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India Travelogues
In case you missed it, here is my journey through India recounted in ten blog posts:
- India 1: Losing my business class virginity (with a backpack!)
- India 2: First Impressions of India
- India 3: How to get a drink in Ahmedabad
- India 4: Look at the strange cow-eating white men!
- India 5: Adalaj Wav Stepwell
- India 6: A night out in Mumbai, local-style
- India 7: The Mumbai Milk Scam
- India 8: Rules of the Road: Ahmedabad vs Mumbai
- India 9: Goa Goan Gone
- India 10: A feast for the senses; a land at peace
And here are some photos from my trip.
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http://www.myspace.com/americans_are_brainwashed
great collection of cartoons and captions to make you think
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A feast for the senses; a land at peace
India 10: Reflections on India
So, my three week trip to India is nearing its end. Tomorrow I fly back to Mumbai and on Wednesday back home. As I reflect on my time in India my feelings are overwhelmingly positive. From day one, India has blown away all expectations. I have to confess I was pretty prejudiced about India. I imagined a disease ridden place with rubbish and bodies in the streets and destitute people all around. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Yes there is more rubbish than you would see elsewhere – but not in the streets, the people are very proud and streets and highways are regularly swept clean. You have to look hard to see the rubbish – down back alleys and at the edges of towns. There are no bodies in the street either. That seems to be pure myth. The only thing we did see occasionally is sarcophaguses of mummified religious leaders by the roadside, as sort of shrines.
The most significant thing that strikes me about India is the colours.
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India 9: Goa – Paradise lost?
After a successful week’s work in Mumbai, Steve headed home to the UK, and I took advantage of the paid flight to India to take a week’s holiday.. beach time in Goa! I’d heard mixed things about Goa – from people saying that it wasn’t “the real India” and best avoided, to people saying it’s total paradise.
Well the good news is that nature-wise it’s beautiful. On the way from the airport we passed fields, palm & rubber plantations, rainforest. Goa is a state on the west coast of India with 63 miles of west-facing coastline – which means beautiful beaches and amazing sunsets every night. I stayed in Palolem Beach in the far south of Goa – which is a sort of alternative/backpacker place like Byron Bay in Australia or Ko Phi Phi in Thailand. I’ve always preferred the laid back alternative scene than just going to get pissed in the sun somewhere! First impressions were great, a long bay with golden sands and overhanging palm trees. Not complete paradise, the sand is not as clean as it could be, and there just a few too many beach-front huts, bars and restaurants – but it comes pretty close!
I stayed in a very nice beach hut (actually a couple of different ones – the tourist season is just starting up here so it’s starting to fill up, I had to move after the first night!)
After a few days I decided it was time to do some sightseeing, so I hired a car with driver for the day (about 25 GBP) and saw Panjim, Old Goa and Fort Aguada, all of which are fine remnants of the Portugese era which only ended in 1961.
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