Monday, October 26, 2009

How Many Lorazepam Can You Take In A Day

Jaisalmer and the Thar desert, from September 24 to 26

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(For photos of Jaisalmer, click here)

Just arrived in Jaisalmer after a night in a bus, we are assailed by a dozen touts Hotels . Unfortunately for us, we had not booked a hotel in advance, and we were the only tourists on the bus, which has made us the center of all the attention ... As the video shows next shot with his phone by Thibault:

Given my bad mood morning, I was quickly annoyed screaming and I had a good shot order to reflect quiet ... We chose the final climb into the nearest jeep (we should not have), and we headed to a hotel was in any of our guides (strategic error ...) .

We arrived the Himalayan, a small guesthouse in comfort and relative cleanliness , but had the advantage of being in the heart of Jaisalmer Fort. Fortunately, we only paid 150roupies night (2 €), but we have done in the future ...

The reason we came to Jaisalmer was the same as all other tourists to make a " Camel Safari, ride a camel in the desert with a night under the stars.

From breakfast, the owner of the guesthouse offers us his camel safari, promising wonders to justify the fact that we had to pay double the price on the market ... of course, and as I said in my previous article, the Indians are full of resources for us to get our rupees ... So we booked for the next morning.

We spent the day walking through the narrow streets of the city - surely one of the finest ever seen. Fort resembles a gigantic sandcastle , and ambience of the city is reminiscent of southern Tunisia (all cities close to the desert should look like at the same time). We ended the day in an excellent Italian restaurant overlooking the fort, and took our pictures ritual.

FYI, I updated my album "Pump It Up in Asia", which you can view here .

the evening, we watched the sunset from the top of the fort. It was really wonderful to see the night fall on the city ...

The next morning, early morning awakening us to a jeep in the Thar desert Ishmael join our guide for the next two days.

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Nous sommes donc partis sur nos chameaux, Johnny et Mr Magoo, pour une promenade de deux jours. Durant ces deux jours, nous avons trotté, nous sommes arrêtés dans des villages en plein milieu du désert, avons très bien mangé (sûrement les meilleurs repas que j’ai eu jusque là en Inde), et avons dormi à la belle étoile

La nuit n’a pas été ce à quoi je m’attendais, il y avait beaucoup de vent, donc on a eu pas mal de rafales de sable… Enfin surtout Thibault parce que moi j’étais “ensarcophagée” dans mon sac à viande… Mais nous avions passé une super soirée to admire the stars ... then it compensates

Ishmael also told us stories that he be given a tip ... What we did not do, given the price we had paid ... But

Thibault gave him a small Eiffel Tower. The reaction of Ishmael? "What am I going to do?". Thibault was very disappointed. Me, I laughed a lot because the scene was funny!

Review of Camel Safari : mixed because we have not been entitled to many things we had been promised, the chameau, c’est sympa mais 2 jours c’est trop, et puis ça donne des courbatures; et nous n’avons pas vu tant de dunes de sable que ça… Mais au final, j’en garderai un très bon souvenir car c’est quelque chose d’unique…

Une fois rentrés et douchés, nous avons sauté dans un bus pour rejoindre Jodhpur, à 5h de Jaisalmer (et cette fois, nous avons réservé une chambre!).

How Much Do You Have To Weigh For Modeling

A short video: Travel Thibault

Voici une petite vidéo confectionnée par les petites mains de Thibault, qui retrace son mois passé en Inde.

Comme sur ce mois, on a passé au moins 3 semaines ensemble (Rajasthan, Calcutta and Goa), I put the link, it will make a good trailer on everything I tell you again ...

Sunday, October 25, 2009

How Much Is A Pink Pearl Worth?

Jaipur, from 21 to 23 September

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(For photos of Jaipur, click here)

arrived in Jaipur on the evening of 21, we reach our hotel by rickshaw.

The next day, after sleeping in interrupted by pesky pigeons, we take a bicycle rickshaw to reach the old city.

We strolled in this whole town pink, visited a temple, and are mounted on a roof to enjoy the bustle of the city.

should know that Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan , which is the largest Indian state in terms of area. Jaipur

means "City of Victory", Jai meaning victory, and pure, city.

Did you know? (topic to replace the more or less useful information I learned and I do not know what to do)

There are many cities in India whose name ends with pure (Jaipur, Jodhpur , Udaipur, ...) and too many cities whose name ends with-bad (Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Allahabad, ...). The differences between these means is that pure Hindu cities and towns-bad Muslim.

You do not care? Okay so it continues ...

On the way to the City Palace, an Indian boy interrupts us, and we have seen the scam that we named "The scam letter of love" :

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Myth: Indians do not lack inventiveness rip off tourists -> TRUE!

To make it fast, the young man asked us why tourists do not want to discuss with him. He said it was because every time an Indian we spoke, it was to sell us something or we bring in a shop. The young man, a little sticky but nice, we follow a few meters and tells me he has a friend in France, he would write him a letter in French, and would like me to dictate in English I write to him.

Even if you're in a hurry, I do it, and I write his letter. I give it and decide to leave, then the young man told me that it seems like all the time getting ripped off, this time it will give me a necklace for my trouble. He asks us to follow not far away, and a "comrade" agree with him. A friend who was also in the process of alpaguer tourists incidentally. We walk with them 2 minutes, then begins to want to turn back. One of the young men took me by the shoulder, Thibault gets angry, and we're going ...

Once again, they would have taken to a shop where they have been commissioned ... I still I was grown in the world of Care Bears ... It made me decide to be more skeptical and dry with the Indians ...

We finally visit the City Palace (home of the Maharaja of Jaipur) late in the day, very pretty, but it is forbidden to take pictures in almost all buildings, it is a pity, I would have shown you ...

After a quick dip in the pool at our hotel, we went to the Raj Mandir cinema , reputed to be one of the most beautiful cinemas in India. So we had the opportunity to see " Hadippa , "a Bollywood film - with some in Hindi and English words and phrases - but it was not very difficult to understand history ...

dil_bole_hadippa-7639961 Basically, Bollywood films, it just all the same: a story of impossible love, music, dance, and most importantly, we do not kiss! It only suggests

... Our film had the distinction of dealing with the passion of Indian No. 1: The cricket !

The film was ultimately a flop, I'm actually asleep, and we left before the end (in same time the movie lasted 3 hours with an intermission) but atmosphere in the room was INCREDIBLE. The public reacts to everything that happens on the screen: cries of joy, laughter, indignation ... It's impressive and very funny!

The next day we went to Amber Fort , 30 minutes by bus from Jaipur. Very very nice! To reach the top, it jumps a lot, but it's worth the effort: a magnificent panorama at the top waiting for us ...

Back in Jaipur, we visited the Palace of Winds (Hawa Mahal). The palace has five storeys and is built in the famous pink stone from Jaipur. The facade overlooking the street consists of 950 windows, and the wind that slips through small openings creates a specific sound that has earned its name to the palace. These windows also allowed the women of the harem of the bustle of the street without being seen.

We then went to collect our belongings because we left the hotel by bus at night the same evening. Leaving the hotel, we hit Nolwenn, a girlfriend of my class at school, who had just finished his semester at another university in India, and traveling alone in India ... Another amazing coincidence ! Discount

of my emotions, we take our overnight bus towards Jaisalmer ...