]> http://www.itinerantwitness.com/taxonomy/term/38/0 en http://www.itinerantwitness.com/dam-dams-in-himachal-pradesh <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>Himachal Pradesh is being ruined by dams and hydroelectric projects. Somewhere in the halls of the Indian government bureaucracy there must exist a map of how to dam every meter of surging water in Himachal Pradesh and turn them into a chain of placated pools.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> places Tue, 1 Aug 2006 02:16:07 -0400 http://www.itinerantwitness.com/by-hook-and-by-crook-i-cross-the-nepal-border <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>On Friday afternoon I go to the Kashmere Gate ISBT (Inter State Bus Terminal) in Delhi to find out how I can get to the Nepal border. I had been dreading trying to go to the border to renew my visa because I know it would not be easy. Now I will find out if my fears are justified.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> places Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:44:09 -0400 http://www.itinerantwitness.com/my-first-impression-of-manali <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>Manali feels like a strong contrast to my travels in the plains and desert further south in India. Manali is set in the Himalaya mountains. There is a convergence of ethnicities here. The contrast is stark in such a small place. There are people of Tibetan, Nepalese, and Aryan background.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> places Sat, 3 Jun 2006 09:16:59 -0400 http://www.itinerantwitness.com/you-can-get-it-in-india <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>When I arrived in Mumbai, I still had a number of items to get. I had been running around before I left the U.S. in a mild panic for all of the things I had not gotten. I was running out of time.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> places Sat, 3 Jun 2006 09:16:03 -0400 http://www.itinerantwitness.com/places <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <br> <em>Stories and impressions about the places I've been.</em> <br><br> Note: I am a traveller and not a journalist. I do not have the resources to fact-check while travelling. These stories are a record of my observations, impressions, and opinions. <div class="place"> <!-- India --> <h2 class="group">Mumbai</h2> <h2>Khar</h2> <div class="node node-story"> <!-- Node header --> <div class="header"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="you-can-get-it-in-india" title="&quot;You can get it in India&quot;">&quot;You can get it in India&quot;</a> <!-- &quot;You can get it in India&quot; <a href="you-can-get-it-in-india" rel="bookmark" class="permalink" title="Permanent link to &quot;You can get it in India&quot;">#</a> --> </h2> <div class="meta"> <small>Submitted by itinerant on Sat, 06/03/2006 - 8:16am.</small> </div> </div> <!-- Node content --> <div class="content"> <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>When I arrived in Mumbai, I still had a number of items to get. I had been running around before I left the U.S. in a mild panic for all of the things I had not gotten. I was running out of time.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> <div class="read-more"> <a href="you-can-get-it-in-india">Read the rest of this entry...</a> </div> </div> <!-- Node footer --> <div class="footer"> <div class="links"> <p> <span class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="node/261">places</a></span> | <a href="comment/reply/262" title="Add a new comment to this page.">add new comment</a> · <a href="you-can-get-it-in-india" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">read more</a> · 931 reads &#187;</p> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 0em 0em 2em 0em"> <!--adsense: cached--> <div class="adsense"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-6858852892484858"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel = ""; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "336699"; google_color_url = "FF8C00"; google_color_text = "000000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="group">Delhi</h2> <div class="node node-story"> <!-- Node header --> <div class="header"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="delhi-surprises-me" title="Delhi surprises me">Delhi surprises me</a> <!-- Delhi surprises me <a href="delhi-surprises-me" rel="bookmark" class="permalink" title="Permanent link to Delhi surprises me">#</a> --> </h2> <div class="meta"> <small>Submitted by itinerant on Mon, 05/22/2006 - 4:25am.</small> </div> </div> <!-- Node content --> <div class="content"> <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>I arrived in Delhi on a "Deluxe A/C Volvo" bus via the road from Jaipur. It is marked as a highway on the map. What this meant in actuality is a very wide concrete highway with a divider down the middle.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> <div class="read-more"> <a href="delhi-surprises-me">Read the rest of this entry...</a> </div> </div> <!-- Node footer --> <div class="footer"> <div class="links"> <p> <span class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="node/261">places</a></span> | <a href="delhi-surprises-me#comment" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting.">1 comment</a> · <a href="delhi-surprises-me" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">read more</a> · 2473 reads &#187;</p> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 0em 0em 2em 0em"> <!--adsense: cached--> <div class="adsense"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-6858852892484858"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel = ""; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "336699"; google_color_url = "FF8C00"; google_color_text = "000000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="group">Himachal Pradesh</h2> <div class="node node-story"> <!-- Node header --> <div class="header"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="dam-dams-in-himachal-pradesh" title="Dam! Dams! in Himachal Pradesh">Dam! Dams! in Himachal Pradesh</a> <!-- Dam! Dams! in Himachal Pradesh <a href="dam-dams-in-himachal-pradesh" rel="bookmark" class="permalink" title="Permanent link to Dam! Dams! in Himachal Pradesh">#</a> --> </h2> <div class="meta"> <small>Submitted by itinerant on Tue, 08/01/2006 - 1:16am.</small> </div> </div> <!-- Node content --> <div class="content"> <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>Himachal Pradesh is being ruined by dams and hydroelectric projects. Somewhere in the halls of the Indian government bureaucracy there must exist a map of how to dam every meter of surging water in Himachal Pradesh and turn them into a chain of placated pools.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> <div class="read-more"> <a href="dam-dams-in-himachal-pradesh">Read the rest of this entry...</a> </div> </div> <!-- Node footer --> <div class="footer"> <div class="links"> <p> <span class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="node/261">places</a></span> | <a href="comment/reply/300" title="Add a new comment to this page.">add new comment</a> · <a href="dam-dams-in-himachal-pradesh" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">read more</a> · 1807 reads &#187;</p> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 0em 0em 2em 0em"> <!--adsense: cached--> <div class="adsense"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-6858852892484858"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel = ""; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "336699"; google_color_url = "FF8C00"; google_color_text = "000000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </div> </div> <h2>Manali</h2> <!-- bus ride --> <!-- Israeli hippies (?) / Indian tourists --> <!-- trekking --> <!-- convergence of cultures --> <div class="node node-story"> <!-- Node header --> <div class="header"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="my-first-impression-of-manali" title="My first impression of Manali">My first impression of Manali</a> <!-- My first impression of Manali <a href="my-first-impression-of-manali" rel="bookmark" class="permalink" title="Permanent link to My first impression of Manali">#</a> --> </h2> <div class="meta"> <small>Submitted by itinerant on Sat, 06/03/2006 - 8:16am.</small> </div> </div> <!-- Node content --> <div class="content"> <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>Manali feels like a strong contrast to my travels in the plains and desert further south in India. Manali is set in the Himalaya mountains. There is a convergence of ethnicities here. The contrast is stark in such a small place. There are people of Tibetan, Nepalese, and Aryan background.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> <div class="read-more"> <a href="my-first-impression-of-manali">Read the rest of this entry...</a> </div> </div> <!-- Node footer --> <div class="footer"> <div class="links"> <p> <span class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="node/261">places</a></span> | <a href="comment/reply/263" title="Add a new comment to this page.">add new comment</a> · <a href="my-first-impression-of-manali" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">read more</a> · 734 reads &#187;</p> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 0em 0em 2em 0em"> <!--adsense: cached--> <div class="adsense"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-6858852892484858"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel = ""; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "336699"; google_color_url = "FF8C00"; google_color_text = "000000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="group">Uttaranchal</h2> <h2>Banbassa</h2> <div class="node node-story"> <!-- Node header --> <div class="header"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="by-hook-and-by-crook-i-cross-the-nepal-border" title="By hook and by crook, I cross the Nepal border">By hook and by crook, I cross the Nepal border</a> <!-- By hook and by crook, I cross the Nepal border <a href="by-hook-and-by-crook-i-cross-the-nepal-border" rel="bookmark" class="permalink" title="Permanent link to By hook and by crook, I cross the Nepal border">#</a> --> </h2> <div class="meta"> <small>Submitted by itinerant on Sun, 07/30/2006 - 8:44am.</small> </div> </div> <!-- Node content --> <div class="content"> <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>On Friday afternoon I go to the Kashmere Gate ISBT (Inter State Bus Terminal) in Delhi to find out how I can get to the Nepal border. I had been dreading trying to go to the border to renew my visa because I know it would not be easy. Now I will find out if my fears are justified.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> <div class="read-more"> <a href="by-hook-and-by-crook-i-cross-the-nepal-border">Read the rest of this entry...</a> </div> </div> <!-- Node footer --> <div class="footer"> <div class="links"> <p> <span class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="node/261">places</a></span> | <a href="by-hook-and-by-crook-i-cross-the-nepal-border#comment" title="Jump to the first comment of this posting.">4 comments</a> · <a href="by-hook-and-by-crook-i-cross-the-nepal-border" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">read more</a> · 2014 reads &#187;</p> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 0em 0em 2em 0em"> <!--adsense: cached--> <div class="adsense"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-6858852892484858"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel = ""; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; google_ad_format = "468x60_as"; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "336699"; google_color_url = "FF8C00"; google_color_text = "000000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> places Sat, 3 Jun 2006 09:14:01 -0400 http://www.itinerantwitness.com/delhi-surprises-me <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>I arrived in Delhi on a "Deluxe A/C Volvo" bus via the road from Jaipur. It is marked as a highway on the map. What this meant in actuality is a very wide concrete highway with a divider down the middle.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> places Mon, 22 May 2006 05:25:41 -0400