Blogs from Haryana, India, Asia - page 4

It took a little while, but finally here is a story on our weekend to Delhi! I’ll write a separate blog on my daily life advetures, otherwise it’s going to be too much to handle, both to write and read ;) We planned to go to Delhi during our second weekend, although untill the last moment there was still uncertainty about that Saturday being a holiday or not. Finally we were lucky and got the green light to GO  Holidays are a strange thing here, you can never ever be quite sure untill the very day itself, holidays can be cancelled, postponed or announced pretty much at random, which makes planning sometimes quite difficult! Anyways, we took a bus to Delhi, were we found a hotel in one of the main tourist areas. And yes ... read more

Hi there , My name is Luisa Im 51 years old and Im spanish, married to a nice sweet German .We are looking for anyone who can give us some info about living conditions around Bawal, Bewari. My husband and I will be moving to Gurgaon in April, although his company is in Bawal, and because of the driving time we would like to go closer to his company , but from what we saw , (we just came back) is not the right area, specially for me , because I have to do the every day life, so the only other alternative is Gurgaon (which is my favorite ). Please , if someone out there can help, be kind and contact me. Until then, hasta la vista LUISA... read more

Namaste- Es ist soweit Verspaetete Ankunft in Delhi um 6:30....sind ziemlich "geschlaucht" sind aber mindestens genauso aufgeregt :) Hare Krishna Guesthouse is our first accomodation, 700 rp per day, room is very comfortable. So the first lassi is in our belly and working...so we are so glad to have a Schupfers-Schnaps ;) ... read more

CORRECTED December 13, 2010 Faridabad I spent the week teaching children at a local school for children who can't otherwise afford to go to the government schools. It is called Prakash Deep, meaning a drop of light (or ray of light), but it is informally called the Street Children's School, though not all children are "street children" but presumably so named because that is likely what they would become without a proper education. I had originally intended to work with the Women's Empowerment Program, but there the focus was simply working alongside women to make bags and baskets. I started to feel less enthusiastic about the objective of the program. Once I saw this children’s school and met the Founder, Savita Datt, I knew this was the program I wanted to be involved with. Savita has ... read more

Christmas came and went in a flash and I thought that perhaps New Years Eve would too... assumption! When will I learn?!? Silly girl! It started off low key - as it does. We met a few people that Rob works with for drinks in one of the "swankier" pubs in the Defence Colony - love that word swanky, sounds like I've had a glass or two already. So by 'drinks' I mean the boys drank beer while us birds had some vinegar/wine/cough mixture crap ... sadly this was Inida's finest. After drinks we headed to one of the many Chinese restaurants in the market. The lads have taken to calling it "Mr Lawrences" although the sign outside says "Aka Saka". They explained that in their 'bachelor' days in Delhi, prior to the ladies joining them ... read more