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Archive for February, 2009

Delhi Friends

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Typed up: East West Medical Center in Delhi
Posted from: Vijay’s Guesthouse in Bikaner
We returned to Delhi to spend the weekend with my friend Abhijit, his partner Hassath and her daughter Amu. We were hassled big-time as we walked over to the prepaid tuk-tuk stand, but just keeping on walking and smiling and saying no got [...]

Ranthambore

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Typed up: East West Medical Center in Delhi
Posted from: Hotel Vivek in Delhi
From Bharatpur we took a train to Sawai Madhopur. It was our first 2nd-class train ride in India, and really the facilities were fine. The only problem was that we had a middle+aisle seat, while the woman in the window seat had two [...]

Bharatpur

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Typed up at: East West Medical Center in Delhi
Posted from: Hotel Vivek in Delhi
We came to Bharatpur to see the birds in Keoladeo Ghana National Park, and that’s exactly what we did. We stayed at the Falcon Guest House, which was cheap, had awesome sheets, and a very friendly proprietor. At the park entrance we [...]

Agra

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Typed up: at Hotel Vivek in Delhi, Hotel Red Castle in Delhi, East West Medical Center in Delhi
Posted from: Internet Cafe in Delhi
From Delhi we took the train to Agra. We’d booked fancy seats at the tourist train office, so we rode in comfort for a few hours. We watched green farmland roll by, with [...]

Delhi Sights

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Typed up at: Hotel Vivek in Delhi, Tiger Safari Hotel in Sawai Madophur
Posted from: Hotel Vivek in Delhi
After getting out of the hospital and taking it easy for several more days, we finally got to see some Delhi sights. On our first day we were foiled in our attempt to see the Red Fort because [...]