Everybody loves a bit of head! |
A beaten up old ute, and a giant replica of John Howards head (the size a small horse)... these were our companions today as Mardi Gras preparations continued and Hottie Howards head cruised around th...
Posted by Ella Hush on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:51:00 PST |
I'm in India and they're playing MUSE in the cafe I'm sitting in.. |
Crazed times, I'm glad to be in Pondicherry and out of the hustle and bustle of the big cities. Quick exit from Karnatika due to civil unrest so we missed the Maharaja's palace. Epic train journeys an...
Posted by Ella Hush on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:07:00 PST |
Afraid of flees! |
Well I'm back in Kolkata (land of filth and theft) ARG So much has happened in the last few weeks... I've had such a beautiful, peaceful time.. so much to write, so many stories to tell.. poor an...
Posted by Ella Hush on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:14:00 PST |
Hill my jiggly bum! But my oath the view was worth it! |
She's done it again! How does she talk me into it? This time it was a 28km trek ascending and then descending 1000 metres. Maenam Hill is 3150metres a mountain by any of our standards, yet o...
Posted by Ella Hush on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:22:00 PST |
Darjeeling |
4:30 thismorning we set off for Tiger Hill, witnessing sunrise among spectacular views of the Himalayas. The peaks of Khangchendzonga (the third highest peak in the world) beautifully highlighted...
Posted by Ella Hush on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:50:00 PST |
A wonderful measure of my supreme unfit state! |
This entry has been hand written in a diary and will be typed up shortly when I have a better internet connection and when the feeling returns to my hand. Needless to say it is about -3 degrees right ...
Posted by Ella Hush on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:41:00 PST |
Jungle safari |
The first thing I noticed was the crisp cold, rippling my skin into goosebumps. Wisps of fog rose from the crystal frosted ground to greet the glowing orange orb of the 5am sun. I was surrounded by a ...
Posted by Ella Hush on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:44:00 PST |
Elevator |
First Elevator experience in India and we got trapped between floors... NEVER AGAIN!
Posted by Ella Hush on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:36:00 PST |
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There is something slightly disconcerting about the blank feeling I got upon the discovery that six people were killed, sot to death in a "gunbattle" (as the papers put it) during the protests on Sund...
Posted by Ella Hush on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:16:00 PST |
City strikes as protests continue |
Kolkata has come to a stand still as the city strikes in protest of industrialisation and the slaughter of Hindi's in the North. Today we had planned to travel to Behampore by train but were warned th...
Posted by Ella Hush on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:53:00 PST |
