18 hours on the train is never fun. Especially when you can only get a second class unreserved ticket and you have to bribe the conductor 20 bucks to let you sit in the a/c car because everything else is full to the brim with humans and luggage. The only nice thing about the a/c train coaches are that they have less sellers so you are not woken up at 4 am with the scream of "Chai... Chai.... Cooooofeeee.....Coooofeeee" As much as I love that sound its no fun at 4 am. Anyways Varanasi is one of the most holy [View Full Entry]

---

---

After my trip to the mountains i headed right for the digusting heat and humidity of the jungle. i learned from a dutch couple in yuksom that you did not need to go to the northeast states (they are dangerous and lawless) to see rhinos that there was a small little visited reserve in northern west bengal that is not often visited. i had a nice train ride there. some young indian ladies started flirting with me. it was really funny. they wanted to take me home to meet there family but i was on a mission to see rhinos [View Full Entry]

---

---

(you can check my last entry for updated photos) Waking up at 4 am hiking from 12,000 to 12,700 to watch the sunrise over the kanzchechunga, singhaliaia and some other indian himalayan range is not the way most people start your average day. The pounding headache, lack of oxygen, and freezing cold weather didn't make it any easier. But it really starts back in Yuksom. After hiking for 2 days between pelling-khachapari lake-yuksom i thought i had enough of trekking until i realized how crazy it would be to spend 4 days walking up 6,000+ feet to the himalayas. I [View Full Entry]

---

---

NOT FOUND [View Full Entry]

---

---

It has been far to long....... (sorry its a long entry) It starts off being convinced to spend 3 days on a boat with 500 other Indians and shitty food. I really was going to skip the Andaman Islands and part with Martin in Chennai and make my way to Hyderbad and then Kolkotta. But this Kiwi in our hostel made me think when he said the Andaman islands are one of the last unspoiled beach paradises without an international airport and huge resorts on the best beaches. How could I say no to that. I thought about flying and [View Full Entry]

---

---

Since I talk a lot about what I do from day to day but none of you see it I figured I would give you a little tour of my life in India. This may not be so exciting for some but for others who have done this, plan to do this or just like to hear me ramble keep on reading (please at least check the pictures): So here goes...... I usually wake up to noisy neighbors or the smell of burning cow crap or trash wafting into my room. Its a beautiful thing that I will miss when [View Full Entry]

---

---

So I stopped counting how many times I was close to death on the way up from Allepy to Kumily. I believe it was maybe 10-15. Indian drivers go around hairpin corners with thousand foot cliffs at full speed with the beep of a horn. Its like playing chicken but you cant even see the car around the corner. If you are really lucky then there is no other car around the corner. If as usual there is a car coming and one hits its breaks while the other speeds up in case there is a collision. I think they [View Full Entry]

---

---

So It all left off in Mysore and begins in Mysore. Before our train at 6 pm martin and I went downstairs and got some real good Indian breakfast... Masala dosa and chai. We then walked from our place about 2 or 3 kilometers to the more residential area of mysore and just watched the people live there colorful lives. I haven't been to northern india yet but most people say its a lot more colorful with the saris and the architecture then the north. The people here are also very nice and a lot more friendly then in Mumbai. The [View Full Entry]

---

---

In the last 3 days I have" Went cliff diving Sat on a 2nd class non a/c overnight train and ate dinner (dal chapati) with an indian family Slept with bag like it was my girlfriend Saw crocs in the river Saw an indian porno (they are illegal) by accident becasue of my new danish friend martin (Skip near the botom for that) Brushed up on my spanish with some Galicians If any of these adventures interest you but you do not want to here my rant on indian culture skip ot the part that I starred. (I did not edit [View Full Entry]

---

---

So I was so excited to leave mumbai. After seeing a person die on the street and the noise, pollution and poverty it was a relief to get out. The only problem was I got out in real india style. After buying a 16 hour bus ticket to Hampi I showed up at the bus stop only to be told the bus did not work but I could ride to hampi on a shitty non a/c bus that looked like a child molester van. I decided to test my luck and hitch a ride to goa. I really did not want [View Full Entry]

---

---