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Rishikesh- "Yoga Capital of the World"
(Aug 25 '06)
I am continuing my tour of the "hill-stations" with a weekend in Rishikesh. While the British were in India many small mountain villages like Rishikesh and Dharamsala became popular vacation spots for ...
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News in Delhi....
(Oct 23 '06)
Ah, yes....Fall is here. Today’s high is only 87F and it’s almost November. Ok, so it’s not like home, but it is actually cooling down a bit. No changing colors in this area of the country. Delhi ...
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Christmas in Kodaikanal with very English weather!
(Dec 22 '06)
"White wine was OK but the red (even at Rs1200) was plain awful"
Following my long hopes of relaxing on a beach with cocktail inhand
for Christmas, we both kinda felt like we had already spent enough ...
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Woke up early (well early for us lazy bums) to be ready to meet up with Mark and Paul at 10 for a busy day ahead. Mark used to be a guide, for a few years in Indonesia ...
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India
(Jan 18 '06)
Ahh, India. Why did we want to go? Fascinating people, culture,
amazing geography, and of course food. We have many friends who have
come from, lived in, or travelled in India, so it was a must see ...
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Kolkata...A Trial By Fire
(Oct '07)
"It makes a sardine packed Beijing bus look like a walk in the park."
We were pretty tired when our old school yellow taxi from the 40's dropped us off in the middle of one of the poorest areas in ...
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Wedding Season and the Pink City
(Jan 26 '07)
I have so much to tell! January has been a busy month. School is up and running at full speed now. We have a visiting professor at JNU from the University of Alabama on a Fulbright that is teaching a ...
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December 7th- On to Delhi
The alarm woke us at 5 a.m. and we had room service breakfast (an unusual experience for me) next to our picture ...
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Fauna in my Bedroom, Cow S**t on my Sandal
(Oct 05 '06)
"an aromatic blend of exotic spices, incense, and the perfume of tropical plants, I was unprepared for the stink of smoke from burning garbage and fresh cow dung that met me."
What did a camel say to an elephant in Jaipur?
“Watch how you’re driving, you moron.” Then, the elephant responded:
“Sorry, I was distracted by the ...
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