by Stephanie Quan | Jul 8, 2011 | Crisis, Doctor in the House, Fail, India, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
There’s nothing like watching the sun rise over the Ganges at 5am and then vomiting over the side of your hotel balcony. Found some Electral, slowly consuming porridge, meeting some nice people despite my lethargy. Still no cremations sightings. Second Sitar...
by Stephanie Quan | Jul 7, 2011 | India, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
The density. The smells. The oppressive sticky heat. I’m going to have to buy more lactase pills if people don’t stop offering me chai with milk. No cremation sightings yet, but its only 4pm....
by Calvin Sun | Jul 6, 2011 | India, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
A quick change in the itinerary: Stephanie will be splitting up from the group and heading to Varanasi after being inspired by many stories about how awesome the place is. Anya, Joyce and myself will pursue the original plan that will lead us to Dharamsala by the end...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 6, 2011 | Doctor in the House, India, Lessons Learned, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
Despite the chill nature of the last entry, that was not to be for the next 4-5 hours. We climbed some rocks, we almost fell over, and we conquered the palace ridge. What made it harder was that the last 2 days we’ve been dealing with a few symptoms of...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 6, 2011 | India, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
What a chill 48 hours. All we did since arriving was rest, eat, sleep, shop, and yoga. We’ll begin exploring later this afternoon. In the meantime, we’re feeling pretty good doing pretty much…nothing. Dinner at La Pizzeria...
by Stephanie Quan | Jul 5, 2011 | India, Introspection, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea
Leh is geographically 300 km northeast of Srinagar, but it feels like much farther in terms of its environment. As I sit in this cafe typing, we are behind the mountains. Away from the monsoon, the air has the arid, light, unforgiving smell of the high desert....
by Calvin Sun | Jul 5, 2011 | India, Pakistan, Public Transportation, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Travel Warnings, What Dreams May Come
I guess not everything is that peachy in the region at the moment. At least Pakistan isn’t blaming India. Before I write about Kashmir’s Ladakh region, I have to pull the same stunt when I wrote about Varanasi and use the same video that I did then...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 3, 2011 | India, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
More scenes from our unplanned gueststay at a Kashmiri wedding in nowhere else but Kashmir. Pre-wedding: Getting henna done: As the groom arrives, the balcony and street are flooded with onlookers. The girls are all together off on one side…...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 3, 2011 | India, Introspection, Lessons Learned, Mythbusters, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Travel Warnings
“In the last 3 days it seems like we’ve been the only international tourists in Srinagar.” “That’s because your media always paints the wrong picture of Kashmir.” He was right. Although Srinagar boasts more security...
by Calvin Sun | Jul 2, 2011 | Fit for Foodies, India, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
Najia’s Classmate Calvin Sun will arrive in Srinagar soon. Arrives in Srinagar 1st or 2nd July to attend Neelu’s wedding. He will call your Mom/Dad. Give him a place to stay and feed him to fatten him with wazwan. - Najia’s uncle in an email...
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