http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Daman & Diu en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:44:15 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:44:15 +0000 I arrive in Ahmedabad Gujarat's largest city for a spot of 'sorting stuff out' before moving on. Home to 5 million people Ahmedabad is a sprawling noisy city but one with history hidden in amongst the chaos. The old town contains some beautiful old mosques the Teen Darwaja 'triple gateway' and a bustling bazaar. I wander amongst the market stalls and my overriding impression is of a frien http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/Diu/blog-442565.html It was the best of times...It's no secret that India is a land of contrasts. Be it from accounts on these pages or other more reputable sources evident it is that North is starkly different than South East markedly changed from West. Language food culture history religion geography all vary considerably as one shifts in and out of different states and cities in a land of 1.15 billion peo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/Diu/blog-407562.html India is one of the most popular holiday destinations in the world. It is very popular among tourists from all around the world. Many travelers embark on India tours and travel merely in terms of the magnificent love monument Taj Mahal and the glories of Rajasthan the Land of Kings. No doubt Taj Mahal and Rajasthan play a great role in the boom of India tourism but there are also many other att http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/Daman/blog-388409.html Jaan kylla suuresti kaipaamaan Diuta Huomenna lahdemme jatkamaan matkaa Dwarkaan joka on myos rannikolla ja Gujaratissa. Olen unohtanut mainita etta Diu on oikeastaan oma laaninsa. Tama alue pysyi pitkaan Portugalin hallinnassa ja ihmiset taalla jotka ovat syntyneet ennen vuotta 1961 ovat edelleen Portugalin kansalaisia. Ensimmaisina paivina ihmettelimmekin kun niin moni kertoi meille olevans http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/blog-384706.html Olen viime kirjoituksissani kertonut paljon tekemisistamme. Nyt ajattelin pohtia jalleen Intian olemusta. Milta Intia on nyt uudelleen tulemiseni jalkeen vaikuttanutAikalaillahan samanlaista se on kuin muistelinkin samanlaista kuin idassa pain. Intia on meluinen yhta aikaa taynna karsimysta ja iloa se on mopojen toottailya pakokaasuja hiekkapolya vehreita palmuja ja vareissaan loistavia kuk http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/Diu/blog-384414.html How we love you.Take all of that tension and stress from the past 8 weeks of travelling in this country and just let it melt melt melt away.I am not ashamed to admit that though I was not fully aware of what was happening at the time I was most certainly functioning on my very last nerve when we arrived here in Diu.Of course the regular stresses of travelling in India had been accumulating bu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/Diu/blog-381831.html Nach abenteuerlicher Fahrt im Sleeperbus P meint man koennte dort glatt seekrank werden inklusive unfreundlichem Wecken und Change bus quick in Diu angekommen.Diu ist etwas anders als das bisher gesehene Indien. Von den portugiesern ueber Jahrhunderte verwaltetund offensichtlich nicht einmal ausgebeutet zerbomt hat man hier dann spaeter nur die Nebenorte hat es eher den Charm einer suede http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/Diu/blog-311723.html India Diuvipulrajuhotmail.com http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/Diu/blog-303086.html The Journey To Diuthe bus set out from udaipur stopped in rajkot at 6 in the morning we were kicked out told to sleep on a bench in an office for 3 hours then herded onto the most awful bus on earth and packed like sardines for another 5 hours then reached veeraval took the bumpiest and dustiest ride since pokhara for another 2 and a half hours then reached una where we had to change for an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/Diu/blog-278702.html Nice place for relax. After one month of vegetarian food we bought some fresh fish at the port and cooked on the beach. WOW Nice to meet Partap the cook of Oh Maria restaurant http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/blog-241393.html Na een dag of 10 in Pushkar de langste tijd dat we op dezelfde plaats verbleven tot nu toe hadden we het daar ook alweer gezien. We namen afscheid van de vele vrienden die we er maakten we verbleven in een nogal sociaal guesthouse en arrangeerden er vervoer naar onze volgende stop zijnde Bundi een veel minder bezochte bestemming. We sliepen er in een mooie kamer in een heuse haveli. Dat i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/blog-234054.html Anybody who as ever tried to take a photo of an interesting building anywhere in India knows what I mean with that title... It's just impossible to take it without the usual tangle of electricity phone and who knows what kind of wires in front of it... Even in the pristine mountain environments there seems to be wires dangling around... Most probably not even used and leading nowhere in particula http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/Diu/blog-231410.html I do love fish but in the water. To go at Diu with such unpleasant tast I hope I'll find some other meat. I hope I'm not along. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/blog-231284.html I am on the sleepy island of Dui on the Arabian Sea. Peacocks sit in palm trees and the wedding band has been playing for 8 straight days around the clock. At the small hours of the night the drum ensemble leads with frenetic tempo and the keyboardist reaches a psychedelic fever pitch. At 6 am firecrackers startle me awake and the sleepy musicians persist with hollow dragging of their more canned http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/blog-225643.html These are photos from Diu and Mumbai. I will try to explain them in the captions. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/blog-220292.html Hey Here are some more pictures from Diu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/blog-215468.html So Diu turned out to be really really nice its quiet here for India anways and its more relaxed the rickshaw drivers havn't bugged us and we can walk around without having people following us or trying to get us to come into their store and the air is cleaner The days here have kind of blended together i can't even really remember which day we did what but we've rented scooters for cheap and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/blog-213302.html Hello to everyoneToday I write from the island of Diu. It is a quaint exPortugese place in the Arabian Sea. We plan to stay here for about 10 days to relax before preparing to split up for a month. After 3 months together nonstop it will be a bit hard to part. India is getting easier to handle. I am beginning to get how it works here. I am also getting used to bus travel which can ra http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/blog-213044.html So from Mumbai we flew to a small island that is actually attached to the mainland of Guyurat called Dui. A very quiet place with not a lot of tourists but a chance to enjoy something that not a lot of people can be bothered to make it to hence why we flew as it takes hours by train bus and the rest.Not a lot when on for us there other than swimming eating watching the sunset and experiencing http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/blog-109855.html 2006helliphelliphellip6wks4th CYCLING TRIPGujarat Southern Rajasthan INDIA...........On the bus back to Bhuj there were 3 Policemen one with a fullsize I'll shoot you if you movetype rifle escorting 'two male persons' that were handcuffed together. Can you image Police hopping onto public transport in Adelaide with a prisoner Beggars have not been the presence they were in the 7 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Daman-and-Diu/blog-93950.html