Now 1 week i'm travelling. More less 22h bus, 1050km done. Not really fast. I think I couldn't take a picture inside the bus, pity. it's something... interesting! More-less 50/60 seated places, and 100 people IN the bus. It's just people EVERYWHERE. Quiete funny, but not so easy with my backpack. Well, I survive :-)
So far, I travelled through Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Fatehpur/Mandawa/Nawalgarh (Shekhawati area), and now i'm in Pushkar.
Jaisalmer was nice, with a wonderful fortress, beautiful havelis, but many tourists (NO i'm not a tourist... i'm a traveller :-P)
Bikaner was really interesting. Nice havelis in the old town, few temples, a spicy market, a camel farm where i saw a 3 days baby camel.
AND a surpising rat temple! Not exactly at Bikaner, 31km away at Deshnoke. Here in India, rats are sacred, so they have their own temple. More-less 1000 rats live here. And I saw a white mouse, it means luck for me. Will see...
Then I wanted to go to SHEKWHATI to see wonderful havelis. So I took one bus to Fatehpur, but the bus didn't go to Fatehpur (is it luck?). so I stopped I don't know where to take another bus. Finally arrived in Fatehpur, I visited and took one more bus to Mandawa. it was a busy & tiring day. I slept a lot that night.
Monday i visited Dunlod, Nawalgarh and Mandawa with a young guide. Some havelis are wonderful with renoved painting. But some of them are abandoned and fall down, pity.
Tuesday was a travelled day as well. Mandawa to Jaipur (4h bus), then Jaipur to Pushkar (3h30). I'm staying there few days to visit this town and Ajmer, 12km away.
Pushkar is a holy town, consacred at Brahma, one of the hindi god. and ajmer is a muslim town with apparently a very nice mosquee.
(...but many tourists)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Let's start the 2nd part of y Indian trip
After 4 week in India, i finally started to ove on my own> right now i'm in jaisalmer, a hotel renuka, in a double room only for me and with private bathroom for .... 250Rs/night (less than 5 euros). I tried to bargain, but impossible. also i think it's possible to get a double room with private bahtroom cheaper, BUT here it's clean! ... and close to the street market :-) AND i got a balconet ... but the view is boring and uninteressant.
Well, i got hot shower!! kind of luxury here!
Now internet is a bit faster, i can take time to write a long article, and tell what happened during this 3 last weeks at shiv.
THE CAMP
We were 11 volunteers the 1st week, then 10, from 18 to 29 years old. 6 guides were working there. They helped us to prepare the class, and for the translation during the lessons. 3 kitchen staffs, 3 house working staff, 1 bus driver are also working there.
I have been in a hat with one australian girl and one german girl. It was a basic hat, with beds and bathroom. of course, no shower. we washed ourself with buckets. it was nice for me. something different.
we have had one visitor last week: a mouse. but no rats. it's only interested in the kitchen. i saw a rat twice. strange sensation... but i'm in india!
food was nice, but no spicy, it's a pity.
THE WORKING AREA
* The morning i was working in a day care center with kids from 2 to 7 years old. the only thing they knew, was "what is your name?" ... and the good morning and good evening songs.
what? you don't know?
- Good morning song:
say good morning, say good morning,
how are you? how are you?
now it's time to listen, now it's time to listen
now, now, now; now, now, now
- Good evening song:
say good bye *2
see you soon *2
hope you have a good day *2
bye bye bye *2
Yeah, they were not the only ones to learn, i learnt as well :-)
so, except these songs, with my group, we learnt fruits & vegs, numbers, animals, colours, and i created a game mixing numbers and fruits/vegs.
but i needed almost 2 weeks to fell confortable with them, and when i was finally very confortable, the programme ended. too bad.
* concerning the afternoon, i was teaching english t girls (15 to 26 y.o) with an english guy. I enjoyed it from the 1st afternoon. it was really nice, and girls were motivated to learn. i think they enjoyed as us. We made some exercices about tenses, pu words in the right way, make some conversations (ect). I had a lot of ideas!
4 weeks (1 week mixing jaipur and travelling to shiv, + 3 weeks working) are too short i think. the 8 weeks programme is better, beause you have time to "create" something.
i know even with 8 weeks programme, we can't change their life, but we have more time to show them something different.
So i think you can feel, it was a great experience for me, even with no shower but buckets, even with dust everywhere, even with mouses and rats, even with no spicy food (kidding :-D)
I don't know if it's gonna change my life, but it was a great idea to participate at this programme. And i think i'm the one (in my group, 5 people) who enjoyed the most.
One last thing before to put this article online. Days are warm (25 degres), it's so good, bt nights are fucking cold, it' crazy!!
Well, i got hot shower!! kind of luxury here!
Now internet is a bit faster, i can take time to write a long article, and tell what happened during this 3 last weeks at shiv.
THE CAMP
We were 11 volunteers the 1st week, then 10, from 18 to 29 years old. 6 guides were working there. They helped us to prepare the class, and for the translation during the lessons. 3 kitchen staffs, 3 house working staff, 1 bus driver are also working there.
I have been in a hat with one australian girl and one german girl. It was a basic hat, with beds and bathroom. of course, no shower. we washed ourself with buckets. it was nice for me. something different.
we have had one visitor last week: a mouse. but no rats. it's only interested in the kitchen. i saw a rat twice. strange sensation... but i'm in india!
food was nice, but no spicy, it's a pity.
THE WORKING AREA
* The morning i was working in a day care center with kids from 2 to 7 years old. the only thing they knew, was "what is your name?" ... and the good morning and good evening songs.
what? you don't know?
- Good morning song:
say good morning, say good morning,
how are you? how are you?
now it's time to listen, now it's time to listen
now, now, now; now, now, now
- Good evening song:
say good bye *2
see you soon *2
hope you have a good day *2
bye bye bye *2
Yeah, they were not the only ones to learn, i learnt as well :-)
so, except these songs, with my group, we learnt fruits & vegs, numbers, animals, colours, and i created a game mixing numbers and fruits/vegs.
but i needed almost 2 weeks to fell confortable with them, and when i was finally very confortable, the programme ended. too bad.
* concerning the afternoon, i was teaching english t girls (15 to 26 y.o) with an english guy. I enjoyed it from the 1st afternoon. it was really nice, and girls were motivated to learn. i think they enjoyed as us. We made some exercices about tenses, pu words in the right way, make some conversations (ect). I had a lot of ideas!
4 weeks (1 week mixing jaipur and travelling to shiv, + 3 weeks working) are too short i think. the 8 weeks programme is better, beause you have time to "create" something.
i know even with 8 weeks programme, we can't change their life, but we have more time to show them something different.
So i think you can feel, it was a great experience for me, even with no shower but buckets, even with dust everywhere, even with mouses and rats, even with no spicy food (kidding :-D)
I don't know if it's gonna change my life, but it was a great idea to participate at this programme. And i think i'm the one (in my group, 5 people) who enjoyed the most.
One last thing before to put this article online. Days are warm (25 degres), it's so good, bt nights are fucking cold, it' crazy!!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
le temps passe, bientot la fin du benevolat
Deja 3 semaines en Inde!! Bientot la fin du projet humanitaire. Lundi soir je prends la route toute seule. 2e partie du trip.
J'ai pas encore mis de photos sur le blog, la connexion est plus que mega lente. J'ai reussit a mettre 5 photos sur facebook en 1h30!! GENIAL !! du coup, il faudra patienter un peu pour voir a quoi ca ressemble...
Ce soir on fait une party, il y a un groupe de volontaires qui part demain apres midi. Ca risque d'etre assez sympa demain matin quand il va falloir se lever pour aller enseigner :-P
I have been in India for 3 weeks now. Next Monday, i start my trip alone. It's exciting. I planned a bit, so i know i will go to Jaisalmer in first. I was there last week-end for a camel safari. it's a small (80 000 hbts) and very nice town, with a lake, a fort (like almost everywhere in India), some places where you can get a massage...
So I did last week end, and it was wonderful. 1h!! very relaxing!
Hopefully i could put some pictures on this blog soon. But now, it's impossible, it takes ages!
J'ai pas encore mis de photos sur le blog, la connexion est plus que mega lente. J'ai reussit a mettre 5 photos sur facebook en 1h30!! GENIAL !! du coup, il faudra patienter un peu pour voir a quoi ca ressemble...
Ce soir on fait une party, il y a un groupe de volontaires qui part demain apres midi. Ca risque d'etre assez sympa demain matin quand il va falloir se lever pour aller enseigner :-P
I have been in India for 3 weeks now. Next Monday, i start my trip alone. It's exciting. I planned a bit, so i know i will go to Jaisalmer in first. I was there last week-end for a camel safari. it's a small (80 000 hbts) and very nice town, with a lake, a fort (like almost everywhere in India), some places where you can get a massage...
So I did last week end, and it was wonderful. 1h!! very relaxing!
Hopefully i could put some pictures on this blog soon. But now, it's impossible, it takes ages!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
in india
A short article for the moment… internet is slow, of course in the middle of the desert :-)
My plane left with 1 hour late last Wednesday. I arrived in new Delhi around 11.45pm. To pass the immigration, it takes me one and half hours…
I spent 3 days in jaipur in an Indian family very nice, and now I’m in Shiv.
I started to teach yesterday. Not easy to teach to kids who even don’t know to write and read hindi, but I will manage :-) The afternoon, I teach English to girls from 16 to 21. it’s much better!
It’s really sunny here, but nights are cold (well, for me it’s okay).
For the moment I really enjoy myself. Hope I could add some pictures soon.
See ya later
My plane left with 1 hour late last Wednesday. I arrived in new Delhi around 11.45pm. To pass the immigration, it takes me one and half hours…
I spent 3 days in jaipur in an Indian family very nice, and now I’m in Shiv.
I started to teach yesterday. Not easy to teach to kids who even don’t know to write and read hindi, but I will manage :-) The afternoon, I teach English to girls from 16 to 21. it’s much better!
It’s really sunny here, but nights are cold (well, for me it’s okay).
For the moment I really enjoy myself. Hope I could add some pictures soon.
See ya later
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