http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Krups/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Krups en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:50:49 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:50:49 +0000 After meeting Gaby on the bus on the way to Udaipur we became good friends within our 7 hour bus trip therefore we decided to get a rickshaw together and stay at the same guest house.We dropped off our backpacks at the guest house and went for a walk as it was still afternoon. We found this really nice south Indian restuarant and had Masala Dosa and i think that was the first time Gaby had tried http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Udaipur/blog-134960.html Well on my way to Dharamshala was probably one of the most interesting adventures of my journey I reached Haridwar and brought a ticket for my first 15 hour night journey on the most local run down bus you can ever imagine I wasn't trying to be overly adventurous it was actually the only way to get there. So I waited until my bus departed at 4pm and realised I was sitting right at the front wi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Himachal-Pradesh/Mcleod-Ganj/blog-156947.html I reached Haridwar at 4 in the morning and started asking around for taxi's who were charging way too much so I ended up getting a local bus which reached Rishikesh at about 430. After reaching I caught an auto to an ashram which was fully booked therefore I crossed the Luxman Jula bridge at 5am and just seeing the sight of the Himalayas at that peaceful time was breathtaking No one was arou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Rishikesh/blog-156323.html Me and Mike arrived in Delhi at about 11ish Vish and Preeti came to pick us up and we had to go straight to the airport to drop mike off as his flight was at 2am in the morning. My plan was to stay in Delhi only a few days and move on but i ended up staying there for nearly a week So during that week i chilled a lot we went out shopping on most of the days and she over fed me Yes Irsquom t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/New-Delhi/blog-150275.html After arriving in Bikaner at 5am we checked into a really nice Haveli. We both went to sleep for a good 56 hours and then we were on our way to the Mandir. We were going to catch the bus there and then after meeting this persuasive rickshaw driver we decided to go with him. The temple is just outside Bikaner therefore it took us about 40min to reach there. I was really excited and couldn't wai http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Bikaner/blog-146463.html So I reached after my tiring journey at 7am in the morning and Sanjay and Michael came to pick me up. As I reached back to Priya's after meeting everyone I went to sleep for about 5 hours. When I woke up my friend Anu Singh came to see me with her brother Rishi. So that evening we all went to Sukhi and Kuljeets house for dinner which was really nice as I got to see everyone. The next day Rishi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jaipur/blog-143984.html I arrived in Mt Abu in the evening went to the guest house and just chilled out that evening. The next morning I went to see the Nakki lake and had a nice walk around and it was so peaceful and very romantic as everyone there were on there honeymoon from Gujarat LolSo later on that day I went to sunset point which was really strange as everyone was looking at me thinking what is she doing by her http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Mount-Abu/blog-134524.html On my way back to Jodhpur I called the family and asked someone to pick up one of my friends that was coming but in fact it was me and I wanted to surprise them. So one of the sons came to pick me up but apparently he and his cousin figured it out Anyway I got back to their shop and visited the home and everyone else in the family were really shocked to see I was back so soon. So I chilled the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jodhpur/blog-143698.html What can I say Jodhpur...............wow I have to quote something from a book Irsquom reading this is for all you Shantaram readers. Vikram says 'This is India man the land of the heart. This is where heart is kingrsquo and thatrsquos how I feel about JodhpurI arrived in Jodhpur at about 9ish and had organised a pick up to a family run peaceful and lovely decorated guest house. The http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jodhpur/blog-131773.html We arrived in Pushkar at about 5am and tried to find a guesthouse we visited one which we were not very pleased with and asked someone else to take us to a descent one. So once we were happy with one I tried to bargain down the price of the room and he wasn't having any of it. So we accepted it and left our luggage there to walk down to the lake to catch sunrise. Baring in mind we had no idea http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Pushkar/blog-143474.html I arrived in Jaipur on the 5th evening and the whole clan came to pick us up which was great. I stayed in Jaipur until the 7th night when my train was leaving to go to Jaisalmer. So it left at 1 in the morning when it was meant to leave at 1130 anyway Irsquom getting really used to the delays. Therefore I reached Jaisalmer on the 8th at about 2pm.I was sharing a cabin with a group of business http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jaisalmer/blog-128646.html Well as everyone probably suspects... yes I am still in Goa Lol At least Irsquom in another part I suppose. Well I left Patnem on the 1st and Michael was meant to come with me but football over came him boys will be boys lol. Yeah so he has another match with the locals on Sunday which is great because if they win the money goes to a school to help buy the children football boots kits bal http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Benaulim/blog-125567.html Well I reached Goa Colva on the 17th. Colva was so beautiful it had a long stretch of a beach and there was a good mix of locals and tourist.Didn't do much really just relaxed on the beach went swimming and soaked up the sun.We stayed there for three nights and left on the 20th to go to Patnem Beach further south where the most beautiful beaches are located.So we went down to Palolem via loca http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Colva/blog-122697.html Well we got onto the train at 2pm in jaipur and reached Mumbai at 8am on the 14th. The train journey was funny well as I said before we were in non AC 2nd class and you have every kind of person walking down the aisles from chai wala's one of the chai wala's had a rap going on it was too funny to poor people people dragging themselves with no legs down the aisle begging and even hijrah's tra http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Nashik/blog-120360.html Hey finally reached jaipur on the 6th one of my friends from Delhi told his sister Priya to pick me up when I reach there.I travelled from Delhi on a bus it was a deluxe bus so I didn't do it local style. So I left Delhi on a 715am bus which was meant to reach Jaipur at 1300. Hey it wasn't that bad I arrived at 1420.Priya and her husband came to pick me up and I went to there house for l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jaipur/blog-117054.html Hey everyone Happy new year and may everyone have a better year then the last Ok where do i start the last time i updated this was in Munnar. There after i went on to Thekkady Periyar national park me and my brother went trekking thinking we will at least see an elephant but i'm afraid all we saw was a monkey lol Like we couldn't see that outside the sanctuary. It was a nice place though http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/New-Delhi/blog-116074.html Hey guys I'm in Munnar at the moment it really is breathtaking The mountains tea plantations oh and the speed boat ride we went on today at the damn was excellent. Sorry i haven't updated since i've left but its been so manic firstly my flight to Mumbai was 5 12 hours late. Then i was just constantly shopping everyday in Gujarat. Yes i made Ravi take me shopping we also went out to watch a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Munnar/blog-112667.html