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A Chance Encounter with a Snake Charmer
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 26 December 2009
I knew that there were snake charmers in the world. I just didn't expect to see one. It happened at the most random time. We had just come back from riding Lakshmi the elephant in Hampi and when we turned there corner to walk back to our hotel, we saw him. Squatting in a laneway was a man with three cobras watching him work. They were beautiful. Sitting up in their baskets they were mesmerized by his flute.
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Christmas in Bangalore!
Blog: The Corny Traveler's Chronicles - 25 December 2009
Q : What happens to the busiest street in Bangalore when its Christmas? Ans : Brigade Road becomes even more livelier, is lighted up, and even more full of people. Note: The narrator would be me, but clearly, its difficult to voice your opinions in the chaos there! Anyway, I hope you like it :)
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Mesmeric Maheshwar
Blog: The Corny Traveler's Chronicles - 25 December 2009
Now that I realize I am already 10 days late in writing this article, I thought.. well, Christmas might not be a bad time to get it done. So, here's for you.. Maheshwar!
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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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Deity Tormas - Tibetan Butter Sculptures from Dip Tse Chokling monastery, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 22 December 2009
Torma are figures made mostly of flour and butter used in tantric rituals or as offerings in Tibetan Buddhism. They may be dyed in different colors, often with white or red for the main body of the torma. They are made in specific shapes based on their purpose, usually conical in form. A very large, central shrine torma may be constructed for festivals, though typically they are small and placed directly on a shrine, on a plate, mounted on leather or held on a special base like a skull.
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Discovering Hampi, India
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 22 December 2009
One of the most magnificent landscapes we have ever seen on earth is in the center of India. Hampi, in the province of Karnatika is spectacular.Driving up to the ancient ruins surrounded by giant boulders in our rickshaw from Hospet is spellbinding. We have witnessed many ruins in our travels, but for some reason, this [...]
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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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Kerala India Travel Most Popular Posts of 2009
Blog: Kerala India Travel - 21 December 2009
Happy New Year everyone! Here’s a round up of the most popular posts on Kerala India Travel this year. If you are planning your first trip to Kerala these are a good place to start. 1) Kerala Houseboats -The Essential Guide This guide to Kerala Houseboats was the most popular post of the year.
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Travel Gear, Did We Need it All?
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 21 December 2009
It has only been three weeks into our trip, but we already have a good idea of what we are glad to have brought with us and what we should have left behind in Canada. Here is a list of the stuff that we brought that we are very grateful to have along the way in India, plus a few of the items that we should have left at home.
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Giant Guru Rinpoche or Padmasambhava statue in Samdrupche, South Sikkim, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 21 December 2009
The world's largest statue (at 118 feet) of the Buddhist Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, the patron saint of Sikkim, is on the Samdruptse hill (The Wish Fulfilling well) opposite Namchi. It was completed in February 2004. It is also said that the Samdruptse hill is actually a Dormant Volcano. Myths say that the buddhist monks have been going on top of the hill and offering prayers to the volcano to keep it calm.
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Manali - Leh Highway, Ladakh, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 20 December 2009
The Leh-Manali Highway is a highway in India connecting Leh and Manali. It is open only between June and mid-September when snow is cleared from the road by the Border Roads Organisation.The highway crosses some of the highest mountain passes in the world, including Rohtang La 3,978 m (13,051 ft), Baralacha La 4,892 m (16,050 ft), Lachulung La 5,059 m (16,598 ft) and Taglang La 5,325 m (17,470 ft).Between Lachlung La and Taglang La this road crosses the More plains.Total highway length - 479 km (298 mi).
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Sunday Postcard: Maheshwar, India
Blog: The Corny Traveler's Chronicles - 20 December 2009
Fort-cum-temple at Maheshwar overlooking river Narmada
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The Art of Travel Blogging and Travel
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 20 December 2009
We haven’t been traveling for very long yet and we have many growing pains to work through. Both with travel, technical aspects and with the blog. Finding a story and keeping it interesting. We have never had to worry about how long we stayed at a place before or how often we need to get to the Internet, but now that we are working to become full time Travel Bloggers and professional travelers, we really have to look at our journey in a different way.
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Welcome sign with swastika and Indian holy OM sylable, New Delhi, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 18 December 2009
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iPhone Hook Up Hell in India
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 18 December 2009
Bringing and unlocked iPhone to India seemed like a good idea at the time. We thought that if we couldn’t get to an Internet Café, we would at least be able to check our email. It is three weeks into our trip and we have finally managed to make our iPhone and Data Plan work. Here is what we had to go through to make our iPhone work in India.
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Indian spices, Paharganj Market, New Delhi, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 17 December 2009
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A Day in Goa
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 17 December 2009
Everyone says “you’ve got to go to Goa.” So we did. Patnem Beach is a little slice of paradise. The water is warm, the surf is mellow and the sunsets are to die for. It is an easy place to spend time in. Calm waters flow into fine white sand. Days are spent practicing yoga, taking long walks and working on tanning our Canadian white skin. Goa is different from the rest of India. Alcohol flows freely, bikini clad tourists flaunt their skin and vendors are laid back when selling their wares. I can see why people spend their entire winter on these beaches and never venture far away.
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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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India: love it or hate it?
Blog: Passed Ports: images and anecdotes from our travels - 16 December 2009
December 11 Out of all of our proposed destinations, India is the one that I have been most apprehensive about. I have long been fascinated by Indian history and culture, and have long thought it was a place I should explore. A lot of people say you haven’t really travelled until you’ve been to India. [...]
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Patnem Beach has some Pretty Awesome Yoga
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 15 December 2009
It was supposed to just be a drop in class when we visited Swami Shiva Nand Jee’s class on Patnem Beach. We followed the painted fabric yoga signs to a tranquil hut behind Mountain Palms Restaurant. Three and a half bamboo thatched walls enclose a yoga studio. Large beach mats lay over the sand with rows of yoga mats facing centre. Many people are intimidated by the photos of our instructor pasted on the walls. His body is contorted in all directions. Legs over his head, postures where he is shaped like a pretzel. He's not going to make us do that is he?
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Arrival at Patnem Beach in Goa
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 14 December 2009
It is 5:00 am when we stepped off the train in Goa. The morning is still dark and nobody is around. We seem to be the only people getting off at this stop. The beach is deserted. So we pull up a chair at one of the empty beach bars and wait in the dark., dogs are sleeping at our feet and we look out towards the sunrise to see large mounds in the sand. Are those cows we see? Yes, the cows own the beach in the morning and they are sleeping along with everyone else. It is calm and tranquil.
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Kerala Guidebook Review: Lonely Planet India
Blog: Kerala India Travel - 13 December 2009
This is the final part of our Kerala Guidebook Review series. I have recommended The Rough Guide to Kerala and Lonely Planet South India, but if you are touring the whole of India then the newly released Lonely Planet India is a great choice. Contents The Lonely Planet India is a brick of a book.
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The Great India Rail Seat Switcheroo
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 13 December 2009
It happens regularly, but foreigners would never notice. For every overnight train trip, payoff and bribes happen with a flurry. You see, the trains in India are always over booked and many times you won’t get the seat that you want or sometimes even what you paid for. In 3AC for example, the berths on one side of the train have six beds and six seats. If you are one of the unlucky people sitting on the other side with three seats and two beds, you are in trouble. Two people on the lower berths will not be sleeping tonight!
