2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/fletch/rss.xml Well this is my trip to india hope you enjoy! http://www.getjealous.com/fletch http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=373571&go=fletch Well i am really happy to say that i am in Vietnam having a great time. I have a new blog www.fletchcorp.com Check it out if you are interested, i wont be using this site again... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=373571&go=fletch Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=265261&go=fletch Getting up for a 2 hour flight on not much sleep is not fun, but we managed. Arriving in Jaipur just after midday and in desperate need for some food and somewhere to stay we went on the dreaded accommodation walk with our backpacks, this is when about 5000 Indians feel it is their duty to inform you about cheap hotels and cheap rides to cheap hotels. After settling on the Pink City Motel with... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=265261&go=fletch Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=265240&go=fletch We decided to have a pretty easy day on the 2nd, with a late breaky then some action at the cricket. At the Famous Wankhede stadium we saw Mumbai playing Bengal in the final of the Ranji Trophy (their local test competition). The ground was quite empty but there was still plenty of atmosphere and noise. When we arrived there was some big hitting and we saw Sachin Tendulkar get a great ton to put t... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=265240&go=fletch Fri, 2 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=261714&go=fletch Well i woke up with a slight headache in Mamallapuram about 2 hours late. I needed to get on a flight at 2:15 and it was 10am with buses leaving every hour. I managed to get ready and get the next bus which was great, but i missed breakfast and was pretty hungry. I managed to get off the bus early closer to the airport, and caught a rickshaw to the terminal. The flight was great. I arrived in ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=261714&go=fletch Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=261705&go=fletch We decided to go to Mamallapuram and have a look around. All three of us caught one Rickshaw to the bus station, it was quite a squeeze, and caught a bus 2 hours south of Chennai. The bus was very crowded, there were people hanging out of the door! When we arrived we wanted to find a place to stay, we looked at some rooms and managed to find two doubles for 450, great rooms very clean with dece... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=261705&go=fletch Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=261698&go=fletch We woke feeling like today was going to be Big. Weh (Aarons mate) Aaron and myself left our hotel at about 11am. This was going to be wild, there was a lot going on, there was a definite vibe around the city. We walked towards the ground and there were people massing everywhere. There seemed to be more and more people every couple of minutes. The Stadium itself was quite interesting, from the outs... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=261698&go=fletch Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=261685&go=fletch Well I arrived in Chennai after an over night sleeper bus from Karur. The bus was ok, apart from a light above my head that was turned on and off all the time. Upon arriving i was at a place called Engmore train station. This is in the middle of a whole lot of Hotels and a backpacker area, This is where you are at your most vulerable, when you have a backpack on walking around near hotels, everyon... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=261685&go=fletch Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=257842&go=fletch Across from Ragu's farm there was a new textile mill that had been set up, it was around $5 million to set up a plat to turn cotton from the tree into thread. Ragu's father Muthusamy new the people so we were lucky enough to get a tour! What happens is the get the cotton in sacks from the farms, then go through a few stages of purification, where they suck out the dirt and sticks etc. Then they... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=257842&go=fletch Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=257837&go=fletch The day started at about 730, i had a shower and some breaky then was picked up at a little after 8. We went to the Temple where the wedding was being held and there were a lot of people there. It is very different to an Austalian wedding, everyone seemed more relaxed, they servered breakfast, and people were around chatting. Then the wedding started. Everyong followed Nandini and Inder into t... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=257837&go=fletch Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=257280&go=fletch Well in the morning i met Jess for breakfast, we went somewhere simple and easy. After that i went to buy some decent clothes to meet Priyas family, i thought shorts and singlet might be a little rough considering they were taking me in for a few days. I found a really nice shirt (eg $80-100) and pants ($100) for 600R about $20, it was great. Then i went to buy some nice leather sandles to wea... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=257280&go=fletch Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT