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Jamnagar, The Gujarat
Just moved a bit further down the line and this town is even quieter than the last, with the obvious exception of the traffic which is the same volume wherever you go. It’s got some nice old buildings like a … Continue reading
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Ahmedabad
Hey hey, ‘t’as been a while but thought another blogging effort was called for. I’ve made up my mind to hit New Zealand after leaving these shores next month, so I decided to forsake my mountain refuge and head into the … Continue reading
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Colonel Kashmir
Headed to Srinagar with some Korean’s I met in Dharmasala. Good people to travel with, they take somany photos I can leave my camera behind. We are staying in a boatmans house on a small island in Dal Lake, Indian families are chaos. On our first two nights … Continue reading
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Dharmasala
The heat finally got too much on the plains so I jumped onto the tourist trail and followed everybody up to Dharmasala in the Himalayan foothills, home to the Dalai Llama. Seemed like I already knew most people in town … Continue reading
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Ananpur Sahib – Turban Tastic
This place is just a sub note in the guide book but decided to come here on a whim, and what a whim it turned out to be. The town is one of the holiest sites for Sikhs and has … Continue reading
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Chandigarh – Wraggamorley Story
Now the lone adventurer sets forth and finds they city of his dreams, unfortunately dreams don’t come cheap. This whole city was designed by the same dude who ‘did’ the Barbican in London. His modernist concrete slabs are artfully hidden … Continue reading
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Thrissur – the battle of the temples
We arrived in Thrissur in the night, battered from bare-foot hill climbing and 3 days of village curries (my feet were cut all over and the size of balloons; Martin had a major case of Delhi belly). The massive Trissur … Continue reading
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Tea Time Trekking – no socks, no sandals
And so the adventure continued… We found a guide and headed off into the wild. Rajiv was a sturdy, George Clooney-style mountain man, seemingly unshakeable in his amazing knowledge of the local plants, trees and wildlife, his simple life philosophy … Continue reading
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Kollam – backwater boozehounds
Kerala is famed for its backwaters so or next stop was Kollam where we hoped to charter a houseboat to drift in style through the peace of the mangroves and palm forests. After much negaotiation we found oursleves in a small punt … Continue reading
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Varkala – beach, cricket, swim, seafood, repeat.
All this traveling about is hard work so we decided to take a well earned holiday and go to the tropical beaches of Kerala. We got a train ticket from a local travel agent who told us the journey would … Continue reading
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