Christmas is gone but again new year is big vocation coming ahead. Again I could not say NO to math and I canceled my flight. Because she was feeling alone here. as we are traveling together from a long time. Now again We planned that we will go to hampi and gokarna and then khujraho. But no… as always happens, it didn’t work. There were many peoples who are going to Port Blair for new year and all of them told us that this place is a paradise on earth so we should see this. Because may be after 5-6 years it will gonna to disappear from world map. Sea is increasing day by day.
As much people said more about Andaman, we were forced to think about it once. Next day we went to internet to check out the details to visit there. Flights were so expensive but its now or never. Math was now mad to go there. We spend all the day on internet. at the end we found the flights and decided the dates also. It was not easy for me to go there but for me also its now or never. Math also wanted to celebrate new year with me there. So I got agreed.
Now again there was a big problem to book the ticket. We need to book it fast because prices are increasing very fast and we want to fly on 31 Dec. so in my both accounts I don’t have much money and math’s cards are not working on Indian travel sites. Even we went to the bank also to putt some money in my one account to book the ticket but bank was closed. I called my sweet and dearest friend Abhinandan sood to help me but he was also not carrying his card with him. But finally we bought the tickets for 31dec. but I am flying in the morning and she is flying after meI have a flight at 4:45 morning and she will fly at 10:00 am. . Now we are on the airport of Chennai. We are gonna to spend our night here (on the airport).
One of our friend Sandra is also there. She told us that that place is very nice. And we will may be travel with Sandra also. We don’t have flight back. May be we have to come back by swimming…. Ha ha ha ….but If we will be lucky We will come back by cruise.
I hope Sandra will be right and Andaman will be paradise.
Will put some pictures of Andaman soon….. Keep reading……………. With lots of love and hugs.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Mahabalipuram (Mamllapuram)
Mahabalipuram is such a nice and fantastic place. After traveling so fast from one place to another place. Here you can take a breath. When we heard about this place we wanted to visit here and just stay for 1-2 days. But now, we totally fallen in love with this place. Sea is crazy here. When we saw the sea it seems that u can not take bath in this, because of big waves and when you go inside it’s surface is down and up down and up. You can not go more deep waves are also very powerful and big. But it’s an amazing place to enjoy it. This you can feel when you go inside. We were also hitting the waves. First time in my life I had bath in this kind of crazy sea.
One day we saw some young boys were playing volleyball on the beach. We also joined them and it was handsome experience to play volleyball on the beach.
Now it was the time to celebrate the Christmas also. we met a Germen girl Angelica to join her for Christmas party. One of French lady Pascale who is living in Mahabalipuram she invited us in her restaurant. She has a nice guest house also. We met there many peoples who come there just for a get together. It was a nice party as with family members. Here we tasted many good French foods with wine and bear. I was feeling that I am in France not in India. The food was really nice. They believe that Santa gives them gifts at midnight, Pascale also gave gifts to every one. She gave us a one really nice key ring. Me also surprised Math and Angelika, at middle night I go to there rooms and gave presents. Both of the girls were very happy to receive it. Even me also did a lot job to find the gifts and more than that to pack it. But I was happy to make them feel good. Specially to Math because it was her first time she was celebrating her Christmas without her family. Maybe I succeed to give her a small smile on her face. Its true I can’t be her family but still I did what I could.
At this place nothing too much to see but still if you go to caves and old shore temple its amazing to visit. But more than that you can just relax here. I have booked my flight already to Delhi. I will fly on 27th Dec. may be I will celebrate my new year there.
Jassi my friend is the gem. If I am traveling its his effort also. Without his help I could not travel this much. So hats off to my brother.
One day we saw some young boys were playing volleyball on the beach. We also joined them and it was handsome experience to play volleyball on the beach.
Now it was the time to celebrate the Christmas also. we met a Germen girl Angelica to join her for Christmas party. One of French lady Pascale who is living in Mahabalipuram she invited us in her restaurant. She has a nice guest house also. We met there many peoples who come there just for a get together. It was a nice party as with family members. Here we tasted many good French foods with wine and bear. I was feeling that I am in France not in India. The food was really nice. They believe that Santa gives them gifts at midnight, Pascale also gave gifts to every one. She gave us a one really nice key ring. Me also surprised Math and Angelika, at middle night I go to there rooms and gave presents. Both of the girls were very happy to receive it. Even me also did a lot job to find the gifts and more than that to pack it. But I was happy to make them feel good. Specially to Math because it was her first time she was celebrating her Christmas without her family. Maybe I succeed to give her a small smile on her face. Its true I can’t be her family but still I did what I could.
At this place nothing too much to see but still if you go to caves and old shore temple its amazing to visit. But more than that you can just relax here. I have booked my flight already to Delhi. I will fly on 27th Dec. may be I will celebrate my new year there.
Jassi my friend is the gem. If I am traveling its his effort also. Without his help I could not travel this much. So hats off to my brother.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Leaving Pondicherry
In pondi i can feel that i am on holidays. We are drinking beer, there is not much places to visit except market. Math found a very good bakery also where we are eating. She cant believe that in India she can find a French bakery.
One day we hired a scooter and went to aurovile. Luckily we got the good scooter because the another scooter which Lohi was driving its Tyre was got brusted. we left the scooter on one of the Auto works. and they took a lift and we reached to Aurovile. this place is so nice. you can come here for peace. everything is planned and good. you can stay in aurovile ashram also on very less price. we spend almost 2 hours there and had a very good lunch also.
after that me and math start discovering the new places. we been to small small village and deep into forest also. nature is so amazing here. we saw some foreigners who lives there and working in the farms and they speak Tamil (Local Language of Tamil Nadu). there are many places where you can go for cooking and meditation classes also.
on the way to Aurovile Math was driving now it was my turn to drive. when we reached at Pondi first we got our shoes which we ordered, they made it all so nice. we were happy to get our new shoes. we return the scooter. but other girls just bring the tyre of the scooter and give it to the owner. because the tyre was nothing. i cant believe that how they can give there scooter on rent with this kind of destroyed tyres. Both the girls flighted with owner and they got the money back. ( we were not there but they told us latter all the story)
we spend many days in Pondi it was expensive and no charming so we left that place. because we herd that Mahabalipuram ( Mamllapuram) is nice place for holidays. so we left pondi on 23 DEC. and came to Mahabalipuram to celebrate our Christmas.
One day we hired a scooter and went to aurovile. Luckily we got the good scooter because the another scooter which Lohi was driving its Tyre was got brusted. we left the scooter on one of the Auto works. and they took a lift and we reached to Aurovile. this place is so nice. you can come here for peace. everything is planned and good. you can stay in aurovile ashram also on very less price. we spend almost 2 hours there and had a very good lunch also.
after that me and math start discovering the new places. we been to small small village and deep into forest also. nature is so amazing here. we saw some foreigners who lives there and working in the farms and they speak Tamil (Local Language of Tamil Nadu). there are many places where you can go for cooking and meditation classes also.
on the way to Aurovile Math was driving now it was my turn to drive. when we reached at Pondi first we got our shoes which we ordered, they made it all so nice. we were happy to get our new shoes. we return the scooter. but other girls just bring the tyre of the scooter and give it to the owner. because the tyre was nothing. i cant believe that how they can give there scooter on rent with this kind of destroyed tyres. Both the girls flighted with owner and they got the money back. ( we were not there but they told us latter all the story)
we spend many days in Pondi it was expensive and no charming so we left that place. because we herd that Mahabalipuram ( Mamllapuram) is nice place for holidays. so we left pondi on 23 DEC. and came to Mahabalipuram to celebrate our Christmas.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Pondicherry
We left the south corner of India and start onward to north again... but first we will spend some days in South east India. Again we have arrived in Madurai, we wanted to go to Rameshwaram but we did not liked Madurai except the beautiful temple. because this is a very crowded city. so we skipped the Rameshwaram and arrived in Trichy. in this city we found a very nice veg restaurant and had dinner there. since morning we did not eat anything because of travel so now it was the time to spend some money and make our stomach happy. we went to The temple and Rock Fort. here we met with another french couple Mathew and CM. there were staying in Tanjore city which was our next destination. so we took our bags and joined them for the train. This was the first time when we did not asked for too many hotels and stayed in first one. because they told us that in this city you can not find the cheap hotel so where we are staying that is best which we also liked.
In Tanjore we been to very big and beautiful temple ever i seen during my this travel. we sit there for sometime to enjoy the ambiance of the temple. i could not understand one thing that in India we have amazing temples, Indian tourism calls it heritage and incredible India . but why they don't care these monuments? i feel very bad. when i see they are destroying it. they have putt lights inside and the Pandits who are taking care of the temples they get some money and let the peoples go inside where you ans me can't go. there is no care of paintings which are 100s years old. this kind of things we can not create now. we should save them. if the are earning money they should spend also....
so we stayed here two days and them we came to Pondicherry. This city is very expensive. as soon i was wanted to come here that soon i wanted to leave this city now. you know its raining here . yesterday were was wet totally. when we reached our guest house my pent was folded up to knees and i was totally wet with four plastic bags full with shopping's and in same condition Math was running after me. two french girls were sitting there in the balcony and they just start laughing on us to see us in this condition. but you know i love the rain. so i was happy also. this evening we spend together with those two girls Lohi and Mathilde and some local guys. it was good time we spend there.
Today morning also it was heavy rain. As rain got stop we got ready and tried to go out. but again rain got started so we changed the cloths. we rented bicycles and accompanied with other two girls. we were just riding the cycles and seeing the city. i enjoyed a lot. here everyone use bicycles. for me it was a great experience to do so in the rain wearing rain-cots. Pondi city is a french colony. and we are staying in french area. all the streets and house and everything has french names. people usually speaks french language. for me it was strange and math was also feeling as she is in France. in the evening we visit to the church and been to a shoe shop. we order our sleepers there. they have very nice lathers and they make shoes on demand as you want. we designed our own shoes and ordered. the rates are also not expensive. this is the only this i found cheap and best here.
now three more days here. we have many plans but don't know how will this works......
In Tanjore we been to very big and beautiful temple ever i seen during my this travel. we sit there for sometime to enjoy the ambiance of the temple. i could not understand one thing that in India we have amazing temples, Indian tourism calls it heritage and incredible India . but why they don't care these monuments? i feel very bad. when i see they are destroying it. they have putt lights inside and the Pandits who are taking care of the temples they get some money and let the peoples go inside where you ans me can't go. there is no care of paintings which are 100s years old. this kind of things we can not create now. we should save them. if the are earning money they should spend also....
so we stayed here two days and them we came to Pondicherry. This city is very expensive. as soon i was wanted to come here that soon i wanted to leave this city now. you know its raining here . yesterday were was wet totally. when we reached our guest house my pent was folded up to knees and i was totally wet with four plastic bags full with shopping's and in same condition Math was running after me. two french girls were sitting there in the balcony and they just start laughing on us to see us in this condition. but you know i love the rain. so i was happy also. this evening we spend together with those two girls Lohi and Mathilde and some local guys. it was good time we spend there.
Today morning also it was heavy rain. As rain got stop we got ready and tried to go out. but again rain got started so we changed the cloths. we rented bicycles and accompanied with other two girls. we were just riding the cycles and seeing the city. i enjoyed a lot. here everyone use bicycles. for me it was a great experience to do so in the rain wearing rain-cots. Pondi city is a french colony. and we are staying in french area. all the streets and house and everything has french names. people usually speaks french language. for me it was strange and math was also feeling as she is in France. in the evening we visit to the church and been to a shoe shop. we order our sleepers there. they have very nice lathers and they make shoes on demand as you want. we designed our own shoes and ordered. the rates are also not expensive. this is the only this i found cheap and best here.
now three more days here. we have many plans but don't know how will this works......
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Kanyakumari
We came to madurai city. This city is very crauded and looks like delhi. If you want a good and cheap room then you have to work a lot, which we did here. Next day we went to Minakshi temple the One of big, old and best temple in india. This temple is amazing like a castle. Made of just stones. How they build it still its a mistery for me..... But this is shure that now we can not build it. There is only one thing which I don't like is they made it a business. You have to pay if you want to visit inside. and they forcefully take money from you. For visitors every thing is restricted but for them everything is allowed.
There is one funny story also... Before visiting the temple we got some information about train on internet to go to kanyakumari, there was a train at 2 o'clock. But it was 12 o'clock already. So we visit the temple very fast, we packed our bags and reached to the station. We did this all in just two hours. But when we reached at the Madurai junction there was no train to kanyakumari. You know why? Because the train we was expecting was at morning at 2 o'clock. We did not saw the time correctly because of shorts of time. But luckily we got another train at 3 o'clock. In the train I met a person, he was also from north india from Gujarat. He was very nice. We was talking about god and power and every thig. Its was a very impressive talk. I learned that god is in our mind only. If we believe then he is but if we don't then he is not.
So finally we reached at kanyakumari and again we started struggling for guest house. The first hotel we visited was good and the price they offered was also ok. But we decided to look for more in the hope to find a better one. But we visited may be 10 more hotels but all of them was asking for higher price with the condition that we have to check out next day morning. So we decided to have dinner first.
It was 12 o'clock already and the temple in kanyakumari opens at 4 o'clock in the morning so we decided to have a new experience to stay outside tonight. Because we found that city is quite safe and police is active here. At 1 am morning we reached at church and kept our bags down. Math started writing her dairy and I had a short nap there. But under the sky with the dogs and fear of unknown city who can sleep. There was only one thing which was perfect ... That was weather. It was so perfect to stay outside. me also start writing my dairy.
It was 3 o'clock in the morning. We saw each other and asked why we are here ? And start laughing. It was a new experience and we were happy to do that. It seems This city never sleep. Because we saw all the night some shops were open and peoples on the road and streets. At 4 o'clock we visit the temple. the temples in india are amazing , in this temple it was a condition that you have to remove your shirt, then only you can go inside with naked chest. In the early morning me also had to do that. But women's can go as it. When I entered inside again they asked me 20 rupees for close look. But I did not paid and find a another way to go inside.
Outside behind the temple you can take bath where three rivers meets. they believe that to take a bath here, can wash all sins and become a virgin. Every day thousands people come to take bath here. City is small but its good. In the morning it was very wonderful to see sunrise here. The first sun of india. We spend some good time there with hundreds of peoples.
Now this was the time to go to the hotel. I just go to bed and slept. I woke up at 2 o'clock. So now we were feeling hungry. It was the time to spend the money which we saved last night. We got good rooms and we had a good meal in 3* hotel.
Now it was the time to see sunset. there is a beach in kanyakumari but no one swimm there because water is very dangers here. here also the chit disappointed us. we could not walk there for a long. So we sit on a rock and enjoyed our evening.
We gone for internet but it was very bad experience. The shopkeeper guy was drunk. So... leave it.... We did not had dinner tonight because we had food at 5 o'clock in the evening. Here hotel check out time is 24 hours so tomorrow I have to wake up early in the morning.
Tomorrow We are expecting to go to the island first then we will leave for Rameshwar.
I hope the coming days will be more exciting and joyful as we spend before.
Love you all.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Kumily ( Periyar) Kerla
Shweta don't except this from me but still I buy something for her. What ever, she is my good friend. I respect her and when ever we talk I tell her about my travel experience.
The way to kumily from cochin is very long. We took a buus (because train does not go there) actually we are going to periyar to see the wildlife century there.
Bus is going very fast. Now we already spent almost 4 hours and 3 hours more. This is a mountain area and we are on hight. Every one is start feeling cold now and putting there warm cloths. I am happy to be cold because in north india people are freezing there and me here sleeping in ac ! What a wether in india, if i couldn't come here i would never believe this.
Math is cliking pictures. I tryed to sleep but she is very much excited and she wake me up to show the things on the way. Yes its true the landscapes, trees, animals and nature is amaging here. I have been to every were in north india in hill stations and mountains. But here its totaly different. I have got one small Pepper plant with me and many other flower seeds which i want to grow in my garden in Punjabi. Now i have to take care of this plantI will not let it die.
Finally we found the Homestay in Kumily. Because we reached at 6:30 and it was dark so we preferred to stay we saw at first. this guest house is good and not expencive also
Its hard to imagine that so far from the plain area in the middale and top of the mountains there could be a big city also. And i was surprised to see 90% New marride coupels only. Specialy from Punjab.
The funniest thing happened with me today is, When i go to vegitable shop to buy some onion and coriendre the old lady wasn't understand hindi or english. With gesture i try to make her understand when i asked the price of onion she get some money from pocket and show me that this much for 1kg ha ha ha.... So funny.
I have much stuff now, I am feeling that I should send that to my mom by post. Tomorrow we are going to see the wild life on monday may be I will be able to do that. I wanted to buy something for my mother and will send it to her. I have some warm cloths also which are not needed here so why I should carry all this weight with me.
Next day we visited to the wildlife century park in kumily but entery fees for foreigner was Rs. 300 and for indian it was just Rs. 25 so math decided not to go and pay this much money for just to enter in the park and she gone for elephant ride.
I think kerla is the best place to buy spices and dry fruits. We been to the market after elephant ride and bought many spices. Tomorrow I will send them to my mother by post.
There are many other experience also which I wanted to share here but the time I come to internet to write in my blog for you I forget this. So I am thinking that I should try to write it in my phone so that I can give you more information. Lets see how it works......
The way to kumily from cochin is very long. We took a buus (because train does not go there) actually we are going to periyar to see the wildlife century there.
Bus is going very fast. Now we already spent almost 4 hours and 3 hours more. This is a mountain area and we are on hight. Every one is start feeling cold now and putting there warm cloths. I am happy to be cold because in north india people are freezing there and me here sleeping in ac ! What a wether in india, if i couldn't come here i would never believe this.
Math is cliking pictures. I tryed to sleep but she is very much excited and she wake me up to show the things on the way. Yes its true the landscapes, trees, animals and nature is amaging here. I have been to every were in north india in hill stations and mountains. But here its totaly different. I have got one small Pepper plant with me and many other flower seeds which i want to grow in my garden in Punjabi. Now i have to take care of this plantI will not let it die.
Finally we found the Homestay in Kumily. Because we reached at 6:30 and it was dark so we preferred to stay we saw at first. this guest house is good and not expencive also
Its hard to imagine that so far from the plain area in the middale and top of the mountains there could be a big city also. And i was surprised to see 90% New marride coupels only. Specialy from Punjab.
The funniest thing happened with me today is, When i go to vegitable shop to buy some onion and coriendre the old lady wasn't understand hindi or english. With gesture i try to make her understand when i asked the price of onion she get some money from pocket and show me that this much for 1kg ha ha ha.... So funny.
I have much stuff now, I am feeling that I should send that to my mom by post. Tomorrow we are going to see the wild life on monday may be I will be able to do that. I wanted to buy something for my mother and will send it to her. I have some warm cloths also which are not needed here so why I should carry all this weight with me.
Next day we visited to the wildlife century park in kumily but entery fees for foreigner was Rs. 300 and for indian it was just Rs. 25 so math decided not to go and pay this much money for just to enter in the park and she gone for elephant ride.
I think kerla is the best place to buy spices and dry fruits. We been to the market after elephant ride and bought many spices. Tomorrow I will send them to my mother by post.
There are many other experience also which I wanted to share here but the time I come to internet to write in my blog for you I forget this. So I am thinking that I should try to write it in my phone so that I can give you more information. Lets see how it works......
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Cochin...
In southren india they dont know Hindi even in Goa also they dont speak hindi well. As much as i am going ahed to south india hindi is getting worset. All the time i have to make people understand with gestures or in English. They dont speak even english well, i am also feeling as i am a forginer. But after Manglore today evening we will enter in kerla and there people know English, because Kerla is no.1 in education in India.
My skin also has some sunburn and i am getting more black here. Sometimes people think that i am also from south India and they start speaking there cocal langues with me. Its funny to be like that. But i like when they speak there own langues, sometimes i stop just to hear them.
We get down in Kannur but we took another train in the evening to Cochin. Why we get down here ? Because i was thinking that she wanted to see this city and she was thinking that i wanted to visit this city. ( it was so funny) we did not had booking for Cochin. but we got the train, half way we travelled in first AC and other 4 hours we spent in General. it was terrible journey. in the morning at 4 o' clock who will give us room in Cochin ?... hhhmmmm our auto rickshaw driver took initiative and we find a good home stay in Cochin.
Cochin..... i think i am not in India....! city is so neat and clean and all the names of the roads are in English. very planned and developed city. Today we went for Backwater by small boat. i can not explain that how much good it was., today i fond that why foreigners are crazy about India and how much beautiful India is. we Indian never travel like this....
may be i will putt some pictures here so that you will understand your self to see the pictures that how much good it is.... Yesterday we did a city tour by auto rickshaw and can you believe that he offered this tour in just 40 rupees. we spent 3 hours with him. may be we must have spent 2 days for all this but we finish this in just three hours.
May be tomorrow i will leave this place. because i need to go to Delhi for urgent work. but i really wanted to celebrate my Christmas in Pondicherry. lets see....
Monday, December 6, 2010
Udupi
Goa... is just Goa.
the sand i saw in Goa was really really good and you cant imagine that it looks like wheat floor, it was so much nice. when breeze floes it takes upper part of the sand and its structures get changes. in the evening we went to the Anjuna beach and we were sad to see this beach in the evening because it was so good and we arrived here when we were just about to leave. still we spend our evening there and had some bear with chips.
on the way back to Gurpreet's home it was dark. me and Mathilde was bit scared also because it was 1 hours away from here and we had to go by scooter. but on the way back we changed our way. the way we took it was really good. we followed the other tourists who were on the scooter and it was very nice ride.
we took the train from Madgaon to Manki because we wanted to go to Jog Falls. but we found that there is nothing entrusting so we remain in the train and Mathilde looked in her Bible ( Lonely Planet Book) and we get down at Udupi.
here at Udupi there is very nice temples one of them Shiri Krishna temple is 3000year old.
Here we found very nice Woodland veg. restaurant and eat there, the food they serve here it way way they serve its so good . here we met with other two Finland girls Eve and Keti. they were very nice. next day we went to Maple and stayed there. the beach was so nice. water was much clear than Goa. we stayed in the water for long time and then after having lunch at 4 o'clock in evening we gone for long walk on the beach. we spent some time there till sun set.
Today morning when we went to the same beach it was dirty. i was surprised to see the beach like this. the local people in morning use this beach for CHIT. maybe up to 1 kilometer long on the beach there was just chit only. i was very disappointed to see all this. so i did not swim in the see and we planned to go to St. Marry island. we hired the boat and went there . it was a nice island where they believe that vasco d' gamma stayed when he come to India first time.
Finally we left the Maple and came back to Udupi. but we could not go to Manglore because in the evening Math has fear to travel by bus. so we decide to round the city today. tomorrow morning we will leave for Manglore. but other two girls from Finland already left this place in the morning.
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