Holy Cow: Cows of India
I know this is super lame… but the cows in India really amuse me Can I come in? Mooooove out of the way! Shopping: Surely there’s a better spot! These cows […]
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Cows of India
I know this is a bit lame, but I don’t care… cows in India really amuse me Can I come in? Mooooove out of the way! Shopping: Surely there’s a […]
An Unexpected Acquaintance & Lunch At The Colonel’s House: Bangalore
Today was mind blowing. As the hotels in Banglore tend to run on a 24 hour basis (if you arrive at 8am, you must check out at 8am), we were […]
Arriving in Bijapur
The reason for going to Bijapur was so I could do a 6 week placement with a fair trade company – Sabala – which I was assigned to by World […]
Why You Should Beware When Accepting A Volunteer Placement
I mentioned in a previous post that I volunteered at Sabala for a couple of months. I mentioned that this is a wonderful organisation, dedicated to empowering women and assisting […]
Sabala: End of Week One
It’s a little difficult to know what to expect for the remainder of my internship having completed the first week. I have spent the week not having a clue about […]
First Day At Sabala
The day after arriving in Bijapur, I was told hat I would be picked up at 9.45 in the morning by a rickshaw driver and taken to work… At 11.15 […]
Udaipur & Mumbai, Round 2
Udaipur So, we’re trying to get down to Bijapur (Karnataka) in time for my Product Design Development internship with Sabala… What we’ve discovered is that, it’s pretty much impossible to […]
Pushkar
Pushkar is a holy Hindu pilgrimage town, which is special because it is home to one of very few Brahma temples in the world. Infact, we were told, the name […]
Jaipur
We didn’t actually really want to come to Jaipur as we had only really heard negative things, but I have to say I was quite pleasantly surprised. We arrived to […]
Camel Trekking in Jaisalmer
We chose to book our camel trek with our hotel, as the reviews matched those of Trotters and various other companies, the staff were amazingly helpful, and it was obviously […]
Jaisalmer
One thing you should know about Jaisalmer: it’s HOT! 46-degrees (maximum) we were dealing with here! Ouch. Thankfully though, it wasn’t humid so it was more bearable than you’d have […]
From Oceans With Love 