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    Palamau Bethla National Park

    by rdgtravel 06 June 2011

    Bethla National Park is rather a less-visited reserve forest in East-India, but there are definitely reasons to go there. I returned from…

  2. mr_rush avatar

    RE: Anyone have Travel Info for single female to Bihar

    by mr_rush 15 May 2011

    As a Bihari I must try and defend my native state. Yes Bihar can be a dangerous place. But I would add the caveat that it is relatively…

  3. ranchi avatar

    Figas de Ermelo-Portugal

    by ranchi 19 March 2011

    Does anybody know how far from the road are the falls ? Is the way there signposted and and how close is it passable for a car? Same infor…

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    RE: Bihar?

    by idlysambar 27 November 2010

    I was in Patna a couple of years ago. I don't think there is any major difference between Patna and any other large city in India. It…

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    Bihar?

    by jambwan 26 November 2010

    Hi, I will be in India for 6 weeks (I come almost every year this time for 3 weeks and spend time with the Missionaries of Charity in…

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    RE: Painted House in Hazaribagh

    by gemcap 11 September 2010

    OP : Checked with the two people I know who are familiar with Hazaribagh. Hazaribagh is about 120 km from Bodhgaya and is en route to…

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    Darjeeling to Kathmandu - HELP ME

    by drajith 07 February 2010

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    I am planning to visit Kathmandu within 2 weeks (Precisely 19th or 20th Feb 2010) and I have to return to Ranchi on 24th…

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    RE: Leaving your lonely Planet at home??

    by cyberhippie 02 April 2009

    If you're travelling the same routes as eveyone else, that is down to you, nothing to do with a guide book. A quick flick thorugh the…

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    Anyone interested in Betla National Park on Jan 16-19?

    by zoechow 27 December 2008

    Hey there, I am a 28-year-old Chinese from Shanghai. Will be traveling in India on Dec 31-Jan 25 and will be doing solo for the best…

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    RE: travel partner for India mid-Jan to mid-March, 2009

    by zoechow 24 December 2008

    Hi Andy, I am Zoe, a 20+-year-oldChinese in Shanghai. Will go to law school in America next fall. Actually I would have been doing law…

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    RE: September in Albania

    by Jeroen 23 October 2008

    Thanks, Ranchi. I did the Valbona route by car and the Thethi route by jeep recently - I just wanted to confirm that the Thethi route…

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    RE: Indian Idol

    by SoulCurry 22 September 2008

    Meiyang Chang is not Chinese. He's of Chinese +origin+. He's from Ranchi, if I remember correctly. Not that I understand OP's question.…

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    RE: Jamshedpur

    by noflylist 07 August 2008

    Ah, Jamshedpur Ranchi road, and ride atop the bus! Though done in early 80s, I cannot forget it. Before Maoist times though! If you…

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    RE: Jamshedpur

    by Sudipto 06 August 2008

    The outskirts of Jamshedpur has favulous hills, called Dalma Hills (googleable). There is an elephant sanctuary on top of one of the hills…

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    RE: travel in jharkand, orissa, chhatisgarh

    by mr_rush 01 April 2008

    For Jharkhand use Ranchi as a base and then explore out. Overseas visitors are more common then you think, promarly due to missionary…

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    INDIA FOR 3 MONTHS-solo-female

    by noflylist 13 August 2007

    In Ranchi, Zharkhand, there are several Buddhist related meditation centers too.

  17. mr_rush avatar

    Night trains in India

    by mr_rush 03 July 2007

    why is everyone badmouthing Bihar so much?!
    I've taken trains: Patna - Delhi, Delhi - Ranchi, Patna - ranchi, varanasi - patna, Gaya…

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    Safe swimming beach in Bali

    by dramitmukherjee 17 April 2007

    Shall be visiting Bali in the middle of August, with my wife and 2 children aged 8 and 14. Which is a safe beach fo rswimming. Is there…

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