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Our first week in Delhi

Second day: went to the village

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ibis rose & melon on November 3, 2006 from New Delhi, India

from the travel blog: Winter in New Delhi & Ascea

Nataniel and I met at breakfast and 7 artists emerged. Paly, Marissa and April from New York, John and Irene from Tallahasee, Kerry from California and Maria from Toronto. They expressed their need for supplies so Nataniel and I took them to the village. When we returned we all pretty much sat...

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Eric Broome on November 3, 2006 from Delhi, India

from the travel blog: Journey to the Arts End

Welcome to India

Long flight from Chicago, 14 hours, but very few people on the plane. Customs was a bit slow, but our bags were waiting after we got through. Changed dollars into rupees and headed out the door. Rajat, our taxi driver, was waiting with a "John Gleason - Global Arts Village" sign and smile on his...

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ibis rose & melon on November 2, 2006 from New Delhi, India

from the travel blog: Winter in New Delhi & Ascea

Global Arts Village, Delhi

Global Arts Village (GAV) is an artist's residency program designed to bring artist's from all over the world to work together in a retreat. It is a bustling little community situated in Ghitorni one hours drive from the centre of Delhi. It is very eco friendly and the bulidings are constructed...

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Eric Broome on November 2, 2006 from Delhi, India

from the travel blog: Journey to the Arts End

The new journey begins

I arose at 5.45am this morning for meditation. It lasts for one hour and as yet I am not getting it. The yoga is a diferent story. It seems t o be OK As I ate breakfast the first artist arrived. Nataniel is from Mozambique. I walked him around the village and he asked if I had been outside...

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Eric Broome on November 1, 2006 from Delhi, India

from the travel blog: Journey to the Arts End

Journey to Delhi

The flight from Melborne, Australia to Delhi, India via Hong Kong takes 17 hours. Arriving jet lagged at Delhi airport at 3am in the morning is a surreal experience. A Korean guy next to me on the flight who has made many business trips to Delhi advised me to run from the plane to the customs...

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Eric Broome on October 31, 2006 from Delhi, India

from the travel blog: Journey to the Arts End

Oh Calcutta!

From Bangkok we jump on a Druk Air plane to Paro, Bhutan via Calcutta.. Druk Air is Bhutan's national airline, and it is the only way in and out of Bhutan (by air). On arriving in Calcutta we are informed that there will a 'brief' delay due to bad weather in our final destination, Paro,...

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cherie on September 24, 2006 from Calcutta, India

from the travel blog: Bhutan 2006

Day 14

This last day was a blur. After a lazy morning at the hotel and after I bought the most beautiful carpet I've ever seen, we hired a driver, a good one this time, and drove all over New Delhi. A stop at Masjid-i-Jahan Numa was well worth it, except we were cautioned not to walk around in the...

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shoshtrvls on September 3, 2006 from New Delhi, India

from the travel blog: Bhutan and India (2006)

Day 13 (Continued)

The honking of horns, the extreme filth and poverty roadside and the eventual din of New Delhi, flooded roads and all, reminded me constantly of what a horrid country this really is. Not stopping at Murthra might have been a good thing because thanks to all that traffic we didn't arrive at our...

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shoshtrvls on September 2, 2006 from New Delhi, India

from the travel blog: Bhutan and India (2006)

Day 13

Finally, the reason we're in India -- the Taj Mahal. As impressive the second time as the first. Here we hired a guide and it was worthwhile. We took our time to truly appreciate the building. Then back to the hotel in a carriage for a few hours of rest and realization before making the...

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shoshtrvls on September 2, 2006 from Agra, India

from the travel blog: Bhutan and India (2006)

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