Articles tagged ‘india’
Adventure Gear Essential: The Water Filter
By Eric | February 5th, 2007 |
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Two years ago, before a six-month trek around Asia, including two months in India and Pakistan, countries not quite renowned for their sanitation systems, I spent the better part of an afternoon in the San Francisco REI learning everything I could about water filters.
The filter is pretty much an essential item there. One report I [...]
AL Best of 2006 - Top 10 Readers’ Choice
By Eric | January 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The most popular item on Google News was “Paris Hilton” this year, but here at Adventure Logue, our readers’ have slightly ok, vastly different interests. Here’s the posts that you all seemed most interested in during 2006:
10. The Ultimate Adventure Itinerary? Top 10 bars of the world
9. Rescue Teams To Tackle Mt. Hood [...]
Daily Dose: Friday, November 17th
By Eric | November 17th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Blogs: Do not visit Mexico City… Why not!!!!!!?
Is this for real? Borat beaten up by Angry Yank
An essential link for your next trip to the UK
Here’s what you’ll contend with if you opt to rent a motorbike in India…(Video)
What are the seven new ‘Wonders of the World’?
How to take a mini gap year
Today’s Destination: Costa [...]
Coping with, and trying to understand, the tumult of India
By Eric | October 16th, 2006 | 5 Comments »
I saw this great article on the topic in the Philadelphia Inquirer and it inspired me to share a few tips of my own on getting around India:
That guy on the train is going to keep staring at you. Even if he speaks English and you ask him to stop. He will shake his [...]
Daily Dose: Saturday, October 7th
By Eric | October 7th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Happy Saturday! I promise that today’s dose is 100% Mark Foley-free, uh, starting right now:
Vaccine Watch: Indian state battles fever fears
Why Americans don’t dig Barbados.
One step closer to “Beam me up, Scotty”
Fodor’s advice on visiting Israel.
Fly to Asia for under $400 on United.
Today’s Destination: Udaipur, India - A land of Palaces
Adventure Budgeting: A Day in Delhi
By Eric | September 21st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
In my last Adventure Budgeting post, we were wrapping up our time on the exquisite beaches in and around Goa. After making our way to Kerala state and the tip of the subcontinent, it was time to take a two-day train ride back to Delhi and catch a flight. But we made sure to leave [...]
Adventure Budgeting: Beach Budget Bingo - Part Two
By Eric | September 19th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
As you may remember from my last Adventure Budgeting post, we were finding some great deals on the beautiful beaches of Goa, but were also becoming increasingly irritated with the scenesters that crowd out any real sense of escape. So we headed south, taking a train to the first stop just beyond the border of [...]
Adventure Budgeting: Beach Budget Bingo - Part One
By Eric | September 16th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The beaches of Goa are legendary for parties in paradise. But the word is out, which means that the area is now becoming legendary for being a bit annoying. We showed up for New Year’s eve at the end of 2004, less than a week after the Indian Ocean tsunami. The disaster had wreaked the [...]
Adventure Budgeting: Introduction
By Eric | September 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Not many adventure travelers are all that great when it comes to accounting, but when you’re halfway around the world and carrying around a stash of cash in your sock in a third-world country without an ATM around the corner, it’s good to be able to budget. During a six month jaunt through Asia [...]
