Archive for January, 2007
Modern-Day Warriors
“Super Deluxe” were the words written on the side of the run-down, filthy bus standing at the bus station in Udaipur. It was an hour late and required an extra “charge” for taking our bags in the storage compartment (most likely just for the driver’s pocket) but we were guaranteed a seat on the 6-hour journey to [...]
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Drummer-boy
There is a skill possessed by the Indian street-traders to make you feel like you have just got a seriously good deal when they have just completely ripped you off. I would like to think i’m not the easiest mug to fool. I would like to imagine myself as passable at the art of haggling. I would like [...]
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Not Your Religion
Although Hindu’s are very proud of their religion, they also revel in ignorance when it comes to practical things that may hinder them from their faith. The main two that i have a problem with are the cow which i will talk about now, and later the Ganges river that runs through Varanesi. The cow is of course [...]
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Commander of the Indian roads
A special comment must be reserved for the Indian Taxi-man. On the streets of Mumbai, the cab-driver is king. He stops for no-one, ignoring pedestrians, motorists, obstructions and traffic-lights. He drives on whichever side takes his fancy, thinks nothing of diving on the foot-paths and has never found a use for the small, blinking orange lights [...]
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(Specially Western Peoples)
A light knock on our thin crumbling door brought us to attention and Barry answered, peering in was a short, stern faced man with a huge smile and shining white teeth. “Hello sirs how are yous? You want to be in Bollywood movies? We are shooting on tomorrows at about 5 o’ clock, and we [...]
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On the streets of Bombay
Mumbai is an incredible city. Incredibly crowded, incredibly loud, incredibly dirty and, at times, incredibly scary. But it is also incredible in ways you wouldn’t expect. The people here are incredibly kind. To each other, to us. People help complete strangers for no other reason than that the person needed help.
One morning I scrambled out of bed [...]
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Namaste!
Welcome aboard Air India! After mashing into our “extra leg-room” seats and waving away the complimentary whiskey the plane shudders and we’re off. The inflight movie is, of course, an Indian production. Laughing a little too loud because of popped ears we tuck into the in-flight meal of mild curry and not-so-mild salad, from which [...]
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The Saudi Desert
Garo use to run desert safaris as his full time job before he became a producer, but this time it was our turn, and his to test his new Chevy “Avalanche” 5.6 litre beast SUV and also bringing along his ethanol powered RC car. So we all headed out towards the Saudi Arabian desert, endless [...]
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Valid for 60 Days
Dead heat during the day but we were greeted by a cool breeze and temps of about 18 degrees when we stepped off the plane into Dubai International airport. We walked through and we greeted by friendly, smiling muslums in traditional Burkas who stamped our Visas. After collecting out bags and heading for the exit [...]
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Godspeed
Tomorrow we are leaving Ireland for 6 months and a bit, we are very excited our trip is just about underway. Heading up to the airport at about one to check in early, our baggage may be a little heavy but at least we are not in Michael O’Leary’s territory, or would have no chance [...]
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