Brings back memories! Wow, what amazing pictures...you definitely were inventive with your angles and feel proud of those photos, they are brilliant! Your blog brings back some nice memories of India, especially the rooftop view of the Taj, drinking some lovely hot chai and eating Cadbury's chocolate eclair sweets (be careful if you have them you will get addicted as they go so well with the chai!).
Looking forward to your next blog.
Thanks so much! Quite the compliment! :) If I'm allowed to say so I was quite pleased with it. The Taj is so well photographed we set out to be quite inventive with our angles. Technically, we don't know much about photography, but we're trying! Thanks once again Jason.
Thank you! Thanks Ed! Kind of you to say so. Since recieving your comment both of us have been looking through your blog and were both shocked and amazed, particularly by your experience in Mongolia. We're looking forward to finding time to read more.
Being stared at on the train I found the best way to stop this when on the train in South Korea Amy .Was to first put on my magic thumb (the plastic one with the magnet in ) then start to spin two coins from my thumb ,then to take a drink from my camelback whilst going cross eyed .Then craning my neck forward with a wide eyed look at them .This worked well and sometimes caused them to move seats ,but I am much uglier than you . Love Dad xxx
India...wow [quote]Always during times of sickness I miss my mum most[/quote]
...i feel you :) i hope you are keeping well.
what an experience you had. I've always wanted to go to India but this scared me a bit, though at the same time made me even curious.
So you are experiencing India... my first experience was at the age of eight. I was in Bombay and witnessed vultures picking at bodies at a Jain temple on Malabar Hill. I never wanted to visit India again; and have only passed through the New Delhi airport since then; which itself was crowded with people who did not need to be there. I just do not need to witness this.
Hi Bob That's quite an experience you had at such a young age. I can understand your reluctance to return. India is continually shocking and a challenge at times.
That sounds like a justifiable affinity to me... What wonderful places you visit...how fortunate you can do so...love hearing about them...and seeing your pics...that will be your eternal memories...keep truckin'.
My Dad visited Darjeeling many times during the 1970's and early '80s He visited the Tibetan community, which he loved from his time on the Tibetan border in Labrang in the late 1940's. He stayed at the Windemere Hotel owned then by the Tendaf-la family. Your pictures were very much like his. I regret to this day not going with him even though I had the opportunity. So thanks for this blog and the memories it brought back of my Dad who passed away in 1988.
A couple comments:
Too bad you missed the French hill station of Dalat on your way north in Vietnam. I too love hill stations as they are so much cooler than the low lands. I attended schools in Dalat and the Cameron Highlands, but I mentioned the Highlands to you before.
I'm curious why you could only take a two minute shower each. This seems to argue for taking a shower together!
You're welcome! We wanted to go to Dalat, but as we only had three weeks in Vietnam, we had to chose between Dalat and Sapa, eventually deciding on the latter. There is a big water shortage in Darjeeling, or so it says in the hotels we stayed in, therefore limited hot water! Also there are constant power cuts so the water often never even starts to heat up! The shower together therefore, would have ended in bloodshed fighting over what hot drips we could salavge!
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Brings back memories!
Wow, what amazing pictures...you definitely were inventive with your angles and feel proud of those photos, they are brilliant! Your blog brings back some nice memories of India, especially the rooftop view of the Taj, drinking some lovely hot chai and eating Cadbury's chocolate eclair sweets (be careful if you have them you will get addicted as they go so well with the chai!). Looking forward to your next blog.