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Merry Christmas! We had a lovely Christmas Eve morning on a Varkala beach, and now we are back at the hotel getting ready for our train ride to Kannyakumari - the Land's End to witness three seas coming together. Varkala is an awesome beach - not so busy, mainly backpackers. We wish we could spend more time here... Enjoy your Christmas! ps: we are only now posting this as it has been troublesome to get a stable enough connection... ---------------------------- Su Sventom Kaledom! Mes praleidom Kaledu ryta Varkalos pliaze. Pavalgem pietus, ir dabar ruosiames vaziuoti i traukiniu stoti vaziuoti i Kanniyakumari - i pasaulio gala :), kur trys juros susieina. Varkala - nuostabus pasaulio kampelis. Nedaug zmoniu, pagrinde turistai. Labai gaila, jog turim is cia isvaziuoti... Geru Kaledu! ps: truputi paveluotai nuotraukas dedam, nes sunku su ... read more

Southern India is without a doubt different from the Northern part of India. Southern part is greener and cleaner. The people in general are less aggressive. But something is missing … We were so sure that we will not miss the North but we were terribly wrong. Moments after landing in Kochi we were missing all the hassle the northern part of India has put us through. We definitely will be going back and do it all over the again. :) However, we are in Cochin now. On our first day we went to see waterfalls (and monkeys on the way), and it felt so much like Malaysia! Very westernized, including the driving style (read: aggressive). The waterfalls were lovely, after which we went to see elephants being bathed. Next day we got to see Fort ... read more

Taking a train from Agra to Jaipur - capital of Rajasthan (or Rajputhan). Great way to travel India. We meet a young woman with a son, she tells us proudly that she is a Brahmin (one of the highest casts). We have a talk and she is shocked to hear that in Canada we do not have servants. She has three. the casts still play a big role in this part of India. When people ask for your name, they ask for your "good name". Not sure what would be a "bad name". Her "good name" is Sadna. She likes my jewlery (a couple of gold chains and earings), she is surprised that I am wearing any. My blond hair is a hit too. Once we get to Jaipur, a taxi is waiting for us and ... read more

So we made it to India... We landed safely in New Delhi. It was all going very well until we realized that our taxi driver was no way to be found. The question was how do you get around India at 10pm? Once outside the airport we were swampped by a sea of hungry taxi drivers. After some intense haggling and arguing we did manage to get a taxi. We did end up at the homestay finally. Although it was pretty scary getting driven on almost empty dark, dirty streets into an unlit residential area. The place we stayed was a beautiful big house (you would never tell from outside). Next day we had our first outing into India streets. Pictures can tell more than we could ever do by words. To sum up Delhi, it ... read more

Good question whether we are ready... We got the shots, we got the malaria tabs, we got visas, we got backpacks... We even have flight tickets! Three more sleeps and we are off to Malaysia... I can feel the warmth already :) ------------- Trys naktys belike iki skrydzio. Penktadieni ryte isskrendam i Vankuveri - Narita (Japonija) - KL (Malaysia). Sekmadieni busim Malaizijoj. jau dziaugiuos siluma :) -------------- List of places we will be visiting while in India are as follow New Delhi - Agra - Jaipur - Jodhpur - Udaipur - Cochin - Alleppey - Kottayam - Kumlly (Penyar Wildlife Sanctuary) - Munnar - Varkkallai - Madurai - Tiruchchirappalli - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) FYI - some words above are encrypted with Lithuanian language which is a much stronger encryption then Wingdings. ... read more