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Back to India

Stepping over the border (over a metal bar) between Nepal and India was pretty odd, and straight away could tell we were back in India with pushy jeep taxi drivers trying to get us into their jeep! Crammed 4 of us into the middle section so the 1 1/2 hour journey to Gorakhpur wasnt the most...

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H on November 11, 2007 from Mumbai, India

from the travel blog: H - Seeing the world...

Culture...Shock!

After a brief stay in Kolkata we headed to Varanasi, a tourist trap even by Indian standards. Our huge backpacks worked their usual magnetic attraction to the various touts, tuk-tuk drivers and rickshaw wallahs who are crowded outside the station, ready to pounce with offers of help, hotels and...

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BecnWill on November 7, 2007 from Jaipur, India

from the travel blog: The World By Knight

"Madam, Yes? Please Madam?"

I hear this phrase hundreds of times every day. It's usually accompanied by hands reaching out to pinch your arms or tug at your clothing. I've tried all sorts of responses: 1) Ignoring: this works pretty well but encourages people to keep asking you until you're out of earshot 2) Smiling...

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travelcake on November 1, 2007 from Mumbai, India

from the travel blog: Studying Yoga at the source: India

Taj Mahal

Whoa this feels like a long time ago now.. The night before we went the Taj Mahal, we stayed at a place near Agra called Bharatpur because our taxi driver, Mhabar (who we had been with for the past few days as this saved time compared to busing it, and wasn't too expensive) had invited us to...

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H on October 30, 2007 from Agra, India

from the travel blog: H - Seeing the world...

Scammed in Siliguri

We arrived from Darjeeling in a good mood with a watertight plan of action for the next few days. Obviously there was no way it could go wrong. It was simple - drive to the West Bengal Tourist Association, book a few days in the wildlife reserve at Jaldhapara, head back to Sili and then off to...

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BecnWill on October 29, 2007 from Kolkata, India

from the travel blog: The World By Knight

Tea for Two

After rejoicing over our success on purchasing our first train ticket, we were brought back down to Earth with a crash when we realised we had booked it for the wrong day - curses. We blame the lengthy and arduous journey we had undertaken...surprisingly enough this epiphany had come to us...

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BecnWill on October 26, 2007 from Jalpaiguri, India

from the travel blog: The World By Knight

First thoughts of India

Things I Love about India: - The FOOD! Its's soooo good and eating out is amazingly cheap. Bananas are 3 for 1p - The bright colours the women wear - How friendly, smiley and helpful they are (especially after you speak to them in Hindi or wave anyway). They also seem to have very close...

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H on October 17, 2007 from Delhi, India

from the travel blog: H - Seeing the world...

And so it begins...

We arrive into Dum Dum airport (what a name?!) in scorching dry heat - no big surprise I suppose - this is India after all...After a brief but somewhat nervewracking wait in the baggage collection area (having heard many a horror story about Heathrow's somewhat original approach to baggage...

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BecnWill on October 17, 2007 from Kolkata, India

from the travel blog: The World By Knight

Leaving India, bound for Nepal

We left a very hot Amritsar on 1st September (is it September already ?) on the mid-afternoon train to Delhi, arriving in the capital late at about 10.30pm. After being greeted by the lovely touts and rickshaw riders we made our way to the Smyle Inn where we had a room booked (or so we...

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jonnik on October 8, 2007 from Delhi, India

from the travel blog: Jon & Kenty's Grrrrrand Tour

Amritsar

Well, after the lovely cool confines of Dharamsala we headed south and west to the holy city of Amritsar, where we we greeted by pushy rickshaw riders and temperatures of 39 degrees C !! We headed to Amritsar for 2 reasons really, one to see the Golden Temple, and two to get a train back to...

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jonnik on September 12, 2007 from Amritsar, India

from the travel blog: Jon & Kenty's Grrrrrand Tour

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