Blogs from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Asia - page 5

Hej venner Det vidste sig at vaere umuligt at finde en computer med USB stik og endnu svaerere at faa plads paa de faa netsteder der var. De er paent begejstrede for det der internet paa Vipen Island, det er nok fordi de er saa pokkers veluddannede allesammen. Kerala provisen har de meste veluddanede indbyggere i Indien og engelsk tales generelt overalt i mere eller mindre forstaelige udgaver. Jeg saa ingen unge mennesker paa gaden i skolernes aabningstid, som det har vaeret tilfaeldet andre steder og at vaere paa hovedvejen naar skolebusser lossede af var som at blive fanget i et smilende hav af blaatklaedte dvaerge. Aldrig har jeg givet saa mange mennesker haanden og skullet svare paa de samme spoergsmaal saa mange gange :) Ellers naaede jeg at falde godt til paa Vipen Island. Selve ... read more

Although we missed the Grand Prix on tv, I assure you that we have not missed A Grand Prix. With the speed, narrow roads, sharp corners, rapid overtaking and close distance to other drivers, I feel like I am living the grand prix. To say the driving has made short work of my nerves is an understatement. It is not unusual to have cars driving towards you in the fast lane on the highway. Nor is it unusual to drive right in the middle of the road, with the line in the centre of your car. Indicators are not used, but hooters are most definitely your most valuable tool. We spent the weekend in Mt Abu in Rajastan province. Gordon was told about the place from someone at work and everyone has said that it is ... read more

Another night, another train. Zoe and I are starting to get fairly acquainted with platforms, train numbers and oh…the staring. We left Jaisalmer close to midnight and had a pretty short journey to Jodhpur. We got in at the crack of dawn (literally) and stood about for an hour or so waiting for our connection. All aboard again, we discovered we had an AC2 compartment of four berths to ourselves. This helped us get some more sleep and make the time pass on the way to Ahmedabad, our next destination. The trip was largely uneventful – cards, cards, nap, mouse (our feet stayed up for a while), arrival. After rolling in past Ghandi’s ashram at Sabarmati, the first thing we noticed about Ahmedabad (or at least the train station) was the stench of urine – one ... read more

Train: Udaipur to Ahmedabad. Journey to Goa Leg 1. It gets a bit confusing now, but basically today we woke up in Udaipur. We were going to sleep on the night train to get to Ahmedabad. (Leaving at 7pm, arriving at 4am). We had a 7 hour wait in Ahmedabad to then get the 11am train to Goa for leg 2 of the journey. We would not arrive in Goa until 8am the following morning. That's a LOT of train time! So we woke up today after a nice lie-in thinking that we'll just mooch about until we have to get the train at 7pm turned out- it turned out to be one of our most eventful days yet and I apologise now because this blog entry will be hefty! It all started off so innocently. ... read more

Hello Everybody, Sorry for the lack of updates but getting an Internet Connection in India has proved more difficult then we thought. We have been typing our blog entries on Microsoft Word and attached is the post to date. Hopefully now that we have started our tour, we will be able to post regularly. Hope everyone is doing fine. Our regards to all. Gandesha Family ps: We hope to post some pictures soon ( have taken in access of 1500 pictures to-date). December 2, 2010 Frankfurt, Germany We boarded our Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt just before 3pm. Both Shivani and Tejas have been great…..the flight was smooth….only wished the kids would have slept on the plane……just too excited I guess. Landed in Frankfurt, Germany 7:30am. Snow on the ground with light flurries (-8). Sam Writes: (@ ... read more