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05/08/2013

The dirty Frenchies exploring Sundarban…

 Here is an interesting angle to tell about my trip to Sundarban...

Departure from Kolkata at 8:30 in the morning for a 3 hour ride in a van falling into pieces. Thighs glued by the sweat to the fake leather seat. No need to complain; better to just try and avoid fainting by swallowing gallons of water. 

 

We arrive at the pier to embark on a motor boat that a guy is vigorously bailing out. It is midday, not a shadow of shadow, and the “cruise” is not ending – an hour and a half by 40 degrees seems to last much longer...

We finally get down on our island, where the eco-village is set up. Hell and damnation, there is network!! I do as planned (be without a phone for 4 days) and switch off my Blackberry as if there was no network: I'm on holidays!

On our left, a kind of big pond of brownish water in which a water buffalo is chilling. And in which we are invited to jump... Since we are not sure whether this is a joke, we first go and drop our stuff in the room. And, to my surprise (and I daresay even relief, since I had opted for “roots” holiday (without electricity)), there is a fan – so I won't die of heat! 

I enter the dark bathroom to discover that...

 

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05/06/2013

Comment book - A.

“My Indian experience is a bit of a “lost in translation” one.

I literally stayed at my friend IndianSamourai’s place for two month after 2 and a half years living in South East Asia. Swapping the high 30 floors buildings, luxury brand new shopping malls every 500 meters for dusty looking houses and “markets” (which in Delhi mean shopping districts or put in another way lots of small streets full of shops one next to the other). 

Since I was going to live in Delhi for 2 months I had to organize my life between looking for a job for some time later, exploring the city and taking up the biggest challenge: cooking western dishes. I was already excited by the diversity of fresh veggies and fruits I would possibly find here (I later got very disappointed as getting fresh stuff in Delhi isn’t that easy)!!

 

My friend told me that...

 

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