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- Day 10 - Pushkar & Jaipur We set out early meandering our way to central Pushkar, across an array of stalls, selling everything from cheap fabrics to leather, street food, with cows, dogs and motorbikes all flowing past. We are constantly followed by the shouts of Posted by Jolley-Jarvis in Jolley-Jarvis: The World Tour | Jan 9, 2012
- Day 9 - PushkarToday we left Udaipur and after the slightly dubious non-existent hotel breakfast we headed for Pushkar. Our driver managed to fix the fan on his car but not fifth gear, it was going to be a slow ride through the Posted by Jolley-Jarvis in Jolley-Jarvis: The World Tour | Jan 9, 2012
- Great to find some coolnessNice to have a little coolness after four months of heat. The mountains in this area at about 1500m makes a huge difference in temperatures and great to cool down a little from the heat in SA before we left and Posted by Frasersinindia in Homeward bound ...... | Jan 9, 2012
- First couple of daysHi Guys and Girls, It's now the end of my second day and I am a few hundred kilometers from where I started my Inida trip already. After landing in Delhi (9 hours early due to getting offered a direct flight Posted by OmarInIndia in Omar's Adventures In India | Jan 7, 2012
- Made it to Bombay!Well after a crazy, action-packed week in Goa, we have made it to Bombay. The rest of my time in Goa was amazing! We continued the same way the whole trip, sleeping a lot during the day and going out all Posted by GillianArfin in Gillian's Big Adventure | Jan 7, 2012
- Picturesque Chitkul: The Last Indian Frontier VillageA dusty signboard read Chitkul, Population: 610. This was the first sight that caught our eyes as we entered picture-postcard Chitkul. Perched at a dizzying height of 3600 meters, Chitkul is the last Indian habitation beyond which lay sheer wilderness Posted by sabyasachi in A Walk in the High Himalayas | Jan 6, 2012
- Our final day at Jananeethi :(After having a mere couple of hours sleep per night the tiredness was definitely getting to us by the end of the week! This morning we were making the final amendments to the report when we had a power Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 29, 2011
- Time to write the reportAs part of our internship we have to write a report based on our findings from the interviews answering the question; can women change Kerala? The report should be around 15 pages long and is going to be read Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 25, 2011
- My favourite day so far!Ponnani was our first stop today with Destin's and her friend Smitha. The first place we went was an advocate’s office where we interviewed a number of current and former representatives. After these interviews we had finally completed the categories Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 24, 2011
- Day 8 We visited the Palace which was just around the corner from our hotel. It was beautiful but struggled to compare to the magnificent Castle in Jodhpur. After the Palace we took a boat ride on the lake which went around Posted by Jolley-Jarvis in Jolley-Jarvis: The World Tour | Jan 6, 2012
- Day 7We left Jodhpur and our slightly dilapidated hotel, which served up a packet a biscuits for breakfast, and embarked on a 250 km journey to Udaipur via the mountain roads (slow going and beeping around every corner!) we stopped briefly Posted by Jolley-Jarvis in Jolley-Jarvis: The World Tour | Jan 6, 2012
- A difference in working environments...Today we visited the Municipality at Kunnakulam where we interviewed a number of current representatives including many committee chair persons. One lady in particular was really kind and helpful; Smitha. She took us on a tour of the building Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 23, 2011
- Chandipur beach [i]''The sea beach in Chandipur is surely one among the finest beaches of the country, but with a plus. Here the waters recede five kilometers offshore and proceed rhythmically after a regular interval everyday. The sand-dunes green Posted by Shocked in Chandipur beach | Jan 5, 2012
- Kerala Institute for Local Administration Today we had some interviews in the morning at the Corporation and district Panchayat then went to the Kerala Institute for Local Administration (KILA). We only found out we were going here an hour beforehand, and that we would be Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 22, 2011
- Interview with The Hindu National NewspaperToday was an important day. We visited The Hindu newspaper office (a National English Newspaper) to be interviewed about our project. We spoke to a lovely lady called Mini, she was very interested in our project and is very Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 21, 2011
- Petrol strike = no transport, no shops, no work! 19th sept – Interviews have been cancelled for today as there is a petrol strike so no vehicles are allowed on the roads! The roads were completely deserted... We woke up reali Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 19, 2011
- KochiToday we had to get up at 5:15am... to go to Cochin :D George picked us up and took us to the train station. The train wasn't at all as bad as I expected.. only a bit worse than the Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 18, 2011
- In memory of the Yoga MasterToday yoga was only from 5:30am – 7am as it was the anniversary of the death of the previous yoga master so at 7am there was a remembrance ceremony with candles and flowers and everyone paid their respects. We didn't Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 17, 2011
- Change at all levelsWe had to get to yoga even earlier this morning as some of the men wanted to show us how to do some of the yoga positions technically correct which was useful. Our work with Destin has been really interesting Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 16, 2011
- My interest is developing...Ok so I have had to write basically seven days worth of my journals again as my memory stick corrupted and I lost them all! So I will do my best to try and remember what we did. Day three Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 15, 2011
- We're on Indian TV!Today we woke up again at 5:15am for yoga! I did not want to get out of bed this morning! Yoga was good though and I attempted one of the balances, which I think is called the crane in English, Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 14, 2011
- First experience on an Indian bus...Still half asleep at 5am this morning, it was an effort to drag myself out of bed to attend our first yoga class 5:30-7:30am. It was really enjoyable though and I left feeling awake, refreshed and ready to start the Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 13, 2011
- PulikkaliWe went straight to the courts/corporation buildings this morning where the members of the district Panchayat work. Upon entering the building we saw some barristers dressed in suits on a motorbike! (not seen anyone wearing suits yet in India). We Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 12, 2011
- ElephantsThis morning we had a lie in as George didn't pick us up until 1pm. We went to see elephants at Punathurkotta elephant yard. The elephant yard is about 45 mins away at Guruvayur. We got slightly lost on Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 11, 2011
- The luxury of a warm shower...First warm shower today :D turns out we did actually have hot water and we just had to flick a switch to get it. Wasn't expecting that in India! Destin came to pick us up this morning and we went Posted by laurandtheworld in LauraInIndia | Sep 10, 2011
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