India 2012: Kolkata, Calcultta, Tomato, Tomato (4/9-4/12)
No matter how you pronounce it, Kolkata is a big place to tackle in two days. But two days was all we had, so…
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India 2012: Varanasi & The Ganga (4/2-4/9)
Varanasi is three cities. #1: The high holy Hindu city of myriad temples, ghats and the Ganga, with its boat men, water buffalo, hash…
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India 2012: Agra Again / Taj Take Two (3/31-4/1)
The New Delhi railway station is a silly place. The scrolling marquees above the platforms read “WelcomeAtNewDelhiRailwayStation“. No spaces. No “to”. When an announcement…
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India 2012: Return to Dirty Delhi (March 26-31)
I didn’t have to go back to Delhi. I had been there before, and I didn’t even like it that much. I had traveled…
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India 2012: North Andaman / Exit Andamans (Andaman Islands, Mar 19-26)
I could have stayed on Havelock Island for months. I would have. But my wonderful new group of friends started to leave, so I…
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India 2012: Holi Festival on Havelock Island (Andaman Islands, Mar 8)
The way my travel itinerary was shaking out, I was going to be in the Andaman Islands during Holi Festival. I wasn’t fully at…
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India 2012: 17 Days on Havelock Island (Andaman Islands 3/2-3/19)
I expected to spend three to five nights on Havelock Island. That did not happen. The ferry ride from Port Blair to Havelock took…
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India 2012: Arrival in the Andaman Islands (Mar 2)
Flying into Port Blair felt a bit like flying off the edge of the map. But of course, it wasn’t. The Andaman Islands were…
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India 2012: Madurai & Chennai (Feb 29-Mar 1)
It was still dark outside when the night train from Varkala pulled into Madurai Junction. I had one order of business in Madurai: visit…
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India 2012: Varkala (Feb 25-28)
I traveled/coordinated with travel buddies Mathieu and Chloe as far as Kochi, but there our partnership dissolved – Chloe had to get to Chennai…
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India 2012: Kochi & Kerala’s Backwaters (Feb 22-25)
My first day in Kochi was spent recovering from the long transit from Ooty and Coimbatore the previous day. Overnight transit sometimes isn’t the…
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India 2012: Ooty to Kochi (Feb 19-21)
After one night in our initial dirty accommodations in Ooty (the Green Valley Inn, I think it was called?) and a fair amount of…
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India 2012: Hampi, Mysore (Feb 14-18)
I arrived in Hampi, Karnataka at sunrise on February 14th after an overpriced overnight bus from Panaji, Goa. Nine hundred precious Rupees! There were…
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India 2012: Goa (Palolem, Old Goa, Panaji) Feb 8-12
The beach is making me anxious. It seems backwards, I know. But the easy, rhythmic breaking of the waves is suspect after prior high-speed…
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India 2012: Agra-vated / Delhi (Feb 6-8)
Kelly and I boarded a train from Jaipur to Agra, home of the Taj Mahal. It was time to get SERIOUSLY TOURISTIC. We had…
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India 2012: Jaisalmer & Jaipur, Feb 1-6
The city of Jaisalmer is only a four-hour bus ride from Jodhpur (220 rupees), so we jumped on the 7:00 AM bus and landed…
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India 2012: RAJASTHAN: Udaipur, Kumbhalgarh, Ranakpur & Jodhpur (Jan 28-Feb 1)
After a dreaded double-and-a-half travel-day (overnight train from Mumbai to Jalgaon, then an overnight bus from Jalgaon to Ahmedabad followed by a six-or-so hour bus…
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India 2012: Jalgaon & Ajanta Caves (Jan 27)
After three days and two nights in Mumbai, my travel buddy Kelly and I headed north to see the Buddhist caves of Ajanta, just outside of…
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