India travel stories

Spending a working week on public transport

If my last entry had a basic theme of camel-related excitement, I'd say that the theme of this one is going to have to be public transport-related discomfort. =/ Over the course of the week tha...

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India - let's go World Heritage sight-seeing

How can you describe a country that spans from the Tibetan, Nepalese and Bhutanese Himalaya in the north, nearly 3000km to the Gulf of Mannar near troubled Sri Lanka in the south, from the borders ...

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From homeless guy to Wedding dancer

"Chai chai...chai chai chai" shouts the 9th passing vendor holding a kettle or bucket to the train windows. How any of them can make ends meet competing with the other 17 (or so) sellers is beyond ...

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3 Cities, A Close Shave and Bob the Camel

"Err, I'd like a shave please." "Certainly sir." It's one of those things I felt I had to risk trying while in India, and for any man tempted, some, few or all of the following steps may ...

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The end of curry

"A teardrop on the face of eternity," "The embodiment of all things pure," and my personal and own-made favourite: "it's big, it's white, to see it's a delight, woo yeh." Can you guess ...

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