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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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Mohan delivered us to Jaipur airport so we could catch our flight to Delhi. The lounge was full because of a delayed flight to Mumbai and the crowd of waiting men were starting to get roudy. A couple were stirring up the group, encouraging them to hassle the security guards and staff – in the [...]
In the morning, Mohan drove us to Udaipur aiport to catch our flight to Jaipur. After checking in, there were a further three (!) security checks before we got on the plane, each one checking through our bags. The process was slow and long winded and frustrated a few people in the queue, but the [...]