The roller coaster ride begins
After very little sleep in a 48 hour period, Glen and I arrived into Mumbai at 10pm. What awaited us outisde the airport was our first shock in India. Hundreds of people were crammed up against...
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Our train took us once again through the slums of Mumbai, but this time during the day. We got to see the reality of how 70% of people in this world, living in shack I can only describe as the kind you...
View ArticleJodphurs and Blue Houses
We took the overnight bus to Jodphur. I've not been carsick in years, but these roads are crazy enough to do it to the best of us. Even some of the locals were sick, so I don't feel so bad. I spent...
View ArticleDesserts and the Desert
The bus to Jaisalmer was far better than the last one. We managed to avoid another display of my digestive pyrotechnics thanks to a chair seat, rather than a sleeper compartment. When the bus arrived...
View ArticlePushkar
Pushkar is by far the smallest city we've stayed in yet; only 15,000 people. Legend has it that Lord Brahma released a swan with a lotus in its beak, and would perform a sacrifice where it fell to...
View ArticleA tear drop on the face of eternity
We started our journey across the country east-ward. Jaipur was our first stop, but only for a day. Turned out that this day was the local kite festival, and almost everything was closed. We wandered...
View ArticleVaranasi = very nasty?
So we jumped on a train to Varanasi, which is thought to be the holiest Hindu city. We woke up the next morning expecting to be just an hour away, but found that we were only about half way. The train...
View ArticleA word about train rides...
VillagesI think I should give you all an idea about train rides here in India. Glen and I have been travelling on sleeper trains. They have six beds to each berth (one upper, one middle, one lower)....
View ArticleSlum dogs, slum kids, slum houses
Because of the date of our flight down south, we've ended up with 5 days in Kolkata - the longest time we've spent anywhere. This was a little perplexing when at breakfast the first day, we started...
View ArticleMadurai
Ok, this is going to have to be the speediest blog writing ever. Here goes!Madurai is a small city, with a massive temple, which people here think of as the Taj Mahal of the south. The city itself is...
View ArticleKochi
Kochi - Cherai BeachBefore I start on Kochi, I forgot to tell you guys about our taxi ride to the airport in the last blog.We gave ourselves an hour to get to the airport in Kolkata. Turns out this was...
View ArticleCold beer and hot beaches (hehe)
Beer and BeachMosque by the seafrontVarkala is a small town which is located close to a cliff top. The town itself isn't the main attraction here - most tourists come to stay at Varkala Cliff, 6km...
View ArticleWe're in Paradise. Literally
Om BeachWe took a train up to Gokarn, and arrived safely after a day's travel. After battling touts who wanted to charge us 400 rupees to get to the beach, we landed in the sand with our heavy...
View ArticleRocks, rice and religion
We survived the bus trip to Hampi without much trouble. We were delayed by 5 hours due to traffic jams, but considering we were afraid for our lives, we were relatively impressed with the trip. On the...
View ArticleBeached as!
Sorry about the lack of posting lately, but there's not much I can write about lying on the beach, drinking beer, and generally being lazy. So I thought it'd be best to wait a while and collate my...
View ArticleLast thoughts
When we flew into Mumbai one of the airhostesses we started talking to told us we were in for a roller coaster ride. As the roller coaster docks returns to the dock, and I have survived a full circuit...
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