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Lady in the Golden Triangle
Blog: A Lady in London - 23 December 2009
Destination #1: DelhiMy most recent adventure was a very last-minute trip to India. Two weeks before I left, I bought a plane ticket and wrangled a visa from the crazy India visa office in London. I spent a few hours one morning booking seven trains and three flights. I found hotels, packed, and made sure I wasn't forgetting anything. With all that done, I jetted off to Delhi in a comfy seat on a 747 thanks to a last-minute upgrade from BA.
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Out of Delhi, Out of Dodge
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 21 December 2009
After only 2 full days in Delhi we decided to get out of dodge. Though Delhi has some nice sites (the Jama Masjid mosque – India’s largest – was especially impressive), they were not enough to make up for the constant noise, honking and filth that dominate the city. I’ve been in plenty of loud, dirty, [...]
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First Impressions: New Delhi, India
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 16 December 2009
December 13 1. Smog: I can taste it. 2. Rubble: this whole city looks like it’s been bombed out. 3. Horns: stop, seriously. I see you. 4. The smells of India: more varied than Thailand, more pungent than Hong Kong. 5. Trash: everywhere, a lot of it burning, a lot of it rotting, but most of it sitting on the [...]
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Begging in India
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 30 November 2009
Dave and I have a hard and fast rule when traveling. We never give money to beggars. We feel that it only contributes to a begging society and that giving money to people perpetuates the problem. If tourists keep giving people money just because they ask, how will they ever have the ambition to try to make a better life for themselves? However, how can a person not give to a man that is crawling on the ground because his legs are paralyzed, or give to an old man with a deformed foot limping through the streets? We didn’t give to either of these men when they asked and I regret my actions.
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Friday Flashback – A Rushed Exploration of Delhi
Blog: GoBackpacking - 27 November 2009
Miscalculations. They happen with travel, which is why I always try and check out a destination in person before deciding whether it’s worthwhile in my book or not. Delhi, as I found out upon my arrival, and thus too late, was worth a lot more time then I gave it. Doing the Delhi Hustle Exploring Old Delhi – [...]Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Friday Flashback – India’s Golden Temple & Pakistan Border Ceremony
Blog: GoBackpacking - 20 November 2009
_ As my time in India drew to a close, I made a mad dash from McLeod Ganj to a few special sites further west. The Golden Temple in Amritsar is literally a temple made of gold, and the number one pilgrimage site for Sikhs. Despite the overcast weather, it was still a sight to behold. Later in [...]Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Destination India
Blog: Leave Me Here - 27 October 2009
One of the more confusing things when in Delhi is trying to arrange your onwards travel, and being confident in what your told is correct. There are countless fake ‘Government Approved’ Tourist Info places, Tuk-Tuk drivers will always take you to these. Examples of fake “Government Approved” Tourist Offices. But there is only 1 Official Government India Tourism [...]
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Travel Video – Life & Struggle in India
Blog: GoBackpacking - 24 October 2009
_ Image locations include Kolkata, Bodhgaya, Varanasi, Agra, & Delhi.Related Posts: Friday Flashback – The Taj Mahal & Red Fort in Agra, India Friday Flashback – The Ganges River and Ghats in Varanasi Regular Updates To Resume Soon! Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier) Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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What is your good name?
Blog: Leave Me Here - 24 October 2009
Have you ever had to wash human faeces off your shoe? Welcome to India, where anything and everything is possible. Just as you sit down for breakfast, the burning trash begins. To plagiarizer the words of Sarah Macdonald’s ‘Holy Cow’, India is living contradiction. Its stinks like sewage, yet the food smells divine, touts on the street shit you, [...]
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Delhi, India
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 18 October 2009
Our first day in India corresponded with Katrina's birthday, so as a special treat we'd arranged to stay at the lovely Shanti Home, complete with airport pickup.
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10 do's for Delhi
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 11 September 2009
1. Find out if the half naked man lying in a featal position on Chandni Chowk is really dead or does he need help. Do it the Indian way: stare!
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Delhi as a first point of entry into India
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 8 September 2009
My first day of the trip here in Delhi was... most uneventful. I arrived safe and sound, took a 50 rs bus to Connought Place and a ricksha to my prebooked guesthouse in Pahar Ganj. I thought I had been tricked into paying too much for the first time on this trip before even stepping on Indian soil as I had agreed over e-mail to pay Ajay guesthouse 490 rs (8 euros) for a night even though the website said the price was 300. But I had a whopping room: A flat screen tv, air con, window with a view and hot water!
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Where to eat in Delhi - 12 great eats for 100 rupees or less
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 31 August 2009
1. Nizam’s Kathi KababLocation: PVR Plaza, Middle Circle, Connaught PlaceThis place serves fantastic authentic Calcuttan Kathi Rolls (kebab wrapped in a paratha). Warning! These kababs are huge, so order only one at first.
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12 additional symptoms that tell it is time to leave India
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 24 August 2009
31. You always refer to Indian cities by their new, post-colonial names. Yes, even Thiruvananthapuram. 32. You spend an evening watching the sun set over Manali with Russian-Free-Jazz-pioneer-turned-full-time-hippie Viktor Lukin who's trying to tell you your future using numerology. Strangely enough, he keeps getting all numbers mixed up or forgetting them completely. Must be something in the water.
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12 books to read in India
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 15 August 2009
1. White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga.What: Corrupt, psychotic and wonderfully entertaining Bangalore businessman with a murderous past in Delhi writes nightly letters to the Chinese prime minister.For whom: People who believe India is a country of ancient wisdom and spirituality.
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20 symptoms that tell it is time to leave India
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 13 August 2009
1. You don't swear anymore if you step on cow dung.2. It's July and the monsoon is at its worst but you are still in Goa, playing to be a baba and living in the jungle.3. You've found a way to make the 10 rupee begging kids to give you money.
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Three Days in Delhi
Blog: Kieron Clark - 8 August 2009
Day One “In India, everything is difficult,” says Rosie, who’s been here before. I have to admit that at first I don’t believe her. After all, I’ve survived Bangkok and I’ve survived Hanoi: how much more ‘difficult’ could Delhi be? By the time we leave the airport at 6 AM it’s already warm. At our taxi driver’s [...]
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In and Out of Delhi
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 28 April 2009
One of the disadvantages of living in Dharamsala is if you want to explore other places in India, the chances are you have to go via Delhi.
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India
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 19 October 2008
Through my work for the Unitarian Universalist Association, I get to travel frequently around the country to meet with generous supporters of the Association. This fall, I was given a unique opportunity to travel to India to see schools being built in the Khasi Hills, where there is an indigenous Unitarian population, made possible by donations through the Association. Patrick obviously would have loved to join me, but his own work responsibilities kept him in Boston.
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