 | Ajanta Caves
2007-11-21, Ajanta, India. By: devnix | | A world heritage site, the Buddhist caves of Ajanta 105km northeast of Aurangabad, and about 60km south of Jalgaon-date from around 200 BC to AD 650, predating those at Ellora. As Ellora developed and... |
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 | How we live...
2007-12-28, Pune, India. By: tamale | | From Sewagram we ventured out to figure out just what non-violence means for ourselves. Half of the group spent 3 days with Vasant and Karuna and their family, on a farm near Nagpur. This experience... |
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 | Namaste
2008-01-17, Puri, India. By: marlau | | We uploaded pictures for the previous journal entry so check previous entry.
We left BBWR for Puri by taking a tour of Konark, the sun temple. It is one of UNESCO's world heritage sites. It is a te... |
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 | First Days
2008-01-10, Bhubaneswar, India. By: marlau | | Our trip starts with a late takeoff. Our darling son-in-law who along with Barbara suggested that we book the seats with an empty seat between us so that if the plane is not full we have a whole row t... |
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 | Hilltop fortress of Daulatabad
2007-11-20, Daulatabad, India. By: devnix | | Halfway (13km) between Aurangabad and the Ellora caves is the ruined but truely magnificent hilltop fortress of Daulatabad. The fort is surrounded by 5km of sturdy walls, while the central bastion top... |
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 | Ellora Caves
2007-11-19, Ellora, India. By: devnix | | Over five centuries, generations of monks (Buddhist, Hindu and Jain) carved monastries, chapels and temples from a 2km-long escarpment and decorated them with a profusion of remarkably detailed sculpt... |
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 | Aurangabad
2007-11-18, Aurangabad, India. By: devnix | | Our reason for staying in Aurangabad was solely to use it as a base for visiting the Ellora and Ajanta caves.
Aurangabad is a busy, dusty town with a very rural feel to it. After being there for th... |
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 | Landlocked within the Cotton
2007-12-08, Pandharkawada, India. By: tamale | | To see the Taj Mahal, you first have to get through the tourism industry extending from your car to the entrance via the camel rickshaw or the electric bus (no excess pollution near the massive white ... |
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| Catching up: Starting in New Delhi
2007-12-01, New Delhi, India. By: tamale | | So here we are at 3 weeks into the India program, and this is my first chnce to write anything, to anyone. Honestly, ask my mother, she's probably the least happy about that, but with so many things ... |
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 | Is South is good
2007-12-10, Fort Cochin, India. By: madjulios | | I left off just South of Chennai a few weeks ago.
Since then we've taken in some western luxury, dealt with some appaling young lads, seen some breathtaking mountains and are winding down for beach... |
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 | India, Chennai
2007-11-20, Chennai, India. By: gabby2460 | | November 1, 2007. 2:00 PM Check-in gate is now open bound to Singapore. My body is tingling my hand is sweaty...queuing waiting for my turn in immigration. The man standing beside me is Mike my signif... |
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| Big Indian cities and bad Indian bugs
2007-11-12, Mamallapurum, India. By: madjulios | | Cast iron stomach I said...no way I'll get Delhi belly I boasted.
"You poor white fool," says my Stomach.
"You foolish, lilly-white pasty Western white fool," mocks my Ever-streaming Nose.
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 | Pictures
2007-06-06, Bangalore, India. By: sabtravels | | From the Himalayas :
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabspecks/sets/72157600329343163/[/url]
From Himachal :
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabspecks/collections/72157600329348663/[/url]... |
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| Hiking in the Himalayas
2007-05-23, Manali, India. By: sabtravels | | A 9 day hiking trip in the Western Himalayas. Was too exhausted to maintain a journal on a daily basis, so just a short summary...
The Route :
Manali(1950mt) – Prini – Tillgan - Sarrabhogi - Ko... |
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| Warming Up
2007-05-23, Dharamsala, India. By: sabtravels | | Today we decided to indulge in a ‘warm up’ trek before our upcoming trek into the Himalayas.
Triund is a popular hike from McLeod, at about 9kms of route, it was pitched at easy to moderate in te... |
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| Lounging around in Mcleod
2007-05-22, Dharamsala, India. By: sabtravels | | The original plan was to spend the next two days in Dalhousie, Chamba Valley and carry on to Manali to meet up with the rest of the group for the hike into the Himalayas.
But by now, we were real ... |
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| The day i jumped off the cliff...literally
2007-05-21, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India. By: sabtravels | | I woke up very early and went to the nearby monastery. Spent a peaceful couple of hours here and got back to the resort for a wonderful homemade breakfast. A couple of hours later, our pickup came and... |
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| Of Open Skies and Green Fields and Clattering Buses
2007-05-20, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India. By: sabtravels | | Running through various options and things to do in Himachal, we came across an article which proclaimed that the Paragliding Capital of India is Bir – which is very close to McLeod. Neither of us had... |
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| While at McLeodganj..
2007-05-19, Dharamsala, India. By: sabtravels | | After a leisurely start to the day and some yummy breakfast at a nearby French Café, we head out to explore McLeod. First stop : Forsythganj about 2 or 3 kms away from McLeod. The main attraction he... |
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| Bangalore to McLeodganj
2007-05-17, Dharamsala, India. By: sabtravels | | Having signed up for a hike into the Western Himalayas, with a bunch of people I had never met, I decided to take some extra time off and explore Himachal Pradesh on my own before the hike began. One ... |
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| Beggars and rich bastards
2007-11-12, Delhi, India. By: madjulios | | To try and keep some sense of continuity...last time I wrote I had just arrived in Udaipur after landing and had only been in India for a few days. This time I've been here for a couple of weeks, so h... |
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| Arrival and early observations
2007-10-27, Udaipur, India. By: madjulios | | I plan to go back and fill this out in more detail but here's an outline of the past three days.
Day 1 24 Oct - Hop on a plane to India...
Melbourne to Adelaide, nice.
Adelaide to Darwin, nice.... |
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 | Chak De India!
2007-08-29, Delhi, India. By: mikl | | On Thursday last week I began a really serious attempt at learning Hindi. It was triggered for the most part by my first consideration of the possibility of returning to India in the future. I have ha... |
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 | Himalaya
2007-08-28, Mussoorie, India. By: mikl | | Delhi at dawn is very refreshing. It is more than just a sense of sleepy awakening that greets you between the hours of 6 and 7am. It is quite literal. The streets are lined with an unbelievable numbe... |
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