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25 October 2006
Taking the bus Today Kim and I left the rest of the family in Chandigarh while we went our separate way to Amritsar. We woke around 0700 and had Mushtaq take us to the nearby bus station around 0845. There weren’t any air-con buses available so we tried another station at sector 43. Unfortunately there […]
24 October 2006
Above: Turbans at the changing room while their owners are golfing or showering. I woke up late this morning, felling tired, wheezy and hay-feverish. We took breakfast downstairs around 0930 and relaxed until picked up by Mushtaq at 1100. Today is Eid ul-Adha (or Hari Raya Puasa in Malaysia). We arrived at Princess Wendy’s house […]
23 October 2006
We took breakfast at a roadside café which seemed to be part of the Osho complex. My thin omelette was wrapped around soft white bread. It was quite nice. We departed when Nandini dropped Jo over to us. Today, we are driving towards Chadigarh. The scenery was quite forested to start off with but turned […]
22 October 2006
Today we took a short drive back to Dehradun after a breakfast of toast. While I enjoy my Indian breakfast, toast is less greasy than most Indian bread options. Our drive back to Dehradun took us through the end of Mall Road which we hadn’t explored. As we approached Dehradun, we passed a Tibetan market […]
21 October 2006
For some reason I woke at 0130 wide-awake and needed half a sleeping pill to take me through till the morning. I woke really tired. Having been talked into buying a local SIM card last night, I had to go to the local Public Call Office (PCO) to provide a photo and a note from […]
20 October 2006
Nandini and Jo brought us breakfast of puri and spiced potato. Nandini left for her shop and we joined her there later after Fiona had been to the hairdresser. Late morning, we went to the Indian Military Academy (IMA) where Pat had trained. Jo and Nandini had spent 3h organising a permit for […]
19 October 2006
We had a bad night sleep because the air-con stopped working through the night. It was very clammy. After a breakfast of vada, toast, cornflakes and coffee/tea we checked out. Kim mentioned the broken air-con to the receptionist and she just ignored him and walked off. We set off from Delhi at 0920 in the […]
18 October 2006
Today we fly from Mumbai to Delhi. I had set the alarm for 0645 but with the clock on Malaysian time it rang at 0415. But I didn’t realise that until I had showered. So, I was nice and clean when I crept back into bed for a rest. Text continues after this gallery. […]
17 October 2006
Elephanta Caves Today we wanted to visit Elephanta Caves, a collection of historic temples housed in caves on an island in the harbour. We were a little tired so got going a little late, after a simple breakfast of toast in the room. We reached the Gateway of India around 0920 and bought a ticket […]
16 October 2006
Breakfast was included at Hotel Bentleys and it was delivered upon request by phone when we were ready. It was a simple affair with just toast, butter, marmalade and tea. We walked along the harbour to the Gateway of India. Touts pestered us but we ignored them. We did a walking tour of the area […]