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wrong turns

Its a scary 12 hour bus ride to Joshimath on what the Indians call a "deluxe" bus. But everything from the narrow wooden seats to the bottomed out suspension to the boy that leans over me to vomit out the window tell a different story. Joshimath is situated on on 45 degree hillside that seems...

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Greg on June 18, 2007 from Joshimath, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Curry

Still in Manali

Yep, still here, but on the move (sort of) tomorrow. Just round the corner to another guesthouse that overlooks the river and is definately in a nicer location. This comes to us highly recommnded by none other than Mr & Mrs Brozlehoot-Forster (aka Kev n Just). I've been popping around and...

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jonnik on June 16, 2007 from Manali, India

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

Manali, ahhhhhh

After the mother of all bus rides, including high speed rear tyre blow out , we finally made it to lovely Old Manali. It certainly is a pretty place, a bit of a scene with probably more Westerners then locals, but heh, birds of a feather flock together and all that. Gonna spend a good few...

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jonnik on June 14, 2007 from Manali, India

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

Up into the hills......

Right, at last I get round to adding something to this blog - I'll tell you these sites aren't as easy to get your head round as I'd hoped !! So, we're now in the Himalayan foothill town of Shimla. At around 2200m it's much more bearable than the 44 degrees we left in Delhi (yes, for you...

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jonnik on June 12, 2007 from Shimla, India

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

following the beatles

Rishikesh is a very cool place. From the high peaks in the distance to the countless hippies finding inner peace, this place is truly one of a kind. Through some internet research and lots of asking around we managed to find the huge hillside hotel complex that the beatles stayed in during...

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Greg on June 9, 2007 from Rishikesh, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Curry

The continuing story of Jareep and Gregpreet Singh...

Well here it is everyone. Central and northern India. 9 weeks. 4000 km by bus, train, elephant and camel and 5000 km by motorcycle. 4 mystery sicknesses. 15 broken parts on the motorcycle. 15 million holy cows. 330 million gods and just about as many divtas, temples, gompas, stupa and the like....

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Jared on June 8, 2007 from Delhi, India

from the travel blog: India

changing plans

After Varanasi we switched directions and headed west for a bit. Over to a place called Khajuraho. It is a calm sleepy town that has a number of temples with erotic sculpures all over them. It is the only site like this in India and is rather amusing to see. So we rented a couple bikes and...

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Greg on June 5, 2007 from Khajuraho, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Curry

The Holy City

Mark Twain once wrote about Varanasi "it is older than history and older than time, and it looks twice as old as both of them put together." Varanasi is the holiest place in India, and because of that thousands of people come here to bid fairwell to their loved ones. Every day of the week,...

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Greg on June 3, 2007 from Varanasi, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Curry

Dum Aloo

Ok, so I met up with Jared in Delhi and we headed up to Ramnagar which is the gateway into the Corbett national park. It was the first national park established in India and today remains as a front runner for the conservation efforts all over the country. We saw 6 inch spiders, geckos and...

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Greg on May 28, 2007 from Ramnagar, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Curry

Delhi Belly

Well, its nice to be out of the pollution of Delhi, not that Agra is much better. The Taj Mahal made it all worth it though. It is the most amazing place Ive ever been to. After the Taj I went to a town called fatepurh Sikra, where I spent a couple days getting accustomed to the Indian way of...

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Greg on May 21, 2007 from Agra, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Curry

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