Blogs from India, Asia - page 1981

Summary: A bit boring I'm afraid I go on mostly about language, a posh english guy and how i'm accumulating so many phone numbers i can probably open a local telephone directory soon. This place is 'off the beaten track' and recieves little to no foreign tourists - it does however get a steady flow of Indian tourists. Guwahati has a few mildly interesting sites but nothing amazing as yet - I haven't been to the Kamakyah sacraficial temple yet. It's importance comes as a central hub to the surrounding area and Indians arrange tours to National parks etc from here. It is however good to get a feel of a completely different type of India. People here are different and coupled with the lack of westerners this means you get a very different impression of ... read more

unedited!.....no spelll check!......no grammmer review! The Hotel Alka is tres propre and has a fine vegetarian kitchen! The cows and buffalo parade past the front door, the monkeys swing from the trees above the dining terrace, the dogs howl wether there is a moon or not and the goats bounce up and down the river steps. But no viande to be foound on the diner plate! Lots of buffalo cheese, curd and milk ... looks like one percent .... legumes, pan and veggies ... and beer! The arrival at six o'clock in the morning went without a hitch, (a hotel employee was there to meet us ...that way we avoided all the hasslers and the hotel does not give commissions) ........ until we got into the autorickshaw. For 45 minutes we bounced along a flat country ... read more

In Mumbai now and having a really bad time!! We got picked up from the airport yesterday and taken to our hotel. It is in the most horrible area - definitely down town Mumbai and the hotel is horrible (like really disgusting with windows that don't shut properly, broken lights etc). And the hotel was full of local people, there were no tourists to be seen anywhere. We felt completely distraught and went straight to the Internet cafe to find the numbers of the airline (to try and bring our flight forward), the number for STA (who we'd booked the hotel through - we've already started on the complaint letter and taken pictures of the hotel!) and the number for the hotel where staying in in Bankok (to see if we can stay a day earlier). ... read more

A short blog today, with pictures only from the party at Sanjay's brother's (Ravi's) house across the street on Sunday night. With help from Ajay's mother (who wears a sari everyday), I wore my new pink-and-orange silk sari. It was fun to wear, but I had to be very careful. Luckily, I had only to walk across the street to get to the party! The party was for Ravi and Meenu's wedding anniversary, and it was lovely. Meenu is very creative -- she's a clothes designer -- and she had the terrace decorated with draperies, lights, fountains, etc. I met some really nice people, all either close friends or relatives of Ravi and Meenu, and the catered food was great -- especially the dessert table! Indians love sweets, and so do I ... it's a bad ... read more

We managed to move our flight to tomorrow morning! So we are spending the day in uptown Mumbai, somewhere called Colaba, gonna have dinner and then get a taxi back. Our flight is at 5am so we will aim to get to the airport about 12. I can't wait- Le Meridan Bangkok- here I come! ... read more