Macleod Ganj Northern India - Macleod Ganj is located in the Himachal Pradesh state of Northern India at the base of the Indian Himalayas. This is truly an International back packer haven as people from all over the world come here. The Dali Lami lives here in exile from Tibet and there is a real Tibetan feel to this town. But the one thing that truly dominates Macleod Ganj are the massive towering Himalayas. From the town streets you have to … [Read more...]
Golden Temple, Amritsar India – October 2007
Golden Temple Amritsar India - The incredible Golden Temple is located in North West India minutes from the Pakistan border. This beautifully constructed temple, courtyard, buildings and huge pool is well worth a visit if you happen to be in Northern India. It is a spiritual haven and is the most holiest shrine and pilgrimage site for the Sikh religion. Hundreds and hundreds of people visit this every day - most colorfully dressed and … [Read more...]
Ananda Spa, Northern India – August 2007
The Ananda Spa located in the Himalayan Foothills of northern India is a world-class Destination Spa - often said to be one of the best spa's in the world. Looking for some high-class pampering at expensive prices? This is the spa for you. Ananda is located about 260 KM's north of bustling New Delhi in the less smoggy foothills of the Himalayas - and once you arrive it is worlds apart from that chaotic city. It sits on site of a former … [Read more...]
Dave’s Travel Corner, Spring 2007 Newsletter
Dear Traveler, Travel is our passion! We are a Travel Content provider and this is our newsletter. Read on to discover what is new at our site. Our visitor and page view count is growing every month - last month we had over 345,000 visitors to the site and we reached 1 million page views! We have a solid page rank with Google and our content shows up in many search engines. The weather channel used a few of our photos in a recent … [Read more...]
The Ultimate 2007 Top 10 Travel To Do List Share
(Santa Monica, CA) The annual year end polls have been tallied. All the magazine reader surveys conducted. And the hottest travel blog's have been monitored and the results for the Ultimate 2007 Top 10 Travel To Do List are in! Here's the Top 10 things that travelers want to do in 2007: 10. Independent travelers want real in 2007! They want to participate in real and authentic adventures--they want to trust strangers in strange lands! 9. … [Read more...]
AFS Taj & Tigers of Incredible India with Pushkar Camel Festival
We arrive with our Adventures For Solo Travelers - $1198 land) to the land of 1000 languages and 1000 gods. At the Intercontinental, the women in my group are welcomed with marigolds and branded with the typical red dot on our foreheads. This hotel is an oasis of luxury in a polluted city of 14 million people. Two days are spent touring Delhi. The obligatory sites include Gandhi's Tomb and many UNESCO World Heritage Sites. No where else have … [Read more...]
The Skyclad Jain Monks in Kundalpur
During our four months trip in India this year, my husband and I stopped in Khajuraho to visit the Erotic Temples. There, we heard of a small village Kundalpur, where hundreds of Jain Monks will gather in a two-day festival to celebrate fifty women becoming Jain mothers. We left Khajuraho together with a local Jain couple and their family car for Kundalpur to take part in the festival. Kundalpur turned out to be a very enriching and deeply … [Read more...]
Los Angeles, CA – Beverly Hills
Los Angeles, CA - Beverly Hills is a wealthy community much loved by locals and visitors. Drive around some of the local neighborhoods and into Bel Air. Whoooee. Fancy. You can see the homes in the flats, and each one has a clearly showing security sign on a stake driven into the ground somewhere in their front yard. Drive up into the hills and you are lucky if you can even see the homes - as often they are gated or protected in front by large … [Read more...]
Los Angeles, CA – Shopping
The following are a few shopping districts and or shopping centers that we have visited in Los Angeles and Orange County. LOS ANGELES Los Angeles is one of Southern California's hubs for shopping and fashion ranging from high end shops in Beverly Hills to the mega sized shopping+entertainment centers. Many of these shopping centers do not just feature shops but are lifestyle destinations in and of themselves - boasting other attractions set … [Read more...]
India: Sixty million villages and still counting
How on earth do you cover one billion people and more than five thousand years of history in one short article? I am afraid I won't be able to answer that question in regard to writing something about India. I can do no more than give you my week's worth of roaming about in northern India, a country which I found as diverse as it is huge and old. Just to get primed for the speed at which life proceeds in much of this country, our train to … [Read more...]
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