Great Eastern Journey, Sat, 06 Apr 13
Simon
at a Castle, City, UNESCO site
in Asia, India
Meat… Food that doesn’t burn… Appetite… Please… Looking at the sky in Delhi isn’t easy It’s horrible, how stomach issues can make one’s life miserable. I spent the last day in Jodhpur on feeling crap and not moving too much …
Great Eastern Journey, Sat, 06 Apr 13
Simon
in Asia, India
Some of the many thoughts of the journey: What do I want Normally, humans want to be happy. At the same time, a great majority has only very vague clue what actually makes them happy, and an even more vague …
Great Eastern Journey, Tue, 02 Apr 13
Simon
at a Castle, City, Desert
in Asia, India
The driver’s sidekick The journey to Jodhpur took the whole day, and began rather amusingly. First, explanation. Every bus here has not only a driver, but also a sort of sidekick who sells tickets and stands in the door all …
Great Eastern Journey, Fri, 29 Mar 13
Simon
at a City, Mountain, Temple
in Asia, India
Hippies pay for stay in paintings Pushkar is full of hippies. It wasn’t just yesterday’s party, the whole hostel is taken over by hippies, every hostel, the whole town is! Cool! My rooftop tent-shack I already met a few interesting …
Great Eastern Journey, Wed, 27 Mar 13
Simon
at a City, Graveyard
in Asia, India
Damn you, mystery noodles! So this is what the cow dung was for! Or breakfast pakoras, or hell knows what else. After ten days in India with no gastric problems whatsoever, the legendary diarrhea of doom caught up with me. …
Great Eastern Journey, Mon, 25 Mar 13
Simon
at a City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Asia, India
It’s becoming harder and harder to be a tolerant person and have understanding for cultural differences. It’s been a bit easier in Omkareshwar, but Khajuraho is a real challenge. I can get used to the filth and mess – I …
Great Eastern Journey, Sun, 24 Mar 13
Simon
at a Transit
in Asia, India
Q: What is the average ground speed velocity of a laden bus?Q: European or Indian bus? As it turns out, in India it’s about 30-35km/h (20mph). I just spent 25 hours on a bus to travel 730km from Omkareshwar to …
Great Eastern Journey, Sat, 23 Mar 13
Simon
at a City, River, Temple
in Asia, India
Bus driver’s flowers and trinketsAll busses and trucks are decorated like thatLooks like every second river is holy here… After some pretty spicy food (the waiter didn’t think it was spicy at all) I went to the train station. Despite …
Great Eastern Journey, Wed, 20 Mar 13
Simon
at a Cave, City, Museum, Sea, UNESCO site
in Asia, India
Tonight I couldn’t sleep for a new reason. You know how they say ‘don’t let the bed bugs bite’? Well, it’s not like you have a choice sometimes. I’m changing beds today. The clean waters of Mumbai In the morning I …
Great Eastern Journey, Tue, 19 Mar 13
Simon
at a City, Museum, UNESCO site
in Asia, India
OK, things are picking up a little. I guess the first shock has passed. I still think Mumbai is a horrible place and want to get out asap, but at least I saw a couple interesting things today. I guess …
Great Eastern Journey, Mon, 18 Mar 13
Simon
at a City
in Asia, India
How is India? It’s fucking disgusting, I want to go home. Airport staircase, mid level I felt bad taking pics of the homeless, so just some rubbish OK, OK, I’m not giving up just yet. But really. My current experience …
