Bon Voyage! Nearly ten years have passed since my last visit. Hope you have fun and take lots of pics.
Hey man, When you're in Riyadh, and have an evening free or something, drop me a line at terpsrock@gmail.com or call me at, uh ... maybe I'll email you the number ... hang out for a bit ... who knows, maybe by some miracle, the Chilis might actually open by then! Enjoy the trip!
I said the same thing about Bourbon street a few years ago, with exception to the animals. I know people that have been to India. It's not like that everywhere. Were you in the red light district?
I'll be the bigger man and overlook your personal insult. I'm hardly an "ugly American", however. I'll tell it like it is, though. India's a dump.
I'm going to bombay in august. I cant wait - I havent been there in 2 years. Everytime I go back, I'm amazed at the changes, new developments, and rapid advancement thats going on. What part of bombay do you go to? I usually stay in the bandra area. Aside from hanging out with relatives, catching up on all the hindi movies, and checking out all the changes to the city, I'm looking forward to eating pani puri at elco, pav bhaji at shiv sagar, and of course all the mughlai food I can get.
have fun man im gnna go in july/august, for all of those ppl sayin this n that abt india, its just a big misconception, im not lying or exagerating wen i say the malls there are better and nicer than the malls here, u wud be suprised how many stores there are the same as here like reebok nike diesel etc., i dotn want to get into it cuz i dont have the time, but if u havent been to india, my god ur missing out
http://www.gurgaonscoop.com/story/2004/9/19/52731/0859 Without A Containment Plan, The Man - Monkey Conflict Spreads Alarmingly In NCR & Rest Of India By Sanjay Sharma, Section Civic Problems in Gurgaon Posted on Sun Sep 19th, 2004 at 12:28:14 PM EST Editor's Note: This is about monkeys, but don't forget the pig problem that plagues our neighborhoods. Delhi alone has 5,000 marauding macaques, who've stormed the corridors of power around Parliament, temples, residential areas and hospitals. Institutions like the Air Force Bal Bharati School have employed langurs (larger black-faced monkeys) to scare away macaques. It isn't easy. Some determined macaques climbed all the way to the 17th floor of a high-rise apartment building in Gurgaon outside Delhi. "Seeing mean red faces in the window was terrifying," says Tanuja, a TV producer. Luckily her balcony was enclosed. Her neighbour's wasn't and the simian troop duly raided the refrigerator. Unpleasant man-monkey faceoffs are becoming a terrifying part of everyday life across India. The worst affected are northern states like Delhi, UP, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, where the worship of Hanuman and the feeding of rhesus macaques (considered his living avatar) is widespread. Humans have actually begun to cage themselves into houses and offices to escape the monkey menace. 'Simian vermin' too are being captured and put into barred shelters. Jammu and Kashmir (where the late music producer Gulshan Kumar sent fruits by the truckload for the monkeys at Vaishno Devi temple), Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Kerala are also struggling to cope with aggressive monkeys that forage in troops up to 200 strong. A monkey attack can lead to rabies and death. People in many areas have changed their habits. Dinesh Sharma, officer in charge of rabies control, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), says 1,603 people took anti-rabies vaccines after monkey attacks in 2003 at MCD clinics and dispensaries. That's more than a two-fold increase in monkey bites from 671 in 2002. Since this excludes central government hospitals, and private clinics and the richer New Delhi Municipal Corporation area, the figure indicates just a part of the problem. (Click on "full Story" for more.) Right now, the tourist haven of Shimla, under siege from 2,000 macaques, is trying to relocate the simians. A public interest petition was filed in the high court asking that the Union environment ministry direct the wildlife department to rid the state of monkeys. The court directed the government to frame a first-of-its-kind plan, following which around 700 macaques were picked up from Shimla and translocated to jungles last week. Yet the results have not been encouraging. In 2002, when macaques were released in Haryana's Morni forest, they preyed on the eggs of jungle fowl and khaleej pheasants. The same thing happened in Keoladeo National Park in 2003, where they ate the eggs of painted storks and resident birds. Since post-translocation studies have not been carried out, other conflicts might have been missed, adds Bhargava. Iqbal Malik specialises in the study of primates, a class to which both man and monkey belong. She says India's rhesus macaque population has jumped from 2 lakh in 1980 to 5 lakh now. Some 50-60 per cent of these live in urban areas, where abundant food at temples, homes, markets and garbage dumps is leading to a rise in their numbers. Meanwhile, militant political outfits like the Bajrang Dal, who identify themselves with the Hanuman cult, are making a sacred cow out of the monkey. Joining forces with them are sweet, snack and fruit vendors, who profit from the feeding. As a result, translocators get threatened with lines like: "Take away our monkeys and we will release pigs in dargahs."
yeahhh. if this was a test, India has nothing to do with Iraq, pakistan, iran, afghanistan/the middle east. its actually the safest place to visit of all of these, unless of course you visit the indian/pakistani border...ive stopped by in india for a few hours. i'd love to see more than just the airport...
i got a couple of indian friends and they've been. obviously, its a third world country so it will have these things. a lot of places have these things going on, not only india
I went in 2003 and stayed in Bandra. Freakin awesome. Check out the clubs close to Palwa (Gateway of India), Nariman Point and of course Bandra. Most of the clubs over there would put any Houston club to shame. Cover charges can be anywhere from $10 - $50 (yes I am talking about American dollars). Pani Puri at that one place in Bandra is freakin amazing. I just can't remember the name of the place! Why are people responding to bigass? Just leave his dumb ass alone. Don't try to convince people like him about India. We dont want him there anyways.
Take it as you will but an "Ugly American" is an American who makes a blanket negative statement about a country knowing very little about it and calling India a sh*thole would certainly apply.
Im posting from Jeddah Int Airport... THEY HAVE FREE WIFI, but noo the ppl at JFK cant afford that... ill post when i get to india.
Can I give you a list of people who work at certain call centers out there who's asses I want you to kick?
