I shared a rickshaw from Bodhgaya to Gaya station and caught the afternoon train to Mughal Serai. I had arranged with my hotel a taxi to meet me at the station and to deliver me close to the place on the river where my hotel was. It was a short walk through the narrow winding Read More »
I got a private bus from Udaipur to Mount Abu. It arrived in the early afternoon, in time for me to look around the lake and town the same day. Since arriving in Udaipur the weather has been noticeably cooler, especially at night. Mount Abu is a former British hill station, at altitude: the mornings Read More »
DE Andre: Une ville installe par un empeureur pour un saint homme de l’Islam. Imaginer qu’un empeureur décide de déménager sa capital et toute sa cour a des centaines de kilomètres du lieu d’origine. Il y vécu quelques années et du tout abandonner pour s’ocuper des guerres en Afganistan. C’est une très belle ville avec Read More »
de michel, (le 25 novembre): Hier soir nous avons encore vécu une expérience tout-a-fait extraordinaire, une autre… les proprios de notre hôtel avaient loué une barque pour se promener sur le gange durant les festivités… avec leur famille, quelques membres du personnel, quelques autres voyageurs, nous nous sommes promenés en barque a travers les chandelles Read More »
Rishikesh. The “Yoga Capitol of the World”. The city of ashrams & the holy Ganges River. A place where sadhus (the bearded, dreadlocked holy, & some not so holy men come to gather, chant, &…ask for money/food). The place the Beatles visited in the 60′s to study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Trancendental Read More »
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 doesn’t have the proper kind of trees or cool temperature to see the beautiful reds and oranges or Read More »
Train to Dharamasala: After 5 days in Rishikesh we were ready for a change. We booked an overnight train ticket to Dharamasala–though the train only went as far as Chucky Banks –or at least thats what I think its called… I have no idea how to spell it!—when we arrived at the station at 3am Read More »
Tamil Nadu :: South India ___ Zen retreat. 7 days of mostly silence & lots of deep meditation. Arrived Monday January 15th, 2007, after 48 hours of 1 overnight bus to Bangalore, 1 day in that sardine can of 6 million souls city, 1 overnight train, another 3 hour bus, one last 1 hour bus, Read More »
May 12-14, 2008 Alappuzha (Alleppey) (Matt) Feeling unable to pluck ourselves out of the lap of luxury in Ft. Cochin and drop ourselves immediately into the madness of an Indian bus station on the mainland, we decided to ease back into travel by getting a cab all the way from Ft. Cochin to Alappuzha, also Read More »
Haritika: This morning we headed to a village of Singaawan Khurd, where we received another really impressive welcome with the whole village singing and watching. I was immediately struck by the apparent relative prosperity of the surroundings, compared to our previous visits, in particular the concrete road and some pukka houses. We were assured by Read More »
