Archive for December, 2005

I need an Indian palace
December 9th, 2005 @ 7:30pm
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Before I begin, a little intro to this entry. I planned it out in my head this afternoon as I wandered around the bazars near the clock tower in the old city of Jodhpur this afternoon, but later – as I was sitting at the rooftop resturant of my hotel watching the sunset against Mehengar [...]

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Birds and Dust
December 7th, 2005 @ 8:41pm
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Bharatpur is home to Keledo Ghana National Park, a 29 square kilometer marsh that gets infested with thousands of migratory birds in the winter time. I got up early and took a bike and binoculars from my hotel and went biking around the park for the day. The park was pretty strange, initially the road [...]

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On the Road Again
December 4th, 2005 @ 6:45pm
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My big “Western Adventure” (Rajasthan and Gujarat make up a significant part of western India, and contain nearly all the major sights of the region) started on Saturday dark and early with a morning (5AM) train from Dehradun to Delhi. Since it was an hour late, had only 1.5 hrs in Delhi instead of the [...]

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The New Rules
December 4th, 2005 @ 6:32pm
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With me on the road now, things are going to be a little different with the website for the next month. My laptop got left at home (for security reasons) so for the rest of this trip I’ll have to actually type all my stories in Internet Cafes which means posts are going to be [...]

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And Now for Something Completely Different
December 2nd, 2005 @ 7:34pm
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Today was my last day of Hindi lessons – it’s amazing to look back and think that I’ve already spent six whole weeks in Landour! My timing was impeccable too as yesterday I finished the 30th and final chapter of the book I have been working from. It’s kinda neat to think know that I [...]

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