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Bombay, Spiritual Healing Circles, More Scams and Beach Towns
I know I just wrote a big one but I have a little time as we are relaxing in Hampi and wanted to get up to date. This entry covers avoiding scams in Puna, a phony bologna guru, living thee good live and an amazing evening in a local home …
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Tagged Arambol, Bombay, Goa, India, Matheran, Puna
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Beating the Rickshaw Commission Hotel Scam in Puna
For the final bit of fun after our 31 hour train journey, Carrie and I found ourselves with the unenviable task of finding cheap lodging near the world famous (who knew!) OSHO Meditation Resort in Puna during a festival. The first few guesthouses we saw were too expensive and we …
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Nanda: A Phony Baloney Guru
We originally chose to stay Puna both to break up a long journey and to take a tour of the OSHO Meditation resort. OSHO attracts a mix of those seeking answers, hippies and curious travelers, so at least the area that we fought so hard to stay in was filled …
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Matheran: A Relaxing Hill Station and a Break From the Heat
Tough to get to and far off the tourist track, the shady, quiet and secluded hill station of Matheran was a welcome break from the chaos of traveling. While it may be a popular weekend spot for Indians, we were two of the only foreigners there and reveled in that …
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Hanging Out With Locals in Bombay
Despite our original plans of spending a mere two days in Bombay, train schedules forced us to do double that…and it couldn’t have worked out better for us. But first, a little background. We stayed in the Colaba area, which is very popular with the tourist crowd and full of …
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A Day As Zoo Animals With the Kindest Family in Bombay
We happened to be in Bombay during the Mumbai Festival and read about a free Buddha Festival with teachings on Buddha, live music, local food and more. After an hour long taxi ride in which our driver drove in circles to get the meter up (we didn’t pay the whole …
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Free Concerts to Celebrate Mumbai Festival
Carrie and I love music and concerts, so when we saw that the area between the Gateway of India and the Taj Hotel (a mere 5 blocks from our guesthouse) had been fenced off for a series of concerts we of course wanted to go. Tickets were free, but only …
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Go Relax in Goa
You read the blog. You can imagine how the stress level builds as in between all the amazing, rewarding and fun we are moving our home every two days. So, after more than a month in India we came to the beach town of Arambol in the state of Goa …
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Bombay, Spiritual Healing Circles, More Scams and Beach Towns This and That
We tried to rent a motorbike in Goa but were denied because we made the mistake of asking for instructions on how to ride it. One night some eggs must have hatched because our light in our bedroom was covered with hundreds of buzzing flying ants. They were all dead …
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Bombay, Spiritual Healing Circles, More Scams and Beach Towns: Photo Links
As always, here is the multimedia section that compiles all videos and photos from this entry. Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/greggoodman/sets/72157613425010112/ Videos: Sanu Niigaam concert – 2nd concert in bombay Hero Honda – Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 Carrie plays games at the Festival Umbrella Carrie gets a henna Belly Dancing …
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