Hoy ha sido un dia muy muy muy largo, nos hemos levantado a las 4:30 de la maniana para coger el tren a las 6:15, no hemos dormido nada porque al final nos acostamos ayer pasadas la 1. Hemos llegado al tren y hemos tenido un viaje bastante placentero, hay que decir que igual que la Renfe hace mucho frio en el tren, nos han dado de desayunar, no picante, y hemos llegado a Agra donde una vez hemos dejado las mochilas en una consigna hemos cogido un tuktuk que nos ha llevado al Taj Mahal. Tengo que decir que ha sido una grandisima experiencia verlo en persona, es IMPRESIONANTE, increible! me ha encantado y le hemos hecho muchisimas fotos, hasta que se ha despejado y el sol no nos ha dejado seguir deleintandonos con su belleza, el reflejo del marmol blanco es cegador. Una vez hemos salido del recinto y dar un par de vueltas hemos vuelto a la estacion del tren, donde despues de volvernos locas hemos comprado unos billetes generales, lo que quiere decir que hemos comprado unos billetes para un tren de tres horas que solo se puede estar de pie, pero bueno una vez que nos hemos subido nos hemos ido a la zona de las camas con aire acondicionado y bueno nos hemos medio colado hasta que ha llegado el revisor y hemos tenido que pagar la diferencia.... bueno no ha estado tan mal aunque hemos tenido que aguantar a unos pesados que no dejaban de mirar las piernas de Bea, yo ayer me compre un pantalon por la tibia para que me dejaran en paz!!! casi cuatro horas despues hemos llegado a Janshi donde no hemos estado nada de tiempo, solo para comprar los billetes y dejar que Bea vomitara un poquito, la pobre esta hecha polvo!, despues hemos coido un tuktuk hasta Orccha que es donde estamos ahora, un pequenio pueblecito en mitad de la nada donde hay unos palacios preciosos.
Today its been a long long day, we woke up at 4:30 in the morning when we went to sleep at 1:30... we took a train to Agra at 6:15, the ride was good, cold but good, they gave us none spicy breakfast, and we arrived to Agra where we left the backpacks in a locker room, then we took a tuktuk to see the great Taj Mahal, it was AMAZING, one of the most beautiful things I've seen in my life! the only problem is that after a while the sun made us difficult to look at it and we had to leave. After wondering around a bit we went back to the train station to buy the tickets to the next destination, Janshi, well that was a crazy thing... it took us more that an hour to get a ticket and at the end we had to get a general tickets, which means to be standing up the three hours! finally when the train arrived we went straigth away to the sitting area, after a little bit enjoying the a.c. the train conductor came and we had to pay the rest of the tickets to be able to be there, after deal with the disgusting looks of some indian guys we took the sleepers in front of us and took a nice nap. Then we arrived to Janshi train station, the first thing we did was to buy the train tickets for the next day, and after Bea got sick we took a tuktuk to the our next destination Orccha, a vey very nice small town in the middle of the jungle where we are right now, and amazing town full of palaces and temples.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Delhi fotos, Delhi pictures
Y vinieron los elefantes... and the elephants came....
Nuestra primera cena, nuestra primera decepcion.... Our first dinner, our first deception...
La puerta de nuestro hostal, mirar el cierre!!! The door of our hostel look the lock!
Rak internacional, nuestro hostal, our hostal
Mirar esta es la calle Main Bazaar donde nos alojabamos, look this is Main Bazaar were we had the hostel.
Delhi, Main BazaarDelhi dia 2, Delhi day 2
Hoy hemos pasado el dia en Delhi, ha sido toda una pasada, a primera hora hemos ido a desayunar, por suerte el desayuno no era picante ufff menos mal! y despues hemos podido conseguir comprar lo billetes para maniana para ir a Agra, donde el Taj Mahal, y luego nos hemos dicho, porque no vamos hasta el Fuerte Rojo andando? todo esto sin saber que las distancias de un pequenio mapa turistico no coinciden para nada con la realidad! Bueno pero aun asi no dispusimos a ir caminando a dicho sitio, despues de estar andando durante 2 horas, haciendo cientos de fotos, disfrutar de la India mas tradicional y hacer las delicias de los ninios con los dulces que Vero trajo nos dimos por vencidas y asumimos que estabamos perdidas, aunque este tiempo fue una pasada, disfrutamos muchisimos y nos sentimos super queridos terminamos cogiendo un tuktuk a otra parte de la ciudad, que era nuestro primer destino el Fuerte Rojo, alli acabamos en un bazaar donde aparte de que se nos comieran con los ojos terminamos regalando la comida que habiamos pedido a un ninio porque estaba demasiado picante!!! cosa normal aqui y que todavia no hemos podido asumir! Despues volvimos a la zona donde tenemos el hostal en metro, genial tengo que decir, para cenar y hacernos unos tatuajes de henna super chulos, al principio Bea solo queria uno pequenioto pero al final creo que se ha hecho el mas grande!!!
Today we have spent the day in Delhi, first we've got a nice breakfast, none spicy finally! and then we got the train tickets also finally! then after feeling very good about that we decided to walk to the Red Fort, not far from the hostel, that's what we thought but we found out that the distance in the map are not even close to the reality. Anyway after two hours walking around the real India, having great experiences taking a lot of pictures and making have the childrens with the sweets Veronica took with her from home, we finally gave up and reconized we were lost, so we took a tuktuk that it took us to our frist detination the Red Fort, after that we ended up in a bazaar where we felt not so good with all the eyes in the area on us, anyway we took the metro back to our area have some nice dinner and get us a beautiful henna tatoo, Bea at the beginning didnt want it but at the end she got the biggest.
Today we have spent the day in Delhi, first we've got a nice breakfast, none spicy finally! and then we got the train tickets also finally! then after feeling very good about that we decided to walk to the Red Fort, not far from the hostel, that's what we thought but we found out that the distance in the map are not even close to the reality. Anyway after two hours walking around the real India, having great experiences taking a lot of pictures and making have the childrens with the sweets Veronica took with her from home, we finally gave up and reconized we were lost, so we took a tuktuk that it took us to our frist detination the Red Fort, after that we ended up in a bazaar where we felt not so good with all the eyes in the area on us, anyway we took the metro back to our area have some nice dinner and get us a beautiful henna tatoo, Bea at the beginning didnt want it but at the end she got the biggest.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Delhi
Ya estamos en Delhi! Menuda odisea de viaje! larguisimo, con restrasos en los dos vuelos, tanto en el de Madrid-Londres como en el de Londres-Delhi. En el avion tuvimos la gran suerte de que un azafato reconociera nuestra nacionalidad y gracias al mundial conseguimos mejor trato y varios regalitos... Al salir del aeropuerto ya empezaron nuestra odisea, tuvimos que coger un par autobuses para llegar a la estacion de tren donde aparte de querer comprar un billete para Agra queriamos encontrar un sitio para dormir. En el autobus eramos los unicos espanioles, aparte de Vero una chica de Madrid que conocimos en el aeropuerto, y alli todos los indios nos ayudaron a llegar a nuestro destino aparte de cedernos los asientos sin pensarselo dos veces, muy hospitalarios hay que decir. Una vez en la estacion de tren el caos empezo (perdon por los acentos aqui no hay igual que la ene), al vernos paradas buscando un lugar para que nos informaran y con la lonley planet en la mano empezamos a ser el punto de ataque de toooodos los pesados de alrededor, llego el punto que el agobio fue tan intenso que salimos corriendo! despues de conseguir una habitacion en el hostal Rak Internacional en la calle Main Bazaar, sin poder articular palabra al ver el estado de la calle supuestamente de mochileros, conseguimos darnos una ducha y cambiarnos. De hostal nos fuimos una vez mas a intentar conseguir los dichosos billetes de tren para Agra, donde esta el Taj Mahal, cosa que no hemos conseguido y que nos ha vuelvo a frustrar y volver locas por varias horas, despues de darnos por vencidas nos hemos vuelto al hostal a descansar, ya el cuerpo no respondia. Despues de dormir una senoria siesta de tres horas nos hemos reencontrado con Vero en un pequenio restaurante local donde despues de pedir con mucha ilusion un plato vegetariano he tenido que pedir unos spagetis chicos porque el ardor en mis labios y garganta por el picante era indescriptible!! Lo mas gracioso de todo es que al salir del restaurante dos elefantes han pasado por la calle y se han quedado delante de nosotros unos minutos, tiempo que nos ha dado para hacer fotos y tocarlos! Manana el ultimo intento para conseguir los billetes a Agra y a ver un poquito esta loquisima ciudad capital de India. Ya veremos, hablamos pronto!!
Here we are! we just arrived to Delhi, after a long and tired trip, the two flights with delays, Madrid-London and London-Delhi. On the plane we have the lucky of getting reconized the nationality by one of the flight attendants and get better treatment for that (thanks to the worldcup). When we got out of the airport all the crazy stuff started, we got on a bus after some local indicated to us, where we were the only not indian, the two of us and Vero a spanish girl that we met at the airport. After changing the bus we got to the train station where we wanted to by the tickets to Agra, where the Taj Mahal is, but after a few crazy minutes where everysingle person in the station tried to help us we runned away without anything solve!!, then we when to the Main Bazaar street, just around the courner, where we wanted to find a hostel, we did after getting shocked by the state of this street. We got a shower and once again try to get the train tickets, a couple of hours later, tired, hungry and pissed off we when back to the hostel with nothing solve once again!! We got some sleep, we really really needed it, and we went to meet Vero and take some indian food for the first time! what an adventure!! I couldnt eat what I order for the spicy that it was and I have to order some more... anyway after eating we had the visit of two nice elephants that stayed with us for a few minutes, we took several picture. Tomorrow we will try once again to get the train tickets to Agra and see a bit of this crazy crazy city. We'll see! Talk to all of you soon!
Here we are! we just arrived to Delhi, after a long and tired trip, the two flights with delays, Madrid-London and London-Delhi. On the plane we have the lucky of getting reconized the nationality by one of the flight attendants and get better treatment for that (thanks to the worldcup). When we got out of the airport all the crazy stuff started, we got on a bus after some local indicated to us, where we were the only not indian, the two of us and Vero a spanish girl that we met at the airport. After changing the bus we got to the train station where we wanted to by the tickets to Agra, where the Taj Mahal is, but after a few crazy minutes where everysingle person in the station tried to help us we runned away without anything solve!!, then we when to the Main Bazaar street, just around the courner, where we wanted to find a hostel, we did after getting shocked by the state of this street. We got a shower and once again try to get the train tickets, a couple of hours later, tired, hungry and pissed off we when back to the hostel with nothing solve once again!! We got some sleep, we really really needed it, and we went to meet Vero and take some indian food for the first time! what an adventure!! I couldnt eat what I order for the spicy that it was and I have to order some more... anyway after eating we had the visit of two nice elephants that stayed with us for a few minutes, we took several picture. Tomorrow we will try once again to get the train tickets to Agra and see a bit of this crazy crazy city. We'll see! Talk to all of you soon!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Visados... Visas
Aqui ya los tengo! los visados! ya somos legales en India!! Here I have! the visas! now we are legal in India!!!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Todo empieza.... The beginning
Hola a todos, soy Silvia y aqui os presento el pequeño blog que Bea y yo vamos a ir haciendo durante nuestro viaje relampago de dos semanas a la India. Os iremos contando lo que vemos, hacemos y descubrimos. También iremos subiendo fotos claro está porque viajando dos fotógrafas no sé puede esperar menos!!!
El día 0 es el próximo 28 de Agosto, nuestro primer destino Delhi, el resto... todo un misterio, iremos descubriendo nuestro camino día a día. Fecha de fuelta el 14 de Septiembre, volveremos siendo las mismas? nos cambiará el viaje? descubriremos parte de nosotras que nunca habíamos sabido que teniamos? será el viaje que cambie todo? pronto lo sabremos, bueno os mando un beso a todos de parte de las dos locas de la pradera que se van a embarcar en este esperadisimo viaje.
Hi to everyone, I´m Silvia, and here I am presenting you this short blog where Bea and I will write everything about our quick trip of two weeks long to India. We will talk about everything that we will see, do and discover. Also we will upload pictures, obiously traveling two photographers!!!
The starting day is the next 28th of August, our first destination is Delhi, from there we dont know, we will find out day by day. The return day is 14th of September, will we come back the same? will the trip changes us? will we discover something about us that we didnt know exist? It will be the trip that will change everything? soon we will know, so I am sending you a big kiss from these two crazy girls who are about to do this amazing trip.
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