Deryck
Chan CQ Joined: December 1st 2006
Logged in: January 16th 2009
Logged in: January 16th 2009
Travel Blog Posts
Jodhabai's Palace
this entry marks 2 towns... Fatehpur Sikri, then road trip to Jaipur.... read more
The postcard shot
Taj Mahal marks the last and most important Visit in my entire India trip. I swear I never leave India without going there and I did it. Though many shits happened along the way...first heard about riots in New Delhi due to politician uprisings, then no train tickets @ mumbai, then no bus operations in Delhi due to Shiva's birthday and their metro subway construction inconveniences. I'll say its worth the visit in your life.... read more
Akbar's Masoleum
Akbar's Masoleum and Agra Fort Finally after all the hassle(car crash and fucked traffic from Delhi), I am at Agra, which is like 200km away from New Delhi. It was kinda luck as I just got to realise that Taj Mahal closes on Fridays and today is Thursday 3pm. Had to rush again. This is the most hectic time schedule ever in India after the lazy 8 full days spree at Mumbai. First to Akbar's Masoleum where his tomb lays there, then to Taj Mahal. Agra fort pictures you see here are actually for tomorrow. THIS IS BACKBLOGGING. I just though it'll be nice to give credit to Taj Mahal as a single blog entry later. Save the best for the last. Well there was nothing much spectacular to see at the Masoleum and Agra Fort. ... read more
My Hindi name
NO TIME FOR LONG GRANDMOTHER STORY. Time is always on a rush so to say. So pictures will explain my days. This is the entry that runs from Mumbai on 16th to New Dehli on 17th and on the same day proceeding towards Agra where Taj Mahal and Agra Fort lies. Mumbai to Delhi takes 1305km and 1 full day by Rajdhani Express (train) that costed me 2295Rupees to reach there. ... read more
downblouse
Day 6 14th July Another day has gone, and I and nothing else better to be done than exposing myself to local movies and of course Hancock. One's at 3pm and latter at 8.15pm. Had a terrible if not horrific brunch which sort of disabled my appetite for the rest of the day. THERE IS NO FOOD THAT I LONG TO EAT, NONE! Call me picky. Anyway I had the plan of going to get the movie stubs, then head over to Chowpatty beach for a Loner's stroll, in the end the timing didn't meet, and I felt lazy to move around. It's bloody hot to walk around here, but at least now I felt comfortable walking pass street vendors as most of them kinda recognized me after such draggy stay here. There's this Map-seller guy ... read more
A different type of Coffee
Death is running. And I'm counting it. Pretty much did nothing today. Held myself up at 9am today, had breakfast and went to hunt for cheaper hotels. Sunbaked for an hour over Colaba Causeway, went horlan and overshot the street i was looking for.... read more
Bumboat to the island
So I call it Elephanta Island Day. Set off 9am in the morning. Here's some Mastercard Commercial: 2Samosas and a cup of Chai 42Rupees, Boat ride 120Rupees, Almost puked out the samosas on the boat, Priceless. Headed out to the Apollo Bunder at Gateway to India and got the boat tickets. took them 1 whole hour to travel 11km across the Arabian Sea. i think the boats were running on a jet ski motor. The caves inside weren't that amazing to hang around, but the island did exhaust me for the day. Hills and stairs sweats my ass. Nevertheless got to know this girl called Josephine from the states, staying 4 hour above Chicago(as what she claims), working at Hyderbad in some Finance company. Thanks to her we went straight for pizzas and beers at Not ... read more
That night...
After 19 hours of gruesome bus ride(which i almost puked), Mumbai is total different from all the cities i've been to. NO MORE DOSAI IDLY CHAPPATI WOOHOOO sick of those food. no offence but every meal includes that and no varieties baby. I realised there are more vegans compared to mumbai. LONG LIVE THE MEAT. You don't know how i hard i've tried to worship the meat god everynight and after every veg meal. BTW Current location is at Hotel Volga II, 33 Causeway House 3rd Level Room 215, Smth Bhavat Singh Road, Colaba, Mumbai. Here's my new Airtel phn no. +919967672002 for anyone who wants me. 10th July 2008 Went on a walking tour that was supposed to take me at least 3 hours, I think it only took 1.5hours instead, all thanks to the ... read more
Self Made Dosai/Dosa/Thosai.. call it whatever u want
Back at his place for the last night here. Will be heading towards Mumbai on a 19 hour bus journey. Initially I thought its 19 hours how far can it be, taking into account that buses are ridiculously snail-like here. Well the map begs to differ.... read more
