Where in the U.S. could one possibly get a one-way flight 12 hours before takeoff? Without paying any more than you would normally?
I managed to snag a ticket from Hyderabad to Delhi (almost 1000 miles) for $100. Not bad at all. And now I’m enjoying the streets of Delhi only hours after [...]

Posted on August 26th, 2005 by Lee
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So not every night I’ve spent in India has involved some unusual, uncomfortable, or strange location. However, while pondering upon the craziness that I have purposefully turned the last two weeks of my trip into, I realized that really, over the course of two months, I’ve gotten some shut-eye in more than a couple [...]

Posted on August 25th, 2005 by Lee
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Why are there so many tourists here?
No offense to Kolkatans, but your city doesn’t really offer that much for tourists. It’s large, crowded, decaying, and other than the Victoria memorial, doesn’t contain many important sites. There are a few plusses–good bookshops and Bengali cuisine, but none of this warrants more than a couple [...]

Posted on August 21st, 2005 by Lee
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Stupid deadlines.
I don’t really want to be sitting here in the Internet cafe here in Kolkata. I’d much rather be out exploring more of the city, or maybe stuffing myself silly with Bengali food and sweets. Or in all likelihood, spending more money on Indian cookbooks (in multiple moments of weakness, I’ve bought [...]

Posted on August 21st, 2005 by Lee
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I didn’t consider that most people wouldn’t just go traveling about India alone on their free time. I guess that’s odd, but not having anyone else to travel with and having a few days off of work, I figured why not. It didn’t hit me until I was riding the first of many [...]

Posted on August 20th, 2005 by Lee
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