http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:21:39 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:21:39 UTC The flights have been booked and the hotels are reserved. I am going on my long awaited safari. I am so very excited I have been wanting to go on this trip since I first found out I was going to India. For over a month I have been working with a travel agent from a very nice agency who deals with a lot of American clients HRG Sita India. Apparently they have been very busy because the lady Pri http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-351228.html Varkalan paivat alkaa olla luetut. Ostin junalipun huomiselle. Suuntana seuraavaksi Goa. Rannalta toiselle siis. Aika huvittavaa. Meikalainen ei ole mitenkaan suuri rantailun ystava. Taallakin olen saanut rantauduttua vain kahdesti. Uimassa kavin kerran. Vaan ei se haittaa kun muutoin on mukavaa. Ravintolassa tai majapaikan terassilla istuskelu ja kirjan lukeminen on oikein kivaa. Kolme kirjaa on http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Kerala/Varkala/blog-351195.html We are now at the Childrens Home in Kaliyampoondi a small village about 2 hours from Chennai. We flew from Dehli to Chennai yesterday morning and spent the better part of the day trying to connect with a doctor who is going to perform plastic surgery for one of the girls at the home who was burned very bad as a child. He was callled into emergency surgery though so we did not get to meet with him http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Chennai/blog-351150.html Another trip to India I thought I would have returned earlier but it's been mad with University and trying to survive on a minimal budget but where therersquos a will therersquos a way and unexpectedly I am now going to India on a last minute package deal. I am usually against package holidays but as it goes this is a trip more about just kicking back and relaxing for me. I have been to Ind http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Goa/Calangute/blog-350965.html Weekend blogLast weekend was pretty relaxed because people have been ill and out of the workplace so frequently we now have Saturday mornings off for lesson planning. I think a lot of it is the fact it goes from very hot to freezing in the course of one day and also because people eatdrink dodgy things most notably the dogbrain pakora one guy ordered last weekend bad quality meat and unfil http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Himachal-Pradesh/Mcleod-Ganj/blog-350947.html Panic not We are fine... just logged into my emails and found some worried comments about our safety we are ok the mumbai attacks have not really affected us apart from a little bit of shock as we obviously went to a couple of the place that were targetted. We flew out of Bangalore the morning after the attacks and sat and read the paper about all the terror freaked us out a bit esp that th http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Kerala/Varkala/blog-350932.html It is hard to believe that I only have a few days left. I will not say that time has flown by because it hasn't. There have been times that it felt like time stood still or even gone backwards but the rest of the time has moved so quickly. I've met so many interesting and fun people. The memories that I have made here and the stories that I can tell are worth all of the inconveniences. Hey I go http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-350908.html SalutBen voila la connerie humaine a encore frappe'. A BOMBay. Mourir pour des ides d'accord mais de mort lente. Pour rassurer tous les inquiets Badami est au fin fond de l'Inde et le seul terroriste qu'on ait rencontre' c'est le muezzin qui nous rveille a 5 heures du Mat'. Il est de mche avec le groupe electrogene...On passera pas longtemps a BOMBay et puis on prendra une chambre au Tajm http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Karnataka/Badami/blog-350880.html We went for a day with nilanjana and KG. We returned after staying for a night at park guest house. whats remarkable aboiut this trip is the pics taken by KG of Arya and Appa. We somehow missed a shot of the very pregnant preetha. We went to the ashram and got thraya blessed just like we did for arya. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Puducherry/blog-350872.html An ePagemaker trip was due for quite some time and we went to Pondycherry Chunambar Boating island. It was a day of fun filled moments laughter and a great bonding experience for Arya with Bijay papa advaith. Infact it was here that I believed she needed a sibling and it was time. So Thraya here you are You were thought of during this trip. God willing it materialised quite fast. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Puducherry/blog-350852.html Vier Wochen und ihr habt nichts von mir gehrt ich lebe noch trotz der schlimmen Terroranschlge in Bombay vergangene Woche. Doch hier oben im Norden geht das Leben weiter wie gewohnthellip wenn man sich erstmal daran gewhnt Seit nunmehr einer Woche bin ich in Dehradun einer 500.000 Einwohner Stadt ca. 200km nrdlich von Delhi also 68 Stunden Autofahrt im indischen Staat Uttaranchal. M http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-350846.html Eipa sitten lahdettykaan rannalle vaan elellaan hiljaiseloa Vizagissa. Maha on taas pitkasta aikaa sekaisin joten en jaksanut lahtea mihinkaan. Kallellakin kierteli eilen vahan mahassa mutta on nyt rauhoittunut. Itsellakin helpotti kun Kalle haki apteekista muutamia pillereita. Intiassa ei voi nahtavasti nahda tervetta paivaa No eipa oikeastaan pitkiin aikoihin ollutkaan ollut mahan kanssa mi http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Andhra-Pradesh/blog-350832.html Just call me Ms MCSE I passed ALL 7 exams. Drinks are on me but you have to find me. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-350805.html The day we arrived in Mumbai is a day that I will never forget we arrived in Mumbai after an overnight train from Jodphur upon arrival at Banda station we caught a taxi along with a French lady thee first observation we made was that there was no traffic on what what supposed to be a busy day in Mumbai on arrival at CST we deposited our bags at the luggage counter ready for a day of sight see http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Maharashtra/Mumbai/blog-350799.html Preetha and Arya spent about half a day at the Banerghatta Zoo on the trip to Hosur. Further we went to hogenakkal but thats another story. We had great fun seeing the animals. Arya was initially a little scared but then she got used to the fact that there will be animals and she cant help it. She really enjoyed being with the elephants peacock which made a good dance for us. The cheetah and ze http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Karnataka/Bangalore/blog-350796.html 26th November 2008I had a 4 a.m. shuttle to Christchurch airport for my flight to Sydney where going through the handbaggage security check in transit I was taken into a side room and searched for explosives including having a probe with sensor attached linked to a computer used to search my bags for traces of any explosives I might have been in contact with. Must be looking a wellseasoned trav http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Maharashtra/Mumbai/blog-350785.html Aluksi hieman politiikkaa. Aiti kysyi kuinka poliittinen kriisi nakyy taalla. Sanoin sen nakyvan vain lehtien sivuilla. Pikku kylilla missa olemme olleet se ei ihmisten kaytannonelamassa olekaan nakynyt juuri ollenkaan. Nain reissaajana kun ei ole lahemmin ihmisten kanssa tekemisissa on tietenkin myos vaikea sanoa ulkopuolisena miten Mumbain tapaus on vaikuttanut paikallisten elamaan. Gopalpur http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Andhra-Pradesh/blog-350659.html Cooped up in my host familyrsquos house I have become engrossed by Vinay Rai and William L. Simonrsquos new book lsquoThink India The Rise of the Worldrsquos Next Super Power And What It Means For Every Americanrsquo. Vinay Rai is a billionaire businessman philanthropist and an Icon of Progress in India and William L. Simon is the coauthor of the New York Times bestselling biograph http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Andhra-Pradesh/blog-350657.html Until my weekend in Amritsar although I'd seen some amazing things nothing had equaled the mountain views and the valley just outside my house here the scenery and the sunsets...We left for Amritsar in Punjab State on Friday afternoon driving past the usual eclectic scenery terraced fields dotted with brightly coloured figures temples shrines and a bizarre umbrellacovered totempole type o http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Punjab/Amritsar/blog-350655.html This past week my dad visited me in Vizag. On Tuesday I took him on a long walk around Vizag to see Cafe Coffee Day Sweet India Hyper Spencers Karachiwalla Beach Road the Park hotel etc. and we went to Tenetti Beach with my host family. On Wednesday we went on another long walk to Lepakshi Pagersquos and to pick up our train tickets for the weekend at Star Travels. We also visited Ka http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Andhra-Pradesh/blog-350646.html Responding to your suggestions more photos less words.Here's a piece of interest from The Hindu daily national newspaper from the local Mysore editionA Restaurant with a DifferenceIt is a restaurant with a difference an effort to bring people from the mainstream face to face with sex workers and help mitigate the stigma attached to them. It also aims to provide an opportunity to former sex http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Karnataka/Mysore/blog-350645.html On Monday we headed to downtown Mysore to replenish our book supply at a 3story bookstore eat a South Indian Thali set vegetarian allyoucaneat meal at our favorite local place Das Prakash Hotel .90 and wonder around Devaraja Market an everything market veggies fruit flowers cane sugar pots and pans plasticware incense essential oils wood carvings everything everything e http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Karnataka/Mysore/blog-350640.html The Himachal Road Transport Corporation bus from McLeod Ganj has shed the bulk of its load before it reached the interstate bus terminus at New Delhi. Most of our fellowtravellers had got down at the Tibetan Colony on the northern suburbs of the metropolis. The story of the hill town called McLeod Ganj is the story of these refugees who have earned the town the nickname of lsquoLittle Llasar http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Himachal-Pradesh/Dharamsala/blog-350627.html The snow on the distant mountains has melted. It was a picture postcard at noon when we checked into the hotel by the narrow Beas River in New Manali. Now the mountains look as if sprinkled with bleaching powder. Tomorrow we would discover that snow is neither like bleaching powder nor like cotton pieces hung around the crib on Christmas Eve.Only two categories of tourists seem to ascend to Kullu http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Himachal-Pradesh/Manali/blog-350625.html Vedanthangal Birds Sanctuary. We decided to go on this quiet trip on a holiday. It turned out to be quite the opposite. Arya would want to run around like crazy and we just couldnt manage her. had to resort to screaming and brought her back. however the second half to the mango farn was fun. Jaya Krsna Prasanna Arya Preetha and Kannan had been on the trip. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Chennai/blog-350603.html