Namaste India!
Written by Christian Haugen on February 23, 2009 – 6:19 pm -This is not going to be an ordinary post, more of collection of thoughts and rambles on India, and what we are left with after three weeks of adventure. To quote our waiter in Chit Chat restaurant in Jaipur, who managed to merge jamaican and indian culture in a way I will probably never see again, “No woman no cry, no chapati no chai!”. Chapati is one of the delicious breadtypes that indians have with pretty much every meal. Chai became our favourite drink and it’s basically tea, milk and sugar. By the way, the food in india is incredible and is worth the visit on it’s own! Among our favourite dishes were butter chicken, aloo(potato) masala, dosa masala (indian breakfast) and the wide variety of chapatis and naan breads that I will sorely miss.
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Delhi belly in Jaipur
Written by Christian Haugen on February 22, 2009 – 6:12 pm -We arrived in Jaipur late at night after spending six hours on a overloaded bus. Veronica spent the two first hours on the bus sitting in the back seat with five sleeping indians next to her. She didnt seem pleased with the situation as we could hear her swearing in norwegian behind us.A bit later I tried to get her attention to tell her we could switch seats, but then she had turned her mp3- player on the highest volum and covered her head with the hood of her jacket. I deeply regret not getting a picture of this obvious Kodak moment. We did switch seats later on since the back seat was as comfortable as a wooden bench so we could share the misery among ourself. There was also a goat standing a few rows ahead of us which reminded us of the mutton(goat) masala the day before. We know understand why we never eat goat in Norway…it’s the closest thing to leather Christian and Veronica have ever eaten (edit:turns out that mutton really is sheep..bummer!) 
Camels and cars!
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Hunting down the wonders of the world: The Taj Mahal
Written by Christian Haugen on February 18, 2009 – 4:13 pm -We really didn’t have a choice, going to India without seeing the Taj Mahal was out of the question. It is called the greates monument to love of all time and others have described it as “a tear on the face of eternity”. Truth was, it was just as riveting as all the photos you have seen. The Taj Mahal is one of those wonders that actually leave standing, jaw dropped. Go there, period!
Tags: agra, agra fort, mughal, sunrise, taj mahal
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Five minutes of fame and chaotic Delhi
Written by Christian Haugen on February 17, 2009 – 6:42 am -We had heard that in parts of India tourists aren’t that common and therefore the subject of great attention and straight out googling. So far the only experience we had with that was in Mumbai, where a few people wanted to take pictures with us. As New Delhi is the capitol of India, we figured that tourists would be a common sight and that we would’t cause too much disturbance. Boy were we wrong…
Tags: chadni chowk, delhi, India, india gate, main bazaar, new delhi, Paharganj
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Fort Cochin and naked massage
Written by Christian Haugen on February 12, 2009 – 9:27 am -As we had read in our bible, the Lonely Planet India edition, Fort Cochin was supposed to be a laid back touristy town. It did not dissapoint us.
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Tags: chinese fishing nets, Fort Cochin, harbour, sunset
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