Tag Archives: sightseeing

Durian spring rolls in Malacca

Posted on 03/07/2012 by Ginger

Day 84 – Day 85, 12-13/5/2012 I was taking a bus from Singapore to Malacca. Turnes out you have to cross the immigration with all your luggage (and it actually helps if you memorize the colour of the bus that … Continue reading →

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First glimpse at Kuala Lumpur

Posted on 28/06/2012 by Ginger

Day 80, 8/5/2012 I had an early flight from Phnom Penn to Kuala Lumpur and this has been the most unfriendly airport and customer service I’ve experienced in my entire life (ok, apart from Trivandrum airport, but then again customer … Continue reading →

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A day in Phnom Penn

Posted on 21/06/2012 by Ginger

Day 67, 25/4/2012 On my 2nd day in Cambodia and I decided to fight my laziness and actually get out and see the city. After a long breakfast and booking a bus for the next day, I decided to start … Continue reading →

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Some fresh air in Delhi – Mughal Gardens

Posted on 06/03/2012 by Ginger

On the Saturday before leaving Delhi I discovered that the Mughal Gardens had just opened. Mughal Gardens belong to the Presidential Palace and they are open only for 3-4 weeks in a year, in February-March. Must be something very special … Continue reading →

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Some Kamasutra, please?

Posted on 17/02/2012 by Ginger

Ever head of Kamasutra? Well, in India we have temples that have kamasutra scenes carved on their walls. Khajuraho is the town that has these temples. I took a short trip from Delhi to visit it – it is really … Continue reading →

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The Pink City of Rajasthan with no pink

Posted on 16/02/2012 by Ginger

As I’m preparing for my more or less solo traveling through India and Southeast Asia, I needed to have a testdrive to see how it feels to travel on my own here. I decided to cover the few destinations around … Continue reading →

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Ode to Taj

Posted on 15/02/2012 by Ginger

Having been in India for 9 months and haven’t seen Taj yet – it’s a shame, not? To correct this, I decided it’s time to go. My train was at 7am and, as luck would have it, the train was … Continue reading →

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Weekend travels – the white city of Udaipur

Posted on 28/09/2011 by Ginger

Now it feels like ages ago, but just 2 weeks back I had one of the most relaxing trips I’ve had here – a trip to Udaipur, a white pearl in Rajasthan surrounded by mountains and located around a lake … Continue reading →

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Colourful turbans and the border with Pakistan

Posted on 23/08/2011 by Ginger

Another weekend of travelling is behind us, and what my Dutch flatmate and I learnt from this is that though spontaneous decisions might be good ones, it is not always a wise idea to just point to a spot in … Continue reading →

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Hopping on & hopping off the Delhi landmarks

Posted on 18/08/2011 by Ginger

I’ve done some more sightseeing in Delhi – in the last week of July another Latvian girl arrived in India and I met her on her first day here – in the afternoon she was going to Chandigarh, where her … Continue reading →

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