Blogs from Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Asia - page 13

Did a 2-week overseas community involvement program (or Youth Expedition Program) that I did, along with 17 others, in Bangalore, India. I have decided to post some excerpts for sharing. The journaling that I did (along with some reflections) for the past 2 weeks that I've spent in India. Along with the pictures posted, I hope it'll give a better idea of life over there and serve as a living memory for all those who were there =) Typing this on my bed on the 1st night: Finally arriving at Bangalore aft a one hr transit flight to KL and a 4 hrs flight to india. The weather was cooling with night breeze at around 20 degrees. We took a 14 seater van which was carrying our luggages on it's roof (pretty interesting for singaporeans) and ... read more

We all decided to take it easy after the liquid celebrations the previous day and stayed back in the hotel and relaxed. Packed all the bags and had breakfast in the hotel itself. Brian and Payal reached the hotel by about 12:30pm. Then we all went together to Pal Dhaba and had lunch and returned to the hotel and checked out and spent about an hour in Brian’s room. At 3:30 pm our cab arrived and we left to the airport. At the airport we all took out the luggage and in that confusion Ravish left his camera in the cab. We realised it after we got checked in. We then called Brian who through the hotel reached the cab service office and told us that he would collect the camera from them. The Jetlite aircraft ... read more

Today didn't really go to plan, not that I had much of a plan. The basic idea was to catch a bus into the city and try to find a road map and a pencil sharpener, however on getting to the bus stop I couldn't remember which number bus to get and as it was such a nice morning (the overnight rain had cooled everything down) I decided to go exploring instead. After following my nose for a couple of hours through the muddy streets of the Whitefields district of Bangalore I noticed that the temperature was rising sharply and the sun had burned through the hazy morning clouds so turned around and headed back. The pavements on the outskirts of Bangalore are pretty appalling so it had been a bit of a trek getting to ... read more

I’m here! Day one in India. Where should I start? The flights were pretty uneventful. The flight was delayed in Birmingham by an hour but arrived in Dubai on schedule (how do they do that?). I mostly slept through the four hour wait for the flight to Bangalore waking up only when they called my name over the tannoy, warning that the gate was closing! I was warned about Indian bureaucracy before I travelled, to expect to be checked several times getting into the country but I came in with no problem at all. No queues at immigration, my bag was waiting for me on the carousel, straight through customs and the first person I met was my escort to the hotel. This guy is the official meeter and greeter for the Zuri Whitefield where I’m ... read more

10.April 2011 Reisebericht Nr.1 So, nach nun fast 3 Wochen unterwegs sein habe ich Zeit und Muse um meinen ersten Bericht zu schreiben. Die erste Woche diente einfach dem Ankommen, den ganzen Veränderungsstress hinter mir zu lassen und mich umzustellen auf Sonne und vor allem Wärme pur. Das erste Ziel nach der Ankunft am Flughafen Dabolim von Goa hieß Palolem. Während der Hochsaison zwischen Dez. und Feb. mittlerweile schon sehr überfüllt war es jetzt Ende März wundervoll ruhig und optimal. Wir fanden eine hübsche kleine Hütte direkt am Strand und das Rauschen der Wellen ließ uns die ersten beiden Nächte unruhig schlafen, doch nach kurzer Zeit waren wir daran gewöhnt und ich genoss die Kraft und den Klang des Meeres jeden Abend als ich im Bett lag. Als die Sonne unserer vom Winter geschwächten Haut zu ... read more