i have ever seen till date on the net, of India by a westerner. Most comments I have read are quite shallow. Given the massive cultural differences, if you could digest even this bit about India from your travels, then its commendable!
From Blog: Sex in India
thats one of the truest description i have ever seen till date on the net, of India by a westerner. Most comments I have read are quite shallow. Given the massive cultural differences, if you could digest even this bit about India from your travels, then its commendable!
From Blog: Sex in India
Date: 3rd May 2008
So nice to feel that the journey is going to be completed for those of us unlucky enough not to have been traveling.
From Blog: From the cocha to the coast
So nice to feel that the journey is going to be completed for those of us unlucky enough not to have been traveling.
From Blog: From the cocha to the coast
Date: 28th April 2008
i agree with U
u did understand india right..thats the way it is
From Blog: Sex in India
i agree with U
u did understand india right..thats the way it is
From Blog: Sex in India
Date: 24th January 2008
bum bum bum bum bum
hehehe... picturing ana with a square bum.... :)
From Blog: To the jungles of Peru...jaguars and piranhas and anacondas, OH MY!
bum bum bum bum bum
hehehe... picturing ana with a square bum.... :)
From Blog: To the jungles of Peru...jaguars and piranhas and anacondas, OH MY!
Date: 23rd January 2008
I'm loving it!
I for one am LOVING your blog - so interesting and vital - it's great to hear both the positives and negatives, as that is all part of travelling, especially to the places you are visiting. (And not everyone has to agree with you!) Keep it up! Lots of love to you both and special love to Rachel. xx
From Blog: The stunning remains of an empire (and Chas crapping on about stonework)
I'm loving it!
I for one am LOVING your blog - so interesting and vital - it's great to hear both the positives and negatives, as that is all part of travelling, especially to the places you are visiting. (And not everyone has to agree with you!) Keep it up! Lots of love to you both and special love to Rachel. xx
From Blog: The stunning remains of an empire (and Chas crapping on about stonework)
Date: 12th January 2008
Corn, corn, corn
Have you found a cornballer yet? Do they have corn flavoured lollies and sausages in S.A.?
From Blog: The stunning remains of an empire (and Chas crapping on about stonework)
Corn, corn, corn
Have you found a cornballer yet? Do they have corn flavoured lollies and sausages in S.A.?
From Blog: The stunning remains of an empire (and Chas crapping on about stonework)
Date: 10th January 2008
Well done
I've just been looking at some of the other blogs on the Inca trail and you're not the only one to struggle up the Dead Woman's Pass. Some have turned back altogether so well done Ana for pushing on and overcoming the dreaded soroche!
From Blog: I bet the Inca didn't bloody walk it!
Well done
I've just been looking at some of the other blogs on the Inca trail and you're not the only one to struggle up the Dead Woman's Pass. Some have turned back altogether so well done Ana for pushing on and overcoming the dreaded soroche!
From Blog: I bet the Inca didn't bloody walk it!
Date: 7th January 2008
Ouch part 2
I have just reread this particular blog and the only negative vibes are criticsing the government for building a highway through an archeological site (similar to knocking down a pyramid to build a carpark) and how seeing a condor at a distance for 15 seconds after 2 days of travel was anti-climactic. I apologise profusely.
From Blog: South... south... but not south enough!
Ouch part 2
I have just reread this particular blog and the only negative vibes are criticsing the government for building a highway through an archeological site (similar to knocking down a pyramid to build a carpark) and how seeing a condor at a distance for 15 seconds after 2 days of travel was anti-climactic. I apologise profusely.
From Blog: South... south... but not south enough!
Date: 7th January 2008
Ouch!
I think you make a fair comment in that often what we, or more particularly, I find strinking about countries is negative. But we are certainly not going home as we are very positive travellers who go into very interesting places and always have a great time. I am sorry that this does not come through enough on the blogs. In regards to this particular blog, we did not mean for the condors to be anti-climactic, they simply were for all involved. Also, I seem to remember writing about enjoying the monastery, Juanita museum, the Nazca lines and much more. While I like to criticise governments, my friends know that I do that to every country I visit especially my own; governance never sits well with me. But rather than insult us, I would welcome some more positive feedback. Yours faithfully Chas
From Blog: South... south... but not south enough!
Ouch!
I think you make a fair comment in that often what we, or more particularly, I find strinking about countries is negative. But we are certainly not going home as we are very positive travellers who go into very interesting places and always have a great time. I am sorry that this does not come through enough on the blogs. In regards to this particular blog, we did not mean for the condors to be anti-climactic, they simply were for all involved. Also, I seem to remember writing about enjoying the monastery, Juanita museum, the Nazca lines and much more. While I like to criticise governments, my friends know that I do that to every country I visit especially my own; governance never sits well with me. But rather than insult us, I would welcome some more positive feedback. Yours faithfully Chas
From Blog: South... south... but not south enough!
Date: 7th January 2008
Hi
You forgot to mention "How simple and easy it is to dance tango".
From Blog: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism
Hi
You forgot to mention "How simple and easy it is to dance tango".
From Blog: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism
Date: 7th January 2008
Hello
It sounds like every blog you guys write have a negative vibe. You guys need a positive attitude pill. If not you guys can catch your flight back to where ever you guys are from.
From Blog: South... south... but not south enough!
Hello
It sounds like every blog you guys write have a negative vibe. You guys need a positive attitude pill. If not you guys can catch your flight back to where ever you guys are from.
From Blog: South... south... but not south enough!
Date: 18th December 2007
Wow! What an adventure you are both experiencing. The stamina you have is amazing! Looking forward to Jan! Lots and lots of love, Molly xxxx
From Blog: Argentina Part II - The Hedon Empire crumbles in the face of tourism
Wow! What an adventure you are both experiencing. The stamina you have is amazing! Looking forward to Jan! Lots and lots of love, Molly xxxx
From Blog: Argentina Part II - The Hedon Empire crumbles in the face of tourism
Date: 14th December 2007
no nazis
Can't you see??? That 'stupid sign' doesn't mean no crossing the road, it means no goose-stepping.
From Blog: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism
no nazis
Can't you see??? That 'stupid sign' doesn't mean no crossing the road, it means no goose-stepping.
From Blog: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism
Date: 14th December 2007
now i'm really jealous...
do you think you could post some of that icecream over? it's getting really cold here, so it shouldn't melt too much... (Ana, are you putting on weight yet? You must be... a kilo of icecream???I don't even think I could do that)
From Blog: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism
now i'm really jealous...
do you think you could post some of that icecream over? it's getting really cold here, so it shouldn't melt too much... (Ana, are you putting on weight yet? You must be... a kilo of icecream???I don't even think I could do that)
From Blog: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism
Date: 12th December 2007
BE CAREFUL - THERE IS A FINE LINE
Oh yes. It is one thing to send carefree 'bons souvenirs' of Argentina, and QUITE ANOTHER to expose former residents and connoisseurs to photographs of indigenous steaks. Fortunately for you both, the sample was merely from Recoleta (PAH!) and not La Nelly, Olivos. Otherwise, who knows what vengeance Lufthansa might have suddenly flown in from Gatwick via Frankfurt. You have been warned. There are limits.
From Blog: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism
BE CAREFUL - THERE IS A FINE LINE
Oh yes. It is one thing to send carefree 'bons souvenirs' of Argentina, and QUITE ANOTHER to expose former residents and connoisseurs to photographs of indigenous steaks. Fortunately for you both, the sample was merely from Recoleta (PAH!) and not La Nelly, Olivos. Otherwise, who knows what vengeance Lufthansa might have suddenly flown in from Gatwick via Frankfurt. You have been warned. There are limits.
From Blog: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism
Date: 11th December 2007
hey guy's!
how great is it to be able to read your blog and see what you're up to! just wanted to say hello to you and tell you that Melbourne is such a lovely city and we've been having a really good time. Looking forward to see you here next year... Sara
From Blog: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism
hey guy's!
how great is it to be able to read your blog and see what you're up to! just wanted to say hello to you and tell you that Melbourne is such a lovely city and we've been having a really good time. Looking forward to see you here next year... Sara
From Blog: Buenos Aires: the best anachronism
Date: 28th November 2007
A reply to the above comment
Dear Sir I understand all of your comments on our blog, especially that not even Indians understand all of India. It is a country I have visited five times and am amazed by the diversity and change in a nation where every states speaks a different language and the southern states refuse to teach the national language. So, please do not feel that I am holding myself out as an expert. You tell me to write, and I quote: 'In my experience'. If you had read my blog carefully, you would see in the opening paragraph the following words: 'This is an incredibly interesting and controversial topic and I am far from qualified to speak on the matter so please do not consider the following gospel or expert opinion. I have however travelled to India 3 or 4 times now and certain aspects of their sexuality strike me every time. Let be known that: this is the opinion of one white, male, Christian, Anglo-Australian and should be treated as such!' Please notice the highlighted text. Does this not suggest that I stated that it was only opinion, the opinion of a westerner, and hence not to be treated as expert opinion? Hence, does my first paragraph not make your comment on my blog completely superfluous? Yours Charles Fisher
From Blog: Sex in India
A reply to the above comment
Dear Sir I understand all of your comments on our blog, especially that not even Indians understand all of India. It is a country I have visited five times and am amazed by the diversity and change in a nation where every states speaks a different language and the southern states refuse to teach the national language. So, please do not feel that I am holding myself out as an expert. You tell me to write, and I quote: 'In my experience'. If you had read my blog carefully, you would see in the opening paragraph the following words: 'This is an incredibly interesting and controversial topic and I am far from qualified to speak on the matter so please do not consider the following gospel or expert opinion. I have however travelled to India 3 or 4 times now and certain aspects of their sexuality strike me every time. Let be known that: this is the opinion of one white, male, Christian, Anglo-Australian and should be treated as such!' Please notice the highlighted text. Does this not suggest that I stated that it was only opinion, the opinion of a westerner, and hence not to be treated as expert opinion? Hence, does my first paragraph not make your comment on my blog completely superfluous? Yours Charles Fisher
From Blog: Sex in India
Charles Allen
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Hi Chas and Ana, Great blog from NZ! Anne and I were there some 5 years ago, and did Waitomo, Rotorua, Taupo, volcanos etc as well (in 4 days!). This brings back great memories. How's life then? Obviously you have been on another exciting journey around parts of the globe that I can only dream about from my desk or classroom! I have kept a loose grip on your news via Mum and Dad, but I haven't spoken to them for a few weeks. Christopher is happy at uni in Liverpool, doing Primary and Secondary Maths teacher training, and William is now at Roehampton University in London, reading Classical Civilisation. Both of them are playing hockey for their uni teams, and seem to be having fun with their housemates. We muddle along, with only Monty, our dog, for company! Anne is still part time librarian in the prep school, and I am still working in both parts of the school, teaching and being Registrar - no peace for the wicked, or something like that! Anyway, take care, and thanks for the news from North Island. Charles
From Blog: A stunning end of the line