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365 Places: Pushkar

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Day 87: Pushkar, India I am still continuing my daydreaming about India and today will have a look at Pushkar – a town famous for its annual two-week camel fair. A website promoting… Continue reading →

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Ernakulam Main Boat Jetty Terminal, Image Credit: http://wikitravel.org/en/Kochi

365 Places: Kochi

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Day 86: Kochi, Kerala, India Today, I am staying in the region of Kerala to explore the coastal city of Kochi. Although Thiruvananathapuram is formally the capital of Kerala, Kochi is considered the financial… Continue reading →

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A typical houseboat floating down the backwaters near Alleppey in Kerala. Image Credit: http://wikitravel.org/en/Kerala

365 Places: Kerala

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Day 85: Kerala, India Earlier this year I wrote about Thiruvananathapuram, the capital city of the Kerala region, which is situated near the southern tip of India. This region of India is quite different… Continue reading →

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365 Places: Agra

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Day 84: Agra, India No journey to India would be complete without visiting Agra, the home of the Taj Mahal. But the Taj is not the only thing worth visiting in Agra as… Continue reading →

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365 Places: Udipur

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Day 83: Udipur, India In The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the residents of the hotel in Jaipur venture on a trip to the nearly city of Udipur, famous for its beautiful lake. Udaipur… Continue reading →

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365 Places: Jaipur

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Day 82: Jaipur, India Earlier this week we watched a wonderful film about a bunch of English retirees who move to this wonderful, falling down, chaotic palace in Jaipur. The Best Exotic Marigold… Continue reading →

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365 Places: Bangalore

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Day 69: Bangalore, India Today’s post is another puzzle piece that connects to our dream to travel to India. Earlier this week I was at the KM Australia conference and met someone from… Continue reading →

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365 Places: Thiruvananathapuram

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Day 45: Thiruvananathapuram, Kerala, India Today I will meditate a little longer on our dream trip to India to contemplate Thiruvananathapuram, close to the southern tip of India and the capital city of… Continue reading →

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365 Places: Rishikesh

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Day 44: Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India Today we return to the realm of places of desire. Rishikesh is a place where I would love to go, partly because of its connection to the hippy… Continue reading →

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Uncovering the Hippy Trail

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When I was a teenager living in Darwin in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I was very aware of the stream of young travellers that made their way to Asia from Darwin,… Continue reading →