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Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata January 2nd 2007

Po powrocie z Rainbow Gathering pokrecilem sie jeden dzien po Bangkoku, bylem w calkiem fajnym zoo. Mam nawet jakies zdjecia moze kiedys wkleje. Nastepnego dnia byl juz sylwester, spakowalismy sie i udalismy sie na lotnisko - ich wielkie cudowne nowoczesne lotnisko. Z 20km od granic miasta. Od razu jasne sie stalo, ze tam zadnych Balow sylwestrowych, czy nawet cichutkiej imprezy tam i w okolicach nie bedzie. Tak wiec o 8pm podjalem decyzje, ze nie bede tu siedzial jak glupi do 7 rano, tylko udam sie w Bangkok, ktory to raczej imprezowym miastem przeciez jest. Zagadalem ziomala, ktoryn autobusem mam jechac, ow wskazal mi jeden i bym wysiadl przy Victory Monument. Tak wiec zrobilem, a sympatyczna konduktorka w autobusie, wskazala mi ktory pan tez tam wysiada. Klawucha. Dojechalismy. Wysiedlismy. Nawiazala sie pogawedka z panem. Powiedzialem ze ... read more

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata December 31st 2006

Ignore all the crappy spelling and grammar so much time so little to write. Wait! Reverse that! Kolkata is absoloubtly amazing and so contrasting to australia. It is not scary as in a sense of personal safety discomfort but it is scary in the sense of the poverty and the issues surrounding this such as begging and the value of the indian rupee. The beggars range from small 3 year old children to mothers with babies ( which they have bought or borrowed and have been drugged as a ploy). it is hard to say no to these people but you must so you are not swamped with demands for money and most of the time they money doesnt even go to them. I have only given to 1 beggar; a man with one leg couldnt ... read more

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata December 23rd 2006

Well right now I'm waiting in Kolkata for my flight to Chennai. Since I last wrote I have done quite a bit of traveling. In the afternoon after my previous post we (myself, Bryce and Jasper) went down to the Tibetan Refugee Self-Help Center whose mission (drumroll please...) is to help Tibetan Refugees get work and support themselves. I know you were all shocked. On the way down we ran into this girl who told us it wasnt that great, but since we were almost to the bottom of the hill we might as well go. Boy was she wrong. This place was so peaceful and awesome. There were refugees doing a variety of tasks - knitting, carpentry, and all sorts of handicrafts. We bought a bag of candy at the store there and shared it ... read more
Worker
Buddhist Prayer wheels
Spinner at Tibetan Refugee Self-Help Center

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata December 19th 2006

So I just reached for my mouse to start emailing...and let out a small girly shriek when I realised there was a mouse sat on it..... I'm used to mice (India has much...wildlife...), just not sat on my mouse. thats all... just thought I should give the world the mental image of a mouse sat calmly on a mouse. ... read more

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata December 17th 2006

So.... last time I ended up at the Golden Temple. A week later, after many goodbyes, we left Palampur, and got on a train to Agra (via Delhi). Getting off at Delhi at 4am, someone managed to steal Kate's handbag, complete with wallet, camera, passport, etc, etc, etc. As it was 4am we carried on to Agra (after wrestling with the police for a statement). Saw the Taj (though it was really overcast, so a bit dissapointing). Next morning Abhey (our camp manager) bribed us onto the early morning train to Agra, which then involved 3 hours of sitting next to 3 members of one family, and having all the other members of the family brought along to come have a look - including a 5yr old, the cutest baby ever and the grandmother who sat ... read more

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata December 8th 2006

Today I am writing this from an internet cafe/whatever you want to call it in Kolkata India. Before I divulge into the details of this madness of India (I know you are all laughing of those who have been here when you reflect on how the first moments felt arriving here) I will explain why we are not in Delhi! Yesterday we were to get on our plane in the early morning at 2am to Delhi. I had booked my ticket already in BKK but Jen had not. We went to get her's yesterday and for some reason "it is not going today"... So we wanted to get the hell out of BKK and start our adventure so with much anticipation we asked, well where can we go today in India. It is 11:30am at this ... read more

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata December 4th 2006

Så er Kolkata indtaget. Eller rettere, byen har indtaget mig. For med dens umiskendelige tilhørsforhold til det tidligere britiske herredømme, hvor den i en lang årrække fungerede som central metropol og hovedstad, har den imponeret mig med dens særegne charme og åbenhjertige indbyggere. Brede boulevarder og kilometerlange, frodige parker dominerer bybilledet - førstnævnte spækket med de karakteristiske gule, evigt-dyttende Ambassador-taxier og sidstnævnte med unge som gamle indere, der nyder et par timer væk fra storbylivets kaos. Ligeledes har gensynet med fortove været en mindre kulturrevolution for mig, om end de hist og her trænger til at blive lappet, og at man ikke sjældent støder på nedfaldne ledninger. Men det er i småtingsafdelingen sammenlignet med hvad jeg har set i Varanasi, Delhi, Chennai og Jaipur. Og nu vi er ved det, synes jeg at Varanasi fortjener et ... read more
Baade ved Ganges
Mand der saelger noedder ved Ganges
Dreng med lys til at sende ud paa Ganges

Asia » India » West Bengal » Kolkata November 29th 2006

The readers of this blog should be glad that I am writing it after my first two days in India rather than my first. I'll tell the whole story. After a much needed three hous sleep on the plane, I was awoken by our landing. we were taken off the plane on a ladder car, and irected to the main terminal buiding. This consisted of a small room the size of an average house with no carpet and dirty-white tile interior walls. We quewed in the customs line and were sent to the baggage collection room, about half the size of the last one, which included only two conveyer-belts for the entire airport. As we left (at almost 1.30am) there were only a handful of taxi drivers around, i told one the name of our reserved ... read more
Victoria Memorial
Traffic
Typical street




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