Re India and Gujarat:
I lived in India (Ahmedabad, Gujart) for 2 and 1/2 years...working, studying
and painting. I made many trips into Kutch to study textiles and lived in a
few villages. I have also travelled extensively throughout the country. I
have endless contacts and information if you would like to contact me off
list.
Stephanie Springgay
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From: David Hupert <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: October 22, 2000 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: India, anyone?
>At 10:43 AM 10/16/00 -0700, you wrote:
>>Okay, you interesting, diverse, worldly, caring, well-traveled,
intelligent
>>people ... who knows something about not-to-be-missed historic sites or
>>museums in Tamil Nadu, India?
>>
>>I am going there in January to participate in the PolioPlus National
>>Immunization Day that Rotary co-sponsors. I will have a limited amount of
>>time in Madurai, Kodaikanal, Dindigul, Karur, Thekkadi and Trichy, if
>>anyone knows something about these places. (We will have only two days in
>>Delhi to see the Taj Mahal, Red Fort and anything else.) Yes, I have my
>>"Lonely Planet" guide, but it would be nice to hear from your point of
view.
>>
>>Thanks so much.
>>
>>Karen
>
>Karen,
>I wish I could give you some advice about Southern India, but I've not yet
>been there. However, two years ago I had a three day layover in Delhi on
>my way from Tokyo to Tashkent. Via the Internet we arranged to have a car
>and driver meet us at the airport and take us directly to Agra to see the
>Mogul architectural monuments, especially the Taj. The trip was about
>three hours and the experience worth a lifetime. The intensity of life
>along that road, Brahmin bulls lounging on the median, extravagantly
>painted and overloaded trucks and busses careening past tall carts pulled
>by trotting camels whose legs seemed to be flying in all directions at
>once, made all the difficulties of travel in India seem worthwhile. We
>stayed two nights at the Sheraton in Agra, pricey but very nice.
>
>E-mail me off list and I can send you the info on the local, low keyed but
>reliable travel agent who arranged the driver and an appropriately
>attentive guide. (ie. he answered questions and made suggestions. No
>lecture.)
>
>Two words of advice about the Taj: It is closed on Mondays, really closed;
>and if you are there at 6 AM other days when it opens you have the place to
>yourselves for a while.
>
>We are going back to India in December, this time for three weeks to
>western Gujerat and Rajastan, mostly to see early textiles. Do you, or
>does any one else on the list have suggestions for seeing the Rann of Kuch,
>Ahmadabad, Jaipur, Jaisalmer and the surrounding area?
>
>Have a great trip.
>
>David Hupert
>
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