January 2010
5 posts
At last: pictures!
So, forget about all those words. This is what you all wanted to see: pictures!! All the sets are uploaded here: click. To view the pictures big, choose to watch them as a slideshow. But then you’ll miss all my funny captions! Your choice. Enjoy the preview. Bodnath Stupa, Kathmandu Annapurna Base Camp Sanctuary Chitwan National Park Langtang trekking Kalimpong market ...
Jan 7th
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Practical details: Nepal
(Idea stolen from Pablo at Banhoff Zoo - Hey man, why didn’t you continue with it?) Nepal Area: 147,181 km² Population: 29,331,000 Capital: Kathmandu Money: Nepali rupee. 1 euro = 107 Nepali rupees. For 100 rupees you can get a simple meal, for 400 you can get something fancy. A beer is 200-300 rupees, but comes in a whopping 265 ml bottle. A single room with shower can be found for...
Jan 7th
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Practical details: India
Area: 3,287,240 km² (never mind the border disputes with Pakistan and China) Population: 1,198,003,000 Capital: New Delhi Money: Indian rupee. 1 euro = 66 Indian rupees. As in Nepal, things weren’t expensive in India. For less 100 rupees you can get a simple but good meal, for 250 you can get something pretty fancy. 10 rupees for two samosas, 5 rupees for a cup of chai and a biscuit....
Jan 7th
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India: epilogue
There are many reasons to avoid Agra, but there is one big reason to come here that outweighs all the others: the most beautiful tomb in the world, the Taj Mahal. Never mind that the city is congested and polluted rather than attractive, that pretty much every rickshaw driver in town is a sisterfucker that’s gonna try to rip you off (i saw it coming, from miles away, yet still fell for it),...
Jan 7th
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A place that matters
Varanasi is a place that elicits the most extreme reactions: from the raving and ecstatic, to absolute disgust and horror. I met people who said they would never go back, even if you paid them, and others who were there for weeks and still couldn’t get enough. You may have an image of India in your mind in which you see hundreds of people bathing on the ghats (series of steps leading to the...
Jan 6th