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Glastonbury to Delhi
After our last trip to India in 2012 we decided not to ever again sleep overnight on chairs at Gatwick or any other airport and so we booked in at a nearby Gatwick Hotel which is a 10 minute shuttle...
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In Search of Gandhi (Part 1)
The alarm was set for 8.30am to try and force adjust any potential jet lagging and so it was that we fell asleep around 6am. The breakfast room was just outside the bedroom and the smells and laughter...
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In Search of Gandhi (Part 2)
following on from – http://kevollier.com/2014/04/14/north-india-in-23-days-day-2-in-search-of-gandhi-part-1/ It was hot and we all needed water. So after a whole hour of walking the 10 minute walk from...
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Holi !
following on from In Search of Gandhi (Part 2) http://kevollier.com/2014/04/23/north-india-in-search-of-gandhi-part-2/ Sitting down for breakfast we were joined by a Swiss couple who looked like they’d...
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Delhi to McLeod Ganj
Of all the things to excite you in Delhi there is one ‘must do’. At around 5pm take a taxi across the breadth of the city, a journey of about an hour and then get a tuk tuk back and in that 2 hours,...
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I am not a Buddhist – McLeod Ganj
following on from http://kevollier.com/2014/05/10/delhi-to-mcleod-ganj/ ‘I am not a Buddhist’ were words I heard myself uttering at the end of our three day stay in the home of the Dalai Lama – the...
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The Karma of Gay Abandon
Before this India trip a neighbour informed me that he’d never get on to a bus in India where the driver believes in reincarnation. I recalled this statement less than one hour in. The day had started...
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Rishikesh! Yoga capital of the world
following on from http://kevollier.com/2014/07/02/beggars/ The bus from hell pulled in at Dehra Dun at 5 in the morning and still being 10 miles from Rishikesh allowed taxi drivers to take advantage,...
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Still My Guitar Gently Weeps
following on from http://kevollier.com/2014/07/25/rishikesh/ Rishikesh before the arrival of The Beatles in 1968 was pretty much unknown to Westerners but there is no doubting that it was indeed this...
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Bodh Gaya – The Buddhist Theme Park
There are four places which are important and the ultimate pilgrimages for Buddhists. There is his birthplace which is Lumbini in Nepal, his death place at Kushinigar, India, his first sermon at...
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