Category Archive for 'India 2009'

Painted elephants

Friday was the day we had reserved for a rickshaw tour of old Delhi. I remembered catching a richshaw tour on a previous visit near the Red fort so we decided to head out in a couple of autos and meet outside red fort, at the bottom of Chandni Chowk.  We sent Joh and Gary [...]

Another world

Well, we made it to Delhi, to the smog, the noise and bustle. When we left Melbourne, the temperature was 40 degrees celcius and we had to wait on the plane for over an hour while they unloaded 9 tonnes of cargo as the weather was affecting the runway. Good old bitumen doesn’t really do [...]

Air Hockey rules…

India, here I come! I’m packed and ready to head out on a 5 week holiday in that amazing country we call India. Starting with my friend’s 50th birthday party in Delhi, we will then be heading down to Ganeshpuri (about 80kms north of Mumbai) for a meditation retreat with the Shiva Ashram from Melbourne. [...]