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Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi December 27th 2003

Agra. Taj Mahal je cudovit. Pika. Bil sem brez besed! No, se enkrat se pokaze vecvrednost bele rase, ko moramo tujci placati vstopnino cca. 3000 sit, Indijci pa celih 80. Zivljenje je zelo fer. No, v Agri sva se morala posloviti od najinega Ramesha in se odpravila v sveti Varanasi ob sveti reki Ganges. Cela fora tega Gangesa je, da se Indijci odpravijo tam umret in jih sezgejo ob reki. Lahko izbiras med tradicionalnim sezigom na drva ali modernim cenejsim na elektriko. Midva sva si malo to ogledala, pa ni prevec prijetno za oko. Ce pa kot preminuli spadas med izbranih pet (menihi, nosecnice, dojencki, ljudje z znamenji in tisti ki umrejo od ugriza kobre) te pa doleti cast, da te vrzejo v reko. Sicer pa tale kastni sistem prav nazorno pokaze kam kdo spada. Na ... read more
Puncka na Gangesu

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra December 20th 2003

Pa sva zakljucila z Rajahstanom in prispela v Agro. Tukaj si ogledava Taj Mahal, potem pa v Varanasi in Goo. V glavnem za Rajahstan nimam besed. NORO!!!!!!!!! Puscavski svet, trznice, ogromne trdnjave. Gradovi, ki jih vidis pri nas, so povsem miniaturni v primerjavi s tistim, kar vidis tukaj. Maharadze so se zares potrudili v tej smeri. Sicer pa maharadze se vedno obvladajo sceno v Indiji in so lastniki gradov hotelov itd.. Ne bi bilo slabo ozenit kaksno mahardzico:) Bila sva tudi na safariju s kamelami in kaj naj recem drugega kot zakon. Hvala bogu ni bilo predolgo, ker boli rit, ampak vodici so nama naredili vecerjo in spali smo pod milim nebom. Hrane pa koliko hoces. Zdaj pa se beseda ali dve o najinem vodicu Rameshu. Tip je totalni car! Poleg tega, da pozna vse, rihta ... read more

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra November 4th 2003

Notre première destination était Agra. C’était à 300km, mais en Inde, il n’y a pas de limite de vitesse, donc ça été plutôt vite. Je ne me sentais pas trop bien à ce moment. Ce fut comme ça toute la journée, mais ce fut la seule ou je me sentis comme un voyageur venant d’arriver dans un pays étranger (décalage horaire et estomac patraque). Agra est un peu comme Delhi, peuplée, bruyante, puante, mais en plus petit et moins intéressant. Nous sommes arrivés à notre premier hôtel vers l’heure du souper. Une belle chambre nous attendait, certes, et sûrement la plus chère dans laquelle on ait logé, mais celle que j’ai moins jusqu’à maintenant. C’était dans un sous-sol avec une vue sur une fontaine délabrée qui ne fonctionnait pas. De plus, c’était humide et je ... read more
Le temple à Fatephur
Yanick et un ti-monsieur qui gardait la porte.
Moi et le Taj Mahal au loin

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra November 11th 2002

Way too many places and experiences to list all at once in the amazing and very different world of India. ... read more

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra November 9th 2002

After Calcutta I took a train to Agra and met up with Kristen again - who I had met twice before in Himachal Pradesh. Michelle also met up with me there, by arrangement and we saw the sights of Agra, like the Taj Mahal together. Also took a day trip to Sawai Maduphur where Akbar build a very large palace to hold his harem. ... read more

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi September 21st 2002

It was a 26 hour train journey which was quite nice if a little dirty. My stomach got a little upset towards the end, but luckily was sharing a coach with an English guy who had been to Varenasi before and got us to the guest house nice and easily. He also provided great company on the train - of which the most lively point was when a big barrel chested Sikh decided to tell the army officer on leave from Kashmir to stop drinking on the train. The army officer happened to be on the next bunk over from me so I got a good view. It looked like it could be real trouble given the number of army folk on the train, especially when many other swarthy Sikhs came down the isle. Most of ... read more

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra September 19th 2002

I was a girl with few words at the beginning of the trip, so really said very little (my journal entries got massive by the end!!) This is what I said about the taj mahal "up at 04:40 and met the rickshaw driver who took us to the taj mahal for 0600- cost Rs 750 each- amazing though- spent 2 hours there and returned to the hotel for breakfast... a toasted cheese sandwich" There we go, not alot said at the time! I can remember it being amazing though, especially watching the sunrise. There were so few people there, I would definetley recommend it as soon as it opens up. Spent the rest of the morning treating our mozzie net and sleeping!! Went to the park restaurant for lunch- nice food. We then went to tourist ... read more
taj mahal at 06:00
taj mahal at 06:00
me with tiny teddy taylor!!!

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra September 18th 2002

Up at 04:00 hours! Got our taxi at 05:00 hours to the railway station. Our train was an eye opener to agra (it was the express) We were given water, tea bags a vacuum flask of hot water, biscuits, newspaer and brekkie (spicy bahji, chips and peas!) all included in our price (now know where british rail went wrong!!) We decided to stay at the tourist guest house- comfortable , aircon( when it works!!) room for Rs 500 Decided to go and sight see, so we went to 1- Agra fort- impressive; actually hired a guide (oh, how things changed a year later!) 2- Itimad-ud-abulah; a maousoleum. We had dinner at the Maya restaunt (stuffed tomatos, which were very nice) - recommended by our rickshaw wallah. I then e-mailed all and sundry ( this became a ... read more

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi November 30th 1999

That's it, no one can say I haven't been to "real" India yet. Varanasi is Indian essence. Oh, I almost forgot - I'm back in India. It was quite strange to suddenly find myself in the States. At first I had quite a culture shock (I walked around supermarkets staring at everything in awe), but in some sense I found out it's less different than I thought (for instance this guy that sat next to me in a cafe asked me who my favorite guru is). I mainly walked around there and observed whatever happened around me, kind of like I do here. It seems that when you travel like that you find funny and strange and special things practically anywhere, even suburbia. And it turns out you can even find good old Indian logic right ... read more




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