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By Lugging Around The World
November 13th 2009
Amritsar Asia » India » Punjab » Amritsar
We arrived in Amritsar from Delhi after an 8 hour train journey. An additional 2 hours were delays as there were protesters on the track. We were all exhausted and went to bed almost immediately. The next day we visited a fabric mill which imported wool from Australia. We watched the whole proceedure from spinning the wool all the way through to the finished product, including the weaving. All the fabrics are shipped to designer houses in London, NY, Milan, etc. We then went on to the border with Pakistan where we watched the closing of the border which is done [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 13th 2009 | 77 Views | [diary=452785]

Heading for the border
The empty Pakistan side
Indian Army

From Agra onto New Delhi to our new host family, the Babra's. We have been welcomed open armed as all our host families do. We loved Delhi, all it's madness and hussle and bussle. We visited the equivilant to the Houses of Parliament, India Gate, a Steam Railway museum, and Old Delhi. Our hosts were so lovely - I am sure you will love the photo's of us at their house!!! [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 12th 2009 | 79 Views | [diary=452627]

James's favourite toys
Chloe enjoying the museum
Trains and more trains

By Lugging Around The World
November 12th 2009
Agra Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra
Our first view of the Taj
Our first view of the Taj
as you can see James was riveted!!
We left Udiapur for Agra. The actual city is very busy and very dirty. Not much to see other than the Taj Mahal and yet another palace. We didn't stay to long but were impressed, as I am sure everyone is, with the Taj. [View Full Entry]

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The Great Taj Mahal Itself
Through an archway
The Family

By Lugging Around The World
November 12th 2009
Dungapur Asia » India » Rajasthan » Ajmer
This has to be one of the hidden treasures of India. We took a car journey for a day out of Udaipur to Dungapur. It has a 12 Century Palace which from the outside looks like it is about to fall down, but inside it is the jewel in the crown. It has the original 12 Century wall paintings all over it, as well as mirrored inlay rooms and none of it is roped off to the tourists. Not that there were any tourists there we were the only ones. Dungapore itself is renowned for it's stonemasons and it is set [View Full Entry]

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Elephants at the door
Streets of Dungapur
Another street scene

By Lugging Around The World
November 12th 2009
Udaipur Asia » India » Rajasthan » Udaipur
Indian Burrow Hill
Indian Burrow Hill
This so reminded us of Sommerset and the Cider farm we are missing
We arrived in Udaipur and stayed in an old hotel. It was quite wonderful with a four poster bed and marble everywhere, we even had our own dressing room as well as marble bathroom. We enjoyed the lake and seeing the Palace where Octopussy was filmed but found the city very touristy and very much built off the back of the film. The prices were inflated and there was not a lot to do there once you had taken a boat ride on the lake. The people were friendly like everywhere you go in India, it just was not our favourite [View Full Entry]

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Traffic on the way to Udaipur
Our Luxury Bedroom
Waiting for our boat

We left Jaipur by car for a six hour journey to Udaipur. We stopped half way at Ranakpur to see the amazing temple. It has 1444 carved columns of which no two are the same. They are all perfect bar one as they say that only God can be perfect therefore they deliberately made one column wonky. This has to be the most amazing carved temples we saw on our whole trip. James and I had to wear the given outfits, these are not part of our new wardrobe!!! [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 12th 2009 | 42 Views | [diary=452577]

Entrance
James and Chloe
Columns

It was on a day trip in an amazing jeep that we visited a local house where we watched a Opium Ceremony. We went to a local rug weaver, a potter, and the village of the "untouchables" which are the lowest caste system in India. It was a fun day and full of interesting thought provoking places. [View Full Entry]

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Goat hearders
Another great headress for James
Opium

By Lugging Around The World
November 5th 2009
Jodhpur Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jodhpur
Train Travelling in India
Train Travelling in India
James's favourite position!!!
Apologies for not putting much text around my previous entries. We have made it around some of Rajasthan as many of you have now seen on our updates to this site. Goa was relaxing and quiet in comparison to Rajasthan. Jaipur was our introduction to the crazy Indian life. Rathambhore National Park was quiet and had amazing scenery. Ajmer was a view into everyday life with our wonderful host family. Pushkar was a crazy hippy market town with the annual Camel and Horse fair which made it even more mad than usual I imagine. Now here are some of our pictures [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 5th 2009 | 119 Views | [diary=450899]

Not British Rail
Desert Scenery from the Train
Ploughing in the dust

Our Amazing Host Family
Our Amazing Host Family
We became members of this family and felt so at home here in Ajmer
Ajmer and Pushkar - our next stop [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 1st 2009 | 108 Views | [diary=449911]

At the temple - on top of the World
Colours for every occasion
Snakes in a basket

Safari at Rathambhore National Park [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 1st 2009 | 97 Views | [diary=449898]

On the Lookout for Tigers
Antelope
Monkey's



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