Blogs from Assam, India, Asia - page 4

Hello les amis, J'avais ecrit un pave et tout c'est efface!!! en bref, tout va bien! Il fait chaud, env 20-25 degres. Esaie va bien. Il se fait a la vie bruyante et pleine de monde ici. Il est la star, il aime bien cela... Notre contact est assez occupe et voyage beaucoup. Nous n'avons donc pas vue autant de freres indiens comme nous l'esperions. Mais, nous avons visite un coin de pays magnifique et acclimate a cette culture si differente. Nous etions aussi tres fatigues du voyage et decalage horaire... et Esaie faisait le fou la nuit car il avait bien dormi et subissait le decalage... Il a du aussi s'acclimate a tous ces changements. Guwahati est une ville riche car ici se marchande le the indien et du petrole. Il pleut bcp a la ... read more

I'm writing to you from an internet cafe in Guwahati (Assam), back to where I was on Tuesday. We had to come back through here to get to our next destination...Darjeeling! Looking forward to many nice cups of tea there. Yestarday we travelled in the area surrounding Shillong where we saw the 'Elephant falls' (waterfalls) and Shillong peak (viewpoint from which you can see Bangladesh). There's a huge milatary presence around here and they are quite strict about security. After our tour aorund Shillong we headed for Lake Umiam. We stayed in a resort on the lake last night and had a very lazy afternoon and evening and morning today. The scenery is stunning, the nicest party of India I've see by far! Went out on the Lake on a pedalo this morning. Didn't have too ... read more

Went to Bharigow yesterday, where my Dad grew up. It's about four hours drive from the capital Guwahati and although the drive is scenic, passing through villages and endless countryside, it isn't very comfortable for the back! The roads are generally quite poor but it is reassuring to see some road constructors busy at work - long time overdue, some of the pot holes are large enough to farm fish! Visited the house my Dad, now a successful GP, started his first years - and maaan has he come a long way! The difference between my upbringing in Liverpool and the life of my grandparents, even my father is astonishing. We have neat boxlike gardens, bog standard B&Q purchased flowers growing beside neat, artificial looking grass whereas my Dad's garden, or back yard if you ... read more

UN'INDIA DIVERSA Seguendo itinerari poco battuti... Ed il più grande conquistò nazione dopo nazione e quando fu di fronte al mare si sentì un coglione perchè più in là non si poteva conquistare niente e tanta strada per vedere un sole disperato e sempre uguale e sempre come quando era partito. Roberto Vecchioni Verso le 13,00 me ne vado alla stazioncina dei bus e attendo un'oretta prima che parta il mezzo che mi porterà a Satna, la località più vicina con linea ferroviaria. Il viaggio sul bus locale passa tranquillo e quando arrivo in città, quattro ore dopo, non trovo difficoltà ad arrivare in stazione. Qui la buona notizia: nella bacheca dell'atrio guardo i fogli della waiting list e scopro che anche questa volta il lettino c'è: non so se son fortunato, ma tutte le volte ... read more

From Khajuraho we flew to Delhi and spent a night at a hotel near the airport. All of the internal flights we took for the Sierra Club trip were on Jet Airways Airlines. The planes were just like any jet planes you take in the States with about 30 or so rows of seats and a meal on flights longer than a couple hours. One nice feature was that they had English language newspapers (The Times of India and The Hindustan Times) in front of every seat instead of the Skymall advertisement magazines on American flights. They also passed around a basket of mints and hard candies at the beginning of every flight. The meals were pretty good with a choice of “veg” or “non-veg”. If you didn’t ask by default they would give you the ... read more