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Date: 9th December 2011
Travel from Hanoi to Yangshuo
Plan to travel from Hanoi to Yangshuo in April 2012. Please advise what's the best way to get there. What's the cost like and how long is the journey ?
From Blog: Hanoi to Yangshuo
Travel from Hanoi to Yangshuo
Plan to travel from Hanoi to Yangshuo in April 2012. Please advise what's the best way to get there. What's the cost like and how long is the journey ?
From Blog: Hanoi to Yangshuo
missing
missing the SECMOL too much
From Blog: A school and a festival (return to Ladakh, part 1)
missing
Missing U too much Achoy Norgay...........
From Blog: A school and a festival (return to Ladakh, part 1)
missing
missing the Big Hall and Night Activity also
From Blog: A school and a festival (return to Ladakh, part 1)
missing the big hall too much......... and night activity also...........
From Blog: A school and a festival (return to Ladakh, part 1)
missing
missing u acho angyal & SECMOL too
From Blog: A school and a festival (return to Ladakh, part 1)
Date: 8th April 2011
amazing artwork
The info is great and very much useful. Is it a good business? You create an amazing artwork. Thank you
From Blog: The birds, the bees, and the stone carvings
amazing artwork
The info is great and very much useful. Is it a good business? You create an amazing artwork. Thank you
From Blog: The birds, the bees, and the stone carvings
good culture
it is very great
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
Date: 31st January 2011
images
Thanks for the preview of what we will experience on our 12 day Ghan trip in April 2011.
From Blog: The Alice - A Tale of Two Towns
images
Thanks for the preview of what we will experience on our 12 day Ghan trip in April 2011.
From Blog: The Alice - A Tale of Two Towns
Date: 14th January 2011
great stories
Nice stories about Flores...it felt like I am in it..travelling around flores through your stories..love to read them, nice photos.... greetings Christine
From Blog: Flores - land of dragons and hobbits
great stories
Nice stories about Flores...it felt like I am in it..travelling around flores through your stories..love to read them, nice photos.... greetings Christine
From Blog: Flores - land of dragons and hobbits
Date: 30th May 2010
very nice.!
i like this places...!
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
very nice.!
i like this places...!
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
Date: 30th May 2010
very nice.!
i like this places...!
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
very nice.!
i like this places...!
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
sweet
hi this picture is very sweeeeeeeeeeet and graceful of the chennai.
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
Date: 16th March 2010
Ladakh
Hello,,,,,how are you ,,i wanna know you,,,,my self Inayatullah rite now doing engineering here at DElhi,,,you did a great job,,,are u still carry this till now or what?plz reply me
From Blog: A school and a festival (return to Ladakh, part 1)
Ladakh
Hello,,,,,how are you ,,i wanna know you,,,,my self Inayatullah rite now doing engineering here at DElhi,,,you did a great job,,,are u still carry this till now or what?plz reply me
From Blog: A school and a festival (return to Ladakh, part 1)
Date: 9th March 2010
Thanks Shruti, I probably should have spent more time in the South. I don't exactly remember what I wrote in this blog, it was a while ago, but once I got up to Ladakh I remember that I enjoyed myself there. The scenery in the North is great, but Manali is full of Indian tourists so it's good to get up further. What you say about white men is true anywhere in Asia. Of course there is some truth to the fact that we might in absolute terms have more money than many people on the street, but what annoys me is the way that they're driving tourists away, therefore making things worse for themselves and their country in the long run. But one has to get used to that. Thanks for your comment anyway!
From Blog: The Far North, part 1
Thanks Shruti, I probably should have spent more time in the South. I don't exactly remember what I wrote in this blog, it was a while ago, but once I got up to Ladakh I remember that I enjoyed myself there. The scenery in the North is great, but Manali is full of Indian tourists so it's good to get up further. What you say about white men is true anywhere in Asia. Of course there is some truth to the fact that we might in absolute terms have more money than many people on the street, but what annoys me is the way that they're driving tourists away, therefore making things worse for themselves and their country in the long run. But one has to get used to that. Thanks for your comment anyway!
From Blog: The Far North, part 1
Date: 3rd March 2010
Hating to agree
I read your blog just before going to Manali and was a little dissapointed that you had so many unpleasant things to say about your trip. I have recently visited and returned and have come back to comment because I felt exactly the same way in North India. The constant pushyness and the not-so-clever ways to conning people were pitiful. The natural beauty actually takes a back seat as the people there make your holiday such an unpleasant episode. Although after a certain horrible mistake we realised that we would do exactly the opposite of what we were suggested and ended up having a great time. I just wanted to come and say that please don't think that all of India is like this. The southern part of the county is very different. Here people are not very street smart but are very warm and generous. No one imposes their products and services on you and they are not friendly only with the expectation of monetory compensation. {of course I'm grossly generalising - there are exceptions everywhere} Also unfortunately India still remains an inately racist country - therefore a White man will be hounded by everyone as for some reason we all seem to think rich white man has dollars spilling from his pockets. I'm very glad that you stuck to your guns and didn't really allow people to take you for a ride..but do visit India again [the southern part primarily] and notice the vast difference in the culture and attitudes. Shruti - I'm also from the north originally but have moved to the South and love it here. Thus the suggestion.
From Blog: The Far North, part 1
Hating to agree
I read your blog just before going to Manali and was a little dissapointed that you had so many unpleasant things to say about your trip
From Blog: The Far North, part 1
Date: 27th January 2010
Love your blog Daniel. So hilarious. LOL literally.
From Blog: Hazy recollections of Delhi
Love your blog Daniel. So hilarious. LOL literally.
From Blog: Hazy recollections of Delhi
Date: 13th January 2010
Very Good Blog
Hi,It's been nice reading your blog.
From Blog: The Far North, part 1
Very Good Blog
Hi,It's been nice reading your blog.
From Blog: The Far North, part 1
Date: 31st December 2009
i've been to jaipur too
Perhaps ..tourist like you always end up taking photos of calves and urine station ..if you visit again try hangin out nicer places this time ..!!
From Blog: The Pink City
i've been to jaipur too
Perhaps ..tourist like you always end up taking photos of calves and urine station ..if you visit again try hangin out nicer places this time ..!!
From Blog: The Pink City
Date: 26th October 2009
Hi Dad, I see now that the phrase is ambiguous but even if Sonia Gandhi were to have a sex change she would still not be the grandson of Indira Gandhi, I guess she'd be the son-in-law. The phrase "(the son of Sonia Gandhi, grandson of Indira Gandhi, and therefore no relation to Mohandas Gandhi)" was meant to imply that RAHUL Gandi is the son of Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi *AND* thereby the Grandson of Indira Gandhi (nee Nehru). So I should have written "the son of Sonia Gandhi and grandson of Indira Gandhi" OR "the son of Sonia Gandhi who was the daughter-in-law of Indira Gandhi". So Rahul Gandhi is the great-grandson of the first Prime Minister of India. Sonia Gandhi is still alive and well on the Indian political scene (I think in a different party from her son Rahul, I'm not sure how that works out for them). I guess I'm picking up Inglish. This Internet cafe bans "porn sights", for example.
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
Hi Dad, I see now that the phrase is ambiguous but even if Sonia Gandhi were to have a sex change she would still not be the grandson of Indira Gandhi, I guess she'd be the son-in-law. The phrase "(the son of Sonia Gandhi, grandson of Indira Gandhi, and therefore no relation to Mohandas Gandhi)" was meant to imply that RAHUL Gandi is the son of Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi *AND* thereby the Grandson of Indira Gandhi (nee Nehru). So I should have written "the son of Sonia Gandhi and grandson of Indira Gandhi" OR "the son of Sonia Gandhi who was the daughter-in-law of Indira Gandhi". So Rahul Gandhi is the great-grandson of the first Prime Minister of India. Sonia Gandhi is still alive and well on the Indian political scene (I think in a different party from her son Rahul, I'm not sure how that works out for them). I guess I'm picking up Inglish. This Internet cafe bans "porn sights", for example.
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
Date: 26th October 2009
thanks Raj, I stand corrected then I'm sure some Hindu told me that Ganesha was Krishna's son, but I must have had it wrong
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
thanks Raj, I stand corrected then I'm sure some Hindu told me that Ganesha was Krishna's son, but I must have had it wrong
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
Date: 25th October 2009
thanks Daniel for continuing to entertain and educate us about the places you visit and the people you meet. It's all very interesting. But tell me, did Sonia Gandhi travel to Italy to have her sex-change? I wonder why after she bore two children she wanted to be turned into the grandSON of Indira Gandhi, as you inform us?
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
thanks Daniel for continuing to entertain and educate us about the places you visit and the people you meet. It's all very interesting. But tell me, did Sonia Gandhi travel to Italy to have her sex-change? I wonder why after she bore two children she wanted to be turned into the grandSON of Indira Gandhi, as you inform us?
From Blog: God and country - the deep south, part 3
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Daniel Gerber
Travel from Hanoi to Yangshuo
Ivy, I took the direct train from Hanoi to Nanning. It was very new at the time, and almost empty, so I don't know if it's still running. But according to seat61, it is. See http://www.seat61.com/Vietnam.htm#Nanning-Hanoi%20by%20train for more detail. From Nanning there are regular trains to Guilin, which is near Yangshuo (has regular minibuses or you could even take a taxi). I think there's even direct buses from Nanning to Yangshuo. Hope this helps. Daniel
From Blog: Hanoi to Yangshuo