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A few more days in the quaintest of towns. Several fantastic day (and one not so fantastic day) with quality group meals, and lots of walking about. We all decided to visit one of the more 'quality' tea plantations recommended to us by local tea experts so we headed out one early morning. ...

permalink written by  Drie on May 1, 2008 from Darjiling, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

tea for me..

A sweet day in Darjeeling. Morning at the botanic gardens (lunch of momos), afternoon at the zoo (the highest in the world). We saw gorgeous orchids and red pandas at each respectively. Then there was 4 oçlock high tea at the Windsor hotel. I spent 7 dollars for a cup of tea and crumpets but...

permalink written by  Drie on April 29, 2008 from Darjiling, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

a reunion day

After nearly missing the train last night--I made it due to the small kindness of other travelers I was talking about as a British couple I'd approached briefly found me and led me to the train platform-- I got on the overnight (3AC) to NJP a station in Siliguri a town below...

permalink written by  Drie on April 28, 2008 from Darjiling, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

thank god their holy men not women..otherwise we'd have a whole bunch of commemorative dug holes

After a day in Varanasi, I headed out to the nearby other holy city of Sarnath. Sarnath is where the Buddha gave his first speech/sermon/insight (whatever you call it). As befits all holi...whoops holy... men, that spot in a Deer Park is now commemorated by a stupa: a giant pile of stones...

permalink written by  Drie on April 27, 2008 from Varanasi, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

traveling by lonesome rail

Well, its my first day traveling on my own. Originally there weren't supposed to be any of those but long kept plans went to pot when my travel companion Betsey got a very tenacious fever that she couldn't seem to shake. So the day before we were to leave I treked out to the train station to...

permalink written by  Drie on April 25, 2008 from Varanasi, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

between a rock and a hard place

4/22/08 Time flies in the heat. After a very trying train journey I’m back in Jaipur for my final week of ‘classes.’ Before that, we spent a wondrous three days in our personal retreat of mount Abu. The most fun thing about the place (besides the cooler temperature and mountain beauty)...

permalink written by  Drie on April 23, 2008 from Abu Road, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

now thats what I call a bureacrat

So the last 24 hours have possibly been the most trying since arriving here (excluding the time at Gagari village of course!). Let's begin this way. We discovered we have basement. Yep, that wasn't bad it was thrilling because its approximately 15 degrees cooler down there at all points in...

permalink written by  Drie on April 12, 2008 from Jodhpur, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

now thats what I call a bureacrat

So the last 24 hours have possibly been the most trying since arriving here (excluding the time at Gagari village, of course!). Let's begin this way. We discovered we have a basement. That wasn't bad, it was thrilling because its approximately 15 degrees cooler down there at all points in...

permalink written by  Drie on April 11, 2008 from Jodhpur, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

accident smaccident

4/8/08 Time races by, and our very pointless but fun (while not in the car) mid-internship return to Jaipur has come and gone. We spent 13 hours in a miserably hot and uncomfortable jeep for 32 hours in Jaipur, but we got to meet up with everyone from the program, catch up, and hear their...

permalink written by  Drie on April 9, 2008 from Jodhpur, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

its raining sand...unfortunately, not men

Another week has flown by in the life of yours truly. And I’m very excited to report that in that time I saw my first desert dust storm. It began with the very unusual presence of dark clouds—actually any clouds—in the sky. They loomed over us for a while. The sky turned a strange yellowish...

permalink written by  Drie on April 4, 2008 from Jodhpur, India
from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

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