http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ninabailando/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ninabailando en-us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:37:22 +0000 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:37:22 +0000 At the train platform inside of the airport delays of five minutes are announced. Everything seemed so empty very few people compared to India. Modern buildings especially in the stateoftheart airport of Frankfurt. Nobody is sitting or sleeping on the floor doing nothing just looking around everybody busy if waiting at least working on the laptop. Liquid on the floor can hardly be somet http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/blog-345128.html DELHIThe air pollution is so extremely high First I thought it would be a shame not to have an exterior window in the hotel but to the staircase. Then I was just happy about it at least it wasnrsquot dusty in my room Just after leaving the hotel immediately my throat started rasping and my skin was soooo itchy So I mostly put my scarf in front of my mouth. In the morning time during having http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttar-Pradesh/Agra/blog-342963.html Periyar Wildlife SanctuaryI stayed in an amazing accommodation in a bamboo hut with view on the national park in the morning time I saw some huge brown animals from far away wow It was so difficult to find a cheap tour to the national park I just couldnrsquot get it that there doesnrsquot seem to exist competition but a cartel. But anyway the trip to the national park was worth it We http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Allepey/blog-342960.html Backwaters KeralaOne of the places I liked most in India Most of the travellers in Kerala want to stay for some days on a houseboat driving through the backwaters water channels that were built because of a tsunami hundreds of years ago. I didnrsquot do so because first itrsquos quite expensive compared to what I did and furthermore just too touristy for my taste Luckily the guidebooks http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Munnar/blog-342961.html Heading down to the very SouthFirst of all Ive to add s.th. to Cochin my last entry. After publishing that entry I went to the seaside to have my last seafood dinner in India. So I choosed and bargained it right next to the sea and went to a restaurant with an open kitchen that was great because when I was watching how they prepare my lobster they invited me to cook with them teached me mor http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Kanyakumari/blog-342958.html On the way to Kerala It was the first time I saw cockroaches that close on my upper bed in the trainhellip but there was no way out 14 hours overnight train and a full train I had to sleep there. Luckily I didnrsquot see them anymore. Currently it rains a lot in Kochi it's because of the second monsoon of the year called NorthEastMonsoon. Origionally it should only rain at nighttime http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Kochi-/blog-338861.html HAMPIAfter Goa I headed with a night bus sleeper to Hampi it seemed therersquore more road holes and sandy streets than asphalt on the streetshellip but therersquore only two trains a week to Hampi. For sure it was even bumpier because my bed was located in the very back of the bus sometimes I jumped with my whole back some centimetres It was so hot in Hampi although it was 9 orsquo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Hampi/blog-338454.html Palolem GOAThe bus from Mumbai to Goa arrived 1 hour too late unless it starts in Mumbai then we drove 2 hours through Mumbai until we left the city there doesnrsquot seem to be big high ways or tunnels to cross the cityhellip that drove me crazy because I had a cold the Air Conditioning worked 180 I couldnrsquot switch it off lots of curves and bumps in the street but at least http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Palolem/blog-333862.html After publishing the last entry Mc Leod Ganj and Rajastan I just put some further fotos to that blog entry feel free to have a look at them The link to see them is httpwww.travelblog.orgAsiaIndiaRajasthanJaisalmerblog332189.htmlJust arrived in Mumbai hellipI was looking forward to be in a big city since such a lot of time especially to go to Mumbai a town people told me that yo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Maharashtra/Mumbai/blog-333860.html Donna and me took the 4 orsquoclock bus from McLeod Ganj to Amritsarhellip we wanted that day there was no bus but then we met a nice Israeli couple we went to Amritsar with. So we shared a taxi to Dharamsala to make sure to get the bus to Amritsar. As it was the first bus that left on that day the only thing we could hear at the bus station in Dharamsala was the snoring of the people that s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Jaisalmer/blog-332189.html My trip from Kargil to LehBecause of the elections I had to stay one day more in Kargil so I went on to write my travelblog almost the whole day. Finally the owner of the guesthouse I was staying at organized a jeep for me to head on to Leh. Just some impressions of this journey the cassettes were kind of broken so the music already sounded very strange and the music was Indian one for 8 ho http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Himachal-Pradesh/Manali/blog-322296.html I knew that a culture shock would be waiting for mehellip so I prepared myself Thank you Jonas for such a lot of good information about IndiaSome of you told me that maybe theyrsquore going to go to India so I write pretty detailedhellip Irsquoll do paragraphs so you can choose those one yoursquore interested in itrsquos a lot Or just have a look at the photos As yoursquol http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Leh/blog-321249.html HiI hope you're fine Sorry for not writing you for such a long time it's the first time that I've internet access since Delhi because there was carfue in Srinagar. So I just wanted let you know that I'm fine I'm in Kargil at the moment heading to Leh today I hope there's a jeep.... My plans almost change every day it's not easy to make plans in IndiaI'm writing down everything down for http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Jammu-and-Kashmir/Kargil-Town/blog-318122.html Ein grosses HI HALLO y HOLA a todosI hope its fine for everybody that Im going to write you in English... Im still in Germany my last day... after one month living with my parents here near Karlsruhe. It was a great time to stay here after finishing my studies lots of relax and already kind of a culture no better livechange no master no job no shared flat no noise of the streets http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/National-Capital-Territory/New-Delhi/blog-313200.html