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Kochi ... fishing nets, spices and backwaters

We stepped off the plane in Cochin into the humid tropical heat. The 10 days of relative cold in northern India somehow made us forget the past 4 months of 90-100% humidity and +30 degree temperatures we got used to. Cochin is a diverse port city, spreading over 5 islands and peninsulas. The...

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ECRadventure on February 11, 2010 from Kochi, India, India

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Mumbai... relaxing and a quick visit to the city of contrast

Our flight into Mumbai showed us the contrast of city life that you can only see from the air. The outskirts of the city were extremely packed with tin-roof shacks. They are small, right next to each other, and sometimes a few stories tall. They stretch on for kilometers. Then almost as if...

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ECRadventure on February 9, 2010 from Mumbai, India

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We're in Paradise. Literally

We took a train up to Gokarn, and arrived safely after a day's travel. After battling touts who wanted to charge us 400 rupees to get to the beach, we landed in the sand with our heavy backpacks, and set out to find a place to stay. Backpacking on a beach in barefeet... in the dark. Only in...

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Capto on February 8, 2010 from Gokarn, India

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Udaipur... pretty white building in a lake, but great hunting lodge!

The next morning we were up and on our way for the long 7 hour drive to Udaipur with the now common road-side stop for lunch. This place was the best of very few. Not many tourists drive from Jaipur to Udaipur as it is much easier to fly. The food was strange and not that good, but when you...

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ECRadventure on February 6, 2010 from Udaipur, India

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Valkomstceremoni och bybesok

I mandags borjade allvaret har i Pune, vi traffades pa ett universitet dar det forst var en vacker valkomstceremoni innan vi fick var forsta forelasning. De hade gjort en underbar golvdekoration i sand for att valkomna oss, man tande den hogtidliga lampan och sjong en traditionell sang. Pa...

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vildros on February 5, 2010 from Pune, India

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sos barnbyar

Sa kom torsdagens studiebesok, vi borjade med att besoka ett kvinnofangelse dar vi inte heller fick fotografera. Det var intressant att hora om deras projekt, om deras rehabiliteringasplaner, sjukvard osv. En hel del av det skulle vi kunna lara oss av har i sverige. Det intressantaste var...

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vildros on February 5, 2010 from Pune, India

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Jaipur ... the sound and light show is worth the drive!

After an early breakfast we were on the road for a long day of driving and sight-seeing. We first drove to Fatehpur Sikri, which is 37 km west of Agra. Jalal-ud-din-Muhammad Akbar, ‘Akbar’ was made the king at 14 and shortly after met the founder of the Chisti order of SUFIS. Akbar was...

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ECRadventure on February 4, 2010 from Jaipur, India

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Cold beer and hot beaches (hehe)

Varkala is a small town which is located close to a cliff top. The town itself isn't the main attraction here - most tourists come to stay at Varkala Cliff, 6km away, where a string of resorts, beach huts, and restaurants has popped up to meet demand. It is a touristy feeling place, only really...

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Capto on February 3, 2010 from Varkkallai, India

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Agra ...

We were both a little worried about our 2nd class train journey on the Indian train, but we shouldn’t have been! Not after travelling on the train all throughout Europe, Russia and China….nothing will beat the 13 hour Vietnamese train from hell. This was not bad, even the bathrooms were...

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ECRadventure on February 2, 2010 from Agra, India

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Kochi

Before I start on Kochi, I forgot to tell you guys about our taxi ride to the airport in the last blog. We gave ourselves an hour to get to the airport in Kolkata. Turns out this was a little tight. Luckily, taxi drivers (well, all drivers really) in India are fearless. We asked him to go...

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Capto on February 1, 2010 from Cochin, India

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