At 9:15 on the morning of Monday, July 11, there was a knock on the door of our room in the office building of Jingle Bell schools to summon us to a scheduled 9:30 rendezvous downstairs to begin our orientation for our upcoming month of volunteer teaching. First, they gave us a tour of each … Continue reading WorkAway Orientation in Faizabad, India
A train ride in India is always likely to be, like India itself, a vibrant, colorful and utterly unforgettable experience. If you're lucky, it will be memorable for the right reasons. But if you ride the rails in India long enough, it's almost inevitable that you'll eventually encounter a trip like ours from Lucknow to … Continue reading Our Unforgettable Train Ride from Lucknow to Faizabad
So it took two tuk-tuks to take-take us to the airport. Well, not exactly, but we did have to summon two of them. The first one never showed, so we sent for a second, and it was fairly prompt, picking us up at our Airbnb in Hyderabad and taking us to the airport. When we … Continue reading Hyderabad to Lucknow by Plane and Train
So after taking in the sensory overload of Golconda Fort and its festivities for the better part of a day, we finally started making our way back home. Rather than pouncing on a tuk-tuk right away, we decided to do a little strolling first, to see what was in the immediate vicinity. Just outside the … Continue reading Paying a Visit to Hyderabad’s 800 year old Baobab Tree
Hyderabad, India Having ascended to the summit of Golconda Fort -- the temple at the top of the hill where the Hindu faithful seek the summit of spiritual bliss -- we started making our way back down to the lower elevations. The descent was just as epic as the ascent, with a rather different set … Continue reading Golconda Fort Going Down
Hyderabad, India Today we undertook an exploration of Golconda Fort, which dates back to the 11th Century, when the original structures were constructed out of mud. A few decades later, it was expanded into the stone complex that we see today, which was left in ruins in the 16th Century. Perhaps its main claim to … Continue reading Golconda Fort: Going Up
With two days to pass in Hyderabad before moving on toward our next volunteer post, we decided to save the second day for the most prominent tourist attraction, Golconda Fort. That left the first day open to just aimlessly wandering around town, waiting for the camera lens to capture any interesting oddities that might pop … Continue reading Exploring our neighborhood in Hyderabad
Part 4 of a Two Day Train Journey Day 1: part 1 | part 2 : Day 2: part 3 And on and on we went, on this seemingly eternal train journey. Through the city of Guntur, distinguished among other things for having the largest chili market in Asia. It's also home to a rich … Continue reading Sabari Express to Hyderabad
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