Category Archives: India

My last days in India…Ooty, Mysore, Chennai

Posted on May 21, 2012 by surfas-ing

My last few days in India were a complete shit show full of countless bus rides, a severe case of butt-o-sis (a chronic form of butt aching that comes from sitting too long) and bartering. With my two new Dutch … Continue reading →

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“I love Munnar” – Munnar, India

Posted on May 15, 2012 by surfas-ing

Munnar has a fairytale like quality, getting there however is far from waving a simple wand. For many hours it’s Space Mountain at Disneyland; the trip is long, over many windy roads and on a “government” bus.  A government bus … Continue reading →

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Kochi, India – A wandering Jew in search of a synagogue

Posted on May 8, 2012 by surfas-ing

As a shrimp eating, cheeseburger loving, more spiritual than religious wandering Jew… I was on a hunt for a synagogue in India – seemed like the perfect plan while in the neighborhood. Cochin is a quaint little town in the … Continue reading →

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Heaven in Hampi, India

Posted on April 27, 2012 by surfas-ing

Love, love LOVED Hampi! I arrived in Hampi dazed after a very hot, all day train with some Brits and a big German. The German and I shared a rickshaw through the bumpy roads past the typical local temples, the … Continue reading →

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Spring Break 2012 – Goa, India

Posted on April 17, 2012 by surfas-ing

What to say about Goa? It’s beaches, in India. But what does that really mean? To me Goa is: Cows on the beach, little Vagator (my beach), woman selling sarongs, children selling bracelets, trance parties, cheap drugs (so I hear), … Continue reading →

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Part III: The American Princess in Mumbai, The “real” world

Posted on April 14, 2012 by surfas-ing

Sometimes on vacation, or extended vacation in my case, we forget that the earth keeps spinning and people keep working. Since Shubham, aka Boom, and I met in Graduate school (New York University, Construction Management) it was only appropriate that … Continue reading →

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Part II: American Princess in Mumbai, the Dohbi Ghat

Posted on April 10, 2012 by surfas-ing

When I explained where I wanted to go she looked at me so inquisitively I could almost hear her thoughts “laundry? of all things why laundry?”  Momma Boom was a little worried, so she did what any good mother would … Continue reading →

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Part I: American Princess in Mumbai, the Darvi slums

Posted on April 8, 2012 by surfas-ing

Dirty, hungry and tired I arrived to the Mumbai airport after traveling in India for almost a month. I had a rendezvous at the regional terminal with my friend, we’ll call him Boom, around 11am. Boom and I met at … Continue reading →

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A palace, a palm reader and a glorious lake – Udaipur, India

Posted on April 5, 2012 by surfas-ing

Oh Udaipur, you left a lasting an impression and are definitely one of the places I could have stayed longer but didn’t for reasons only a calendar demands. You brought me lovely new friends from San Francisco, a palm reader … Continue reading →

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Heebs, Hippies and Hindus– Pushkar, India

Posted on March 28, 2012 by surfas-ing

A gentle mix of  Boulder, Colorado and Haifa, Israel in a little Indian village really hit a soft spot. I don’t know if I was craving hummus or missing patchouli but the mixture was irresistible. One day turned into four … Continue reading →

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