We hire a taxi in the morning to visit a Hindu temple in Eklingji. Two young girls are at the entrance of the 8th century. They look like 9 and 10. They ask me to take their photo. I snap one. Then they ask to see the photo. As quickly as they see their picture, …
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Udaipur – City of Lakes and Palaces
Udaipur. City of Palaces and Lakes
Beach o’clock in Mumbai. Too bad its Beaches aren’t for swimming
F**k. After two days in Mumbai I’m down with cold. My body temperature goes high. My chest gets heavy. I cough incessantly. It must be the Mumbai air. Gotta find something to blame on, hey:-) It’s just too foggy and smoggy. I stay in bed the whole day while Ben goes out exploring the city. …
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Incredible Mumbai, Home to the World’s biggest Film Industry & the World’s Biggest Slum
City of Mumbai seems to rise up from the dirt & pollution. The bay by Haji Ali Dargah clearly is not for swimming. Or even to wade in its water. In the background, skyscrapers of Mahalakshmi Chowk are barely visible through the haze. India, namely Mumbai’s Bollywood produces the most number of movies in the …
Indian Taxis. It’s not for the Faint-hearted
After we pre-book an INR500 taxi for our hotel, the sales counter guy directs us to our taxi. It’s a Hyundai Santro, the maker of taxis in India it seems.The driver is a slim, middle age man. He might be a few years older than me but his weather-beaten face makes him look much older.Hyundai …
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India, where Personal Space lost in its Fog
I am in the queue to buy pre-paid taxi tickets in Mumbai Airport. The space between me and the person in front of me is about 1 foot. On the other hand, the gap between me and the person behind me is aboout 1 inch. Sometimes none at all. I can feel that he is …
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Not a Typical Malaysian lah : Diary of a Traveller 