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Manali
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 4 June 2009
Claude didn't make it onto the bus for Manali and so far there has been no sign of The Man.
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Leaves Of Life
Blog: Windy Skies - 22 May 2009
In the early hours of the morning before the sky lights up over the horizon the city wakes up to urgent feet scrambling to make their rendezvous with street-side markets in Dadar, and elsewhere.Fisherwomen hugging baskets of fish board local trains on their way to suburban fish markets along Central and Western railway lines that bisect the city into ‘West’ and ‘East’ sections.
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Tiger Hill, A Walk Through Ghum and Avoiding the Strange Weather Non-Patterns
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 3 May 2009
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Tenzing Norgay and the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 2 May 2009
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Caught In The Middle of Elections
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 30 April 2009
Hoorah for the 2424 Express from New Delhi station! It left exactly at 2pm and arrived in to New Jalpaiguri just after 11am – just one hour late! However the ticket wasn´t cheap; Rs1635 in 3AC is a lot!
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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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Touched By A Nun - The Bus to Delhi
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 28 April 2009
Feeling pretty smug with myself at having secured seat number 1 on the night bus to Delhi (aisle seat behind the driver to maximise space for my 3 metre long legs), the smile is quickly wiped off my face as I find I am sitting next to an enormously large, 50 something year old Tibetan nun. I greet her with the traditional “tashi dilek”, and try and wedge myself into my seat. This is just not possible so I turn my body 90 degrees to the seat and my legs drape into the aisle.
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World Earth Day in McLeod Ganj
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 22 April 2009
Following Saturday´s clean up of Dal Lake and the Tibetans Children´s Village, today´s World Earth Day marked a clean up of Temple Road and outside Yongling school.As on Saturday, it continued to be a hot, sticky and smelly experience.
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We´re No Monks
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 21 April 2009
K. and I recently watched the film “We´re No Monks” directed by Pema Dhondup, a Tibetan graduate from UCLA film school in 2004.
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Mass Debating Monks
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 20 April 2009
Pop along to the Tsuglag Khang temple early in the afternoons and you can often witness mass debating monks around the courtyard.
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Keeping It Green
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 18 April 2009
I met up with Lobsang, my editor from Contact magazine asking if I could take some photos for the Voluntary Clean-Up around McLeod Ganj to celebrate World Earth Day which is taking place on 22nd April.
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Aub´s Top Recommendations in Shimla
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 13 April 2009
Check out the Harry Potter film set that is the Viceregal LodgeGet lost amongst the alleyways of the Middle Bazaar Spend the sunrise at Scandal Point and along the Ridge. A great place to people watch at any time of dayEnjoy a espresso machiato at Coffee Day on The Mall
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Vintage and Classic Cars Rally at Nariman Point
Blog: Windy Skies - 13 April 2009
In the distance Gopilal Sharma appeared nondescript among the others, featureless in the bright white uniforms of chauffeurs waiting their turn by the vintage cars to the back of the line along the sweep of Marine Drive in South Bombay last week.Gopilal Sharma had ridden Ajaypat Singhania’s 1956 Mercedes 300 to the rally and reveled in the attention it was drawing from curious onlookers.Across
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Himachal State Museum and Library
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 11 April 2009
I felt as this was the State Museum, I would ignore Paolo Coelho´s travel advise and visit this state showpiece.
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Viceregal Lodge and Botanical Gardens
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 11 April 2009
In typically flamboyant Raj style, the Viceregal Lodge was designed by the Irish architect Henry Irwin and was built in 1888 for the Viceroy of India, which during the time was the Earl of Dufferin.
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Monkeys Become an Election Issue
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 10 April 2009
With elections starting soon, a report in the Hindu News states that monkeys are now a major electoral issue in here in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
