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Other days Walked out to find something to eat. At lunch was so crowded with Indian. Since i was there, i met tourists not more than 4 couples! Where were they? No one come here??? ... Anyway, along the way had many many places to eat. Food shops on the street, some look so yummy! Most of Indian were eating there coz it's easy and cheap and quick and etc. Some of them wore suit and tie but they were there eating with hands as a traditional way to eat Dalbhat, main dish here. No chair, stood ...

Oct. 29 - Nov. 02, 07 Could I say this is my second time in India? :) Maybe not. We left here four weeks ago, even our first plan was to stay here for 4 weeks. Why did we change the plan? ...  How did India treat us last time? I was thinking about the answer. We're panic at first but we're more relax now. Why? I remember the first time we stepped in Calcutta, India. It was our first city of our first trip together. On that day, Ale and I don't know...

We landed in Calcutta and had to gather our bags and pass through customs. It took forever for the bags to come out (we should have carried them on like we have been doing all along!), then we went the wrong way, then there were huge lines, then we didn’t have the proper security tag and had to go back… We were a little panicky that we would be spending the night in Calcutta!   But we finally made it through to our gate only to find the plane was late coming in! We had time to spa...

  One taxi driver wanted 80 Rupees for the ride from the airport to Sudder Street but we knew better and bartered another for thirty. It was a long drive into Calcutta and the taxi's horn blew in a continuous frenzy. Crowded roads and streets were filled with awe and wonder; human-powered carts piled high with burlap sacks of cargo, cattle foraging garbage from the street-side gutters, a man with six fingers, and goats being gutted and skinned while hanging from trees along major thorou...

I.whizz.mum.off.on.a.tour.with.a.guide.on.the.first.day........bit.of.sensory.overload! We.wander.round.different.quarters.and.back.streets.taking.in.all.the.many.sights.and.sounds.on.offer.......Mum.is.overwhelmed.I.think! A.bit.of.shopping.and.food(think.air.con,shopping.mall!).in.the.evening.brings.her.back.to.normality! I.have.a.personal.adventure.on.Tuesday.having.to.go.into.town.on.my.own.to.sort.out.the.train.tickets.for.next.week. First.of.all,whenever.someone.says."yes.this.is.co...

After a quick trip up to Pelling to view the Himalayas and visit a peaceful monastery, I went back down to Darjeeling for a few more nights.  Something about that place made it hard to leave.  Maybe it was the fact they had toast (Pelling had no bread, and due to bird flu, no chicken/eggs).  Or maybe it was the Himalayas that you knew were there (I actually saw a brief glimpse of them one icy morning from Tiger Hill).  Or maybe, just maybe it was all the exercise I was get...

We apologize for the lack of communication as of late, but it seems that India has grasped us firmly by its awe-aspiring wonder and we are just now able to spend some time reflecting. **PLEASE NOTE** Effective immediately, we will not be using this blog. We have started a new blog on a new site. The following link is to our main page: http://www.travelpod.com/members/tstewy or, to go directly to our travel blog: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/tstewy/asia-2007/tpod.html We apo...

My last day in India.  It's sad and not sad all at the same time.  I liked and disliked this country, but in all honesty, I never felt drawn into this place the way I was with many of the other countries I've visited in Asia such as China, Thailand, or Cambodia. It's time to leave, and with the heat and the monsoon on its way, there's no reason to stay even if I wanted to.    WHAT I'LL MISS: - watching the crowds of people on the street navigating through the cars, aut...

I remember getting up early in the morning. At 6 am. even Calcutta was sleepy. I turn a corner,,and this is what I see. The Rickshaw wallahs waiting for another busy day of almost no money and just trouble and hard work.

And you thought hitting a deer was bad... Wild elephant killed by train in eastern India Associated Press CALCUTTA, India: A wild elephant was killed by a train while trying to cross railway tracks in eastern India, an official said Saturday. The adult male was hit by the train in Rajabjatkhawa in Jalpaiguri district, about 750 kilometers (466 miles) north of Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal state, said L. G. Lepcha, a local forest official. It was the 28th elephant to be killed in a...

['kolkat̪a], formerly Calcutta (help·info), is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in eastern India on the east bank of the River Hooghly. The city has a population of almost 4.5 million, with an extended metropolitan population of over fourteen million, making it the third-largest urban agglomeration and the fourth-largest city in India. Kolkata served as the capital of India during the British Raj until 1911. Once the centre of modern education, science, cu...

A link to my weblog where I am recording my trip to India.

"LIving on a mud house in paradise beach gokarna" click here to read moreclik the link bove to read more about my travell !aum! shanti!

Doing the old hippie trail in reverse, traversing from Nepal to see more of the roof of the world, visit exotic places as Bhutan, dwell in the lowlands of Bangladesh, seek the origin of Budhism in India and finally make my way out of the continent via Pakistan.

Off the deep end.