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| 6th February 2009 Angie | I can't believe you. - From: A Day in the Life of India You stayed in one of THE poorest part of India, took pictures of the WORST parts. Did you travel up North? Did you bother doing research, trying to see which half of the country was f*ing developed, so you could enjoy Indian culture in cleanliness and comfort? No. It's people like you who make India look like a horrible place. You only show the worst parts, not even bothering to truly travel. You stayed in an impoverished area and complained about everything. Next time don't go to a poor part of India! Holy shit. My city is Chandigarh. It's not even the most developed part of India, but it's JUST like a city in North America (in the sense that the infrastructure and cleanliness are awesome...) I'm usually really mellow, but reading your post offended me almost as badly as when this religious Muslim girl defended pedophelia. I don't know what else to say. You are really unfair. |
| 7th August 2008 Divya | Amazing pics! - From: Camping at 3200 Meters in Scwagzni. Pulga and Malana Hello! Thanks for sharing you experiences and pics - lovely! I'd been on the same trek recently - but did it one day - torture! And as for Malana, it's all burnt up now - there was a fire early this year - as your pics are all the more valuable, and insightful... Your welcome to read my blog at: http://himachalholidays.blogspot.com/ |
| 24th July 2008 Vishwaneet | The tower whose name you forgot... - From: Danyavar India, Prem India (Thank you India, I love India) My last entry The tower's name is Qutab Minar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutb_Minar http://wikimapia.org/#lat=28.524382&lon=77.185430&z=13&l=0&m=m&v=2 |
| 28th June 2008 Betsy | - From: Never fun leaving a group behind Those photos are great! I love the one with the little kid and appreciate the one of the flower...however, I think my photos of flowers are just a tad bit better...haha. Can't wait to see you! |
| 23rd June 2008 Adam | Gerber Pics? - From: Sleeping at the Snow Line Costanza? There are no pictures of you!!!! Hope you're doing well. |
| 6th June 2008 Dad | wow - From: Masala Remix (India 2008) Mom and I were really excited to indirectly hear from you! LOL Sounds like you are having an awesome time. Wings won the Stanley Cup! |
| 5th June 2008 mom | GLad you made it - From: Masala Remix (India 2008) sounds great. |
| 2nd June 2008 Marissa | - From: Masala Remix (India 2008) Hey Ben! Sounds like you are having a great time you better send me a postcard! and i think mom and dad (and probably betsy) will be happy to hear that your backpacking spirit has died down--althought i think your trips are great-you know them! |
| 7th June 2007 Jez | Laters - From: Danyavar India, Prem India (Thank you India, I love India) My last entry Nice meeting you in busy and very hot Amritsar, lucky we got out little trouble after we left. You were there when my photos decided to disapear on the roof of the bus, think it was when you were throwing your guts round the back of the petrol station. You carried out that process of throwing like I do breathing, a natural occurance. In Singapore now and if I am really honest a tiny bit different than Delhi, can't put my finger on what it is but somethings different. The first bigmac and whopper were great had the whopper at 0830 in Bangkok Airport. I am trying to track Rezza, he is down here somewhere so hopefully will meet up with him. Anyway nice meeting you and I guess your next stop is Ethiopia, well whats left, an AK47 strapped to a locals back sat next to you in an internet cafe is always a bit of a twitcher!!. |
| 23rd May 2007 grandpa | love hate - From: Danyavar India, Prem India (Thank you India, I love India) My last entry sounds like you had a love hate relationship with india. you loved some of the peiple and hated some. you love the rural and hated the feted cities. seem like deli was better than mombai. if you had a seat number, why wouldn' the driver check that to the seat!? hope to hear your voice soon. we love u 2 pieces. found some pix today of you and marissa when she was about a8 months old and you were at grama nees cottage. grmp |
| 23rd May 2007 Jen | Welcome Home - From: Danyavar India, Prem India (Thank you India, I love India) My last entry Welcome home and I am so happy for you. |
| 23rd May 2007 Misha | Hil-arious! - From: Danyavar India, Prem India (Thank you India, I love India) My last entry Your blog entry is rib-cracking to be perfectly honest. I am an India myself, so I guess patriotism demands me to be agitated by your peeing-on-fellow-countrymen and whatnot. But actually, the thing is, not all Indians accept stuff like this either. Me and my family, for example , make it a point to only travel to clean places like Goa where there are minimal chances of seeing cows on the road, or worse, getting punched by pissy drivers. I would like to skip on making a speech of just how India can be shaken out of its crappy image. But thats for later. Hope you keep coming back here. There's more to India than meets the eye really. |
| 14th May 2007 Benji | Great pics - From: Camping at 3200 Meters in Scwagzni. Pulga and Malana Hey- These are great pics. You should try selling them to Nat'l Geographic or something. Enjoy the rest of your trip! |
| 13th May 2007 Gjon | Go Michigan - From: Dharamsala: Welcome all you Westerners, hippies, wannabees, and charras smoking israelis Nice to see someone reping us in India. That is too funny. Your trip is amazing, I cant wait till im in India in September. |
| 12th May 2007 mike b | dodgy ice - From: Life and Death on the River Ganga. i wuold have loved to hang out with the group of "fresh" japanese touristsas you put it, i can't imagine the shock on their face |
| 12th May 2007 mike b | dude this is amazing - From: Dharamsala: Welcome all you Westerners, hippies, wannabees, and charras smoking israelis dude, your trip sounds unreal. you pulled this shit off, and did it authentically the real indian way. by the way the israeli thing, i'm totally with you on that, it bugs me how much they haggle and work the local economy (saw it this summer in peru). the israelis i've met/travelled with are always a good time, but sometimes i just can't grasp their mentality (excuse the stereotyping, its like stereotyping loud/obnoxious americans) can't wait to hear more when you are back dude! |
| 9th May 2007 Benji | cannot wait to talk to you. - From: Dharamsala: Welcome all you Westerners, hippies, wannabees, and charras smoking israelis Call me as soon as you are back from India. |
| 5th May 2007 sdm | waaaah - From: Dharamsala: Welcome all you Westerners, hippies, wannabees, and charras smoking israelis ben! enjoy your (fleeting) time in india. katie and i arrived home this week and we miss traveling big time. it's hard to be back in civilization! hopefully we will all meet up this summer? take care, s. |
| 4th May 2007 Betsy | Michigan - From: Dharamsala: Welcome all you Westerners, hippies, wannabees, and charras smoking israelis We are sending that photo of you running with the flag to the Michigan Alumni magazine... Can't wait to see you! |
| 29th April 2007 Chung | - From: Life and Death on the River Ganga. WOW!!!...i've just spent the last few hours reading you blog. I'm six days away from starting my journey around the world and my first destination is India. As you've experience yourself, I'm extremely excited but also a little scared not having travelled alone before. Thank you, it was lovely reading your blog, i look forward to visiting some of the places you have mentioned. I just hope 6 weeks will be enough :) |
| 28th April 2007 Caroline | My City! - From: A Day in the Life of India oh I almost cried when I saw your pictures. I miss India so much. how was mamallupurrum? where did you stay? did you get any stone carvings? I am so jealous of you right now! |
| 26th April 2007 Pat | Awesome - From: who knew india had wild rhinos It's so cool that you are still blogging and uploading pictures. You will need to print out these pages to put in your scrapbook. See you in a few weeks. |
| 25th April 2007 Pat | All employees are require to wash their hands before returning to work. - From: A Day in the Life of India I'll stick with American cleanliness. India's average life expectancy is still below the world average. |
| 25th April 2007 Brooke | beautiful photos - From: Dzongri: Where men and mountain gods meet I really like that last one with the prayer flags and the snow. Love you! |
| 25th April 2007 Fiona | - From: who knew india had wild rhinos Hey Ben, after having a good read im in awe! Sounds like you are having the time of your life! My OZ adventure is almost coming to an end, hasnt exactly been a culture shock but it has been an awesome year! Heading to Fiji in june then off to your fair land for a bit of a road trip! India was always on my list, youve just pushed it to the top! better get home and start saving...again! Much love and take care! fi. x |
| 24th April 2007 daniela from munnar | ELEFANTS!!! - From: who knew india had wild rhinos hey how nice to see that you had the fucking luck to see littel more from the elefants than just there shit....you lucky littel pig... :) and so funny to see that you met marta and krishna...my friends from colcatta...what a littel county this india seems to be.... big hug, from swtizerland...and keep on exploring... |
| 23rd April 2007 Jeff | Everest - From: Dzongri: Where men and mountain gods meet You have to read "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. I thought Everest was easy, too, before I read that book. It's messed up. |
| 23rd April 2007 Susie Kuller | hello - From: Dzongri: Where men and mountain gods meet WOW! |
| 16th April 2007 Benjamin | hullo... - From: All monks love futbol and other tales from a Himalayan adventure hi ben - the andamans looked amazing, very jealous. england was beautifully hot this weekend - i spent the whole time meeting different friends in different parks. anyway - some of us have work to do. namaste |
| 13th April 2007 rajesh | WOW - From: To Paradise in Steerage Wonderful discription of India and specially Andemans. I m going to Havelock in end of this month, will try pristine beach resort. |
| 10th April 2007 borty | awesome dude! - From: To Paradise in Steerage india sounds awesome man, really nice posts and great photos. sounds like everytime you take a long train/boat ride but then end up in paradise! sweeeeeeet |
| 10th April 2007 jeff | - From: To Paradise in Steerage this is making me jealous. i'm taking you to brasil next . . . betsy you can come, too! |
| 9th April 2007 Benji | I am proud of you Ben... - From: To Paradise in Steerage Hey Ben- I have been reading your blogs but did not realize they could be commented on. I just want to say that I am very proud that you have the courage to muster a trip like this - continue you to see through the bad to get to the good. This kind of trip can change your life forever. Hi Betsy - if you are reading this! |
| 8th April 2007 blgerber | hey - From: To Paradise in Steerage thanks for the note. If you have time spend at least 2 but more like 3 weeks in the andamans. It is amazing. I hope you can spare the time. 7 days was not nearly enough but india is such a big place. Check out the pristine beach resort nad make sure you visit hampi. If you ever need anything dont hesitate to shoot me an email at blgerber@gmail.com enjoy, ben |
| 8th April 2007 Betsy | - From: To Paradise in Steerage The photos of the beach are gorgeous, the photos of you drunk are wonderful! Live it up as you have three years of school ahead of you...and a girlfriend that doesn't want to hear about cockroaches for the next six months. |
| 8th April 2007 Gjon Nicaj | - From: To Paradise in Steerage Just discovered your blog, I will be going to India in September and cant wait, I heard a lot about the Andaman Islands and Lakshwadweep and have decided to spend a week or two in the Andamans. Cant wait, your blog gets me so excited for india. |
| 27th March 2007 anonymous | - From: A Day in the Life of India You can try exchanging the bigger bills for small changes from the bus conductors, most of them would be happy to exchange. See if you can do it in local banks. About you other comment about raising your voice to get Indians to back off, you can only do that with the poor and already at disadvantage people who are often harrassed by the police, don't try it with the business class people or the moneyed. They won't be intimidated. |
| 27th March 2007 Brooke | Classic Ben talk - From: A Day in the Life of India I was laughing really hard while I read this!! I miss you lots and lots. Love you |
| 24th March 2007 Jeanne Corwin | What an Experience! - From: Gotta love the Western Ghats Your travel adventure is fantastic. I'm enjoying reading about / seeing the pictures of each day's journey. Martin looks like a Danish cousin of mine ... Secher by (last) name, from Odense. We're traveling with you vicariously. |
| 19th March 2007 Pat | Nice - From: Kerala: Gods own country You have no idea how hard it is to look at those pictures right now while I am stuck in a basement with no windows in St. Paul, MN. |
| 16th March 2007 Ms. Lois 'legs' Sweetpea | hallo - From: You never know what to expect. who's the handsome chap with the coconut? |
| 12th March 2007 Betsy | out of control - From: You never know what to expect. that beard is out of control... |
| 12th March 2007 GRANDPA | KOCHIN - From: You never know what to expect. THIS WAS A LARGE OLD JEWISH ENCLAVE..BIG ON LENDING TO THE CHRISTIANS. MOST HAVE MOVED TO ISRAEL AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD OF LATE. I HAD A BOOK THAT WAS FOR A 400 YEAR ANNIV OF THE ISLAND OF KOCHIN. IF YOU CAN FIND ONE OF THESE BOOKS I'D LIKE IT. I LENT IT TO SOMEWONE AND THEY NEVER RETURNED IT. MAYBE THEY WOULD SHIP IT, HAVE U HAD CHABAD CHULENT? I'LL BET IT WOULD BE A TREAT. THE YIDDISH CHULENT COMES FROM THE FRENCH CHAUX LONT( sp) meaning to slow cook (hot slow). LOVE U 2 PIECES. BRING ANYTHING HOME BUT THE STENCH...K? |
| 12th March 2007 Adam | ROTATE THE PICS - From: You never know what to expect. You can rotate them. Looks like you're doing well. Much love brotha |
| 11th March 2007 Jillian | - From: Mumbai to Goa to Hampi Your trip sounds amazing, and to be honest you are inspiring me to go forth with my Peace Corps invite when it comes soon... Have fun and be safe! |
| 9th March 2007 Susie Kuller | hello - From: Mumbai to Goa to Hampi I am so glad you are having a great time! Enjoy! |
| 9th March 2007 Jonathan London | Amazing! - From: Mumbai to Goa to Hampi Ben, that sounds incredible. Adventures are wonderful, uncertain, and flowing. I hope I get out there some day, maybe you could be my chaperone. I'm glad you're meeting some great people and staying positive. Keep the blogs coming so I can pretend my life is intersting, -Yoni |
| 9th March 2007 Pat | Good Work - From: Mumbai to Goa to Hampi Glad to hear that you are enjoying yourself. I also agree that you are a good people person. I still remember the first time we met very well. You were visiting Betsy before you moved to Minneapolis and we went to dinner at King and I and you were offering to help me find a job five minutes after we met and it seemed like I was talking to someone I had known for a long time. I look forward to more updates. |
| 5th March 2007 Vania | HAHA - From: Mumbai ...i was laughing as I read this because I can just imagine you in India. I am so glad you are having fun and I can't wait to see and hear more about your experience. Have fun and be safe! |
| 5th March 2007 grampa | you really "got" balls - From: Mumbai facinating commentary. hope you continue to enjoy not sure i could stand the stench part. hurray for bollywood..dum de dum |
