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what its like

1/23/08 I’ll try to give you a good idea of experiencing life in India (or one sub-culture, of one section of India). The first thing you have to understand is the noise. In every way this is a loud country. The roads are constantly filled with motorcycles, humming rickshaws (without...

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Drie on January 23, 2008 from Jaipur, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

school and weddings

1/22/08 Orientation is pretty basic. We have homestay advice, hindi classes (fast but good so far), intl deveoplent (basically just our personal observations and discussion so far) and we will soon visit with the healthcare lady. The longer we are here, the more I realize I only really have...

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Drie on January 22, 2008 from Jaipur, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

Snapshot: Cows on the Crosswalk

I know I will miss it when I leave and I don’t even like them. But wherever you go in India from the smallest villages to the heart of New Delhi, you will see them eating trash, lazing unconcerned down the road, or chewing their cud blocking the whole sidewalks. Everyone who has told...

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Drie on January 22, 2008 from Jaipur, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

home sweet home

So we have finally moved in with Sunita-Ji and settled in a bit. I am a bit apprehensive about never leaving anything in plain site (ie not in a drawer or something) and might ignore it a little in the little corner by my bed. I cannot tell if our host mom is reserved or a little aloof or...

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Drie on January 20, 2008 from Jaipur, India

from the travel blog: Adventures in Hindustan

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

Jaipur - the pink city

After a 6 hour bus journey we arrived in Jaipur. In the afternoon we went to a carpet making factory. The man tried very hard to get us to buy a rug, but we resisted! Although 5 others of our group didn't have the will power! Also stopped at a jewellery place and got some topaz earrings for...

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James & Tracey on February 12, 2007 from Jaipur, India

from the travel blog: James & Tracey World Tour

Not Pink

Bought a carpet, don't know why. Jaipur is terracotta not pink

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Matt & Ange on February 12, 2007 from Jaipur, India

from the travel blog: Matt & Ange's Travel Blog

Pink (Terracotta) City

Took a 6 hour bus ride from Agra and arrived in Jaipur mid arvo. Journey not too bad, still lots of beeping on the main roads. Couldn't see what the driver was beeping at as he had a curtain blocking the view out the windscreen - probably a good thing. Leaving Agra, we had the wonderful...

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megankevin on February 11, 2007 from Jaipur, India

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