Monthly Archive: August 2010

Aum in Omkareshwar

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After a rocky start to our last part of our Indian adventures we set off on the 3 hr local bus journey to Omkareshwar.  I was more than ready but I sensed and knew that Laura was not.  She was an absolute trooper. We still do not know what the problem was exactly, but despite …

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Heading back South West

laura ill

We felt sad rolling out of Varanasi as again this meant another section of our journey and another place to say goodbye to.  Things are definitely closing in our India chapter.  The rain began when we left the station and signaled that we were in the trough area of the monsoon.  Bihar was now a …

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Business in Varanasi

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We some how ended up in a jeep with the owner of Glenary’s, the very same place we had spent on the internet and gazing out of the window with a fine pot of tea.  Well she bought it from the British and ultimately is now monetising it as much as possible. After we are …

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The Darjeeling Tea Express

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Jeeps keep on getting more and more hairy.  They seem to have been made my a mechano set with a bit of glue, without a clue.  Welding here and there keeping things together. The heavy rain over the last week makes us a little more nervous, but after each journey we care less about the …

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Khecheopalri lake

laura looking over Khecheopalri Lake

We finally left Pelling feeling recharged and ready for some more of Sikkim, as time was suddenly streaming along without signs of slowing down. It was a bright and warm day when we sat on the roadside waiting for our jeep to take us around the mountains once more, along dangerous roads and to somewhere …

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