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A tear drop on the face of eternity

We started our journey across the country east-ward. Jaipur was our first stop, but only for a day. Turned out that this day was the local kite festival, and almost everything was closed. We wandered the streets (which seemed oddly quiet) in the morning, but were quickly bored with the lack of...

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Capto on January 15, 2010 from Agra, India

from the travel blog: Two months in Limbo

Pushkar

Pushkar is by far the smallest city we've stayed in yet; only 15,000 people. Legend has it that Lord Brahma released a swan with a lotus in its beak, and would perform a sacrifice where it fell to earth. Where it fell, Pushkar was created. This is a very holy place to the Hindu people, and some...

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Capto on January 11, 2010 from Pushkar, India

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Desserts and the Desert

The bus to Jaisalmer was far better than the last one. We managed to avoid another display of my digestive pyrotechnics thanks to a chair seat, rather than a sleeper compartment. When the bus arrived we were met at the stop before ours by a man from the hotel we were booked into. He told us...

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Capto on January 10, 2010 from Jaisalmer, India

from the travel blog: Two months in Limbo

Mumbai, Goa and Kerala (9-21 of January) on the way to Madurai

From the 8th to the 22nd of January we spent a lot of time traveling all the way from Bodhgaya in North East India all the way to Madurai, just a few hours from the southernmost point of India. The initial leg meant crossing India from east to west, it took about 30 hours on train and the...

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patryandjose on January 9, 2010 from Madurai, India

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

Jodphurs and Blue Houses

We took the overnight bus to Jodphur. I've not been carsick in years, but these roads are crazy enough to do it to the best of us. Even some of the locals were sick, so I don't feel so bad. I spent much of the day feeling sick though, but in hindsight it was probably partly lack of food...

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Capto on January 5, 2010 from Jodhpur, India

from the travel blog: Two months in Limbo

January 4 - 9 2010

Bodhgaya is a tiny town around 13 Km from Gaya. It was here 2,600 years ago that Prince Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment beneath a Bodhi Tree and became Buddha. We wanted to visit this place to see the three; however, it became of a special interest to go there when we found out...

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patryandjose on January 4, 2010 from Gaya, India

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

Udaipur

Our train took us once again through the slums of Mumbai, but this time during the day. We got to see the reality of how 70% of people in this world, living in shack I can only describe as the kind you might have made as a kid, with scraps from the back of the shed. Some lived in makeshifts...

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Capto on January 2, 2010 from Udaipur, India

from the travel blog: Two months in Limbo

Best wishes

Best wishes ; ]

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octa0via on January 1, 2010 from New Delhi, India

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The roller coaster ride begins

After very little sleep in a 48 hour period, Glen and I arrived into Mumbai at 10pm. What awaited us outisde the airport was our first shock in India. Hundreds of people were crammed up against barriers outside the airport, waiting for friends and family to arrive, climbing over each other to...

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Capto on December 30, 2009 from Mumbai, India

from the travel blog: Two months in Limbo

December 30, 2009 to January 3, 2010

"India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!" - Mark Twain Varanasi is...

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patryandjose on December 30, 2009 from Varanasi, India

from the travel blog: Resumen de dónde estamos y para dónde vamos? - Summary of where we are and where are we going to?

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