tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post1721252251145724885..comments2023-06-21T14:14:24.806+01:00Comments on Blogtrotter: INDIA ROADGMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-43126314922961593072009-04-04T00:50:00.000+01:002009-04-04T00:50:00.000+01:00Lady,This one is one of my favourite posts on Indi...Lady,<BR/>This one is one of my favourite posts on India!!Trotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-69654031763099892442009-04-03T23:51:00.000+01:002009-04-03T23:51:00.000+01:00Real people, real lives, real animals.Thats what i...Real people, real lives, real animals.<BR/>Thats what its all about.A Lady's Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973102350411443282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-37415700280018932052009-02-13T15:08:00.000+00:002009-02-13T15:08:00.000+00:00Marie-Noyale,You're entirely right; in particular ...Marie-Noyale,<BR/>You're entirely right; in particular with the crowd of memories. Unforgettable...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-67652996087013818962009-02-13T12:47:00.000+00:002009-02-13T12:47:00.000+00:00This post was a very good idea.It gives exactly th...This post was a very good idea.<BR/>It gives exactly the feeling of what is visiting India...<BR/>A crowd of People ,a crowd of memories...Marie-Noyalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08929839775594103524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-6107689205918453332009-02-09T15:33:00.000+00:002009-02-09T15:33:00.000+00:00Addy,It definitely has a special charm... but some...Addy,<BR/>It definitely has a special charm... but sometimes it's quite hard to keep the right attitude... ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-48696766936530276212009-02-09T12:18:00.000+00:002009-02-09T12:18:00.000+00:00this post made me laugh SO HARD :D so many funny p...this post made me laugh SO HARD :D so many funny pictures, hehehehehe! i love that one titled open-air closet, while the one where it says "the zoo moved to the road" made me laugh so freaking loud. :D HAHAHAH :D the animals are very cute in a funny way! this is why india is so chaotic. i don't think i can live in india, only because i don't like crowded places. but i think india is superbly colourful. i loved this post a lot, gil!adelynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17256326217881275839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-10842551415624138642009-02-08T21:26:00.000+00:002009-02-08T21:26:00.000+00:00Ted,Sag Gosht was on the first post, at Karim's......Ted,<BR/>Sag Gosht was on the first post, at Karim's... ;))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-29284489512194325522009-02-08T20:27:00.000+00:002009-02-08T20:27:00.000+00:00Terrific to get a glimpse of everyday life in this...Terrific to get a glimpse of everyday life in this and the next post. Lovely shots and now my mouth is watering for Sag Gosht.Emery Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764300703571229622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-48795660873480646772009-02-08T01:12:00.000+00:002009-02-08T01:12:00.000+00:00Hi Folks! Thanks for your visits and comments. I m...Hi Folks! Thanks for your visits and comments. I must confess, however, that I was a bit surprised to see that no one made a specific comment on the open air water closet; that’s what happens when the posts are too long and with too many pictures... ;) Anyhow, this one was special; hope you forgive me...<BR/><BR/>Kven,<BR/>That’s an amazing experience to see the whole Zoo on the roads... I’ve checked the website: wonderful pictures!!<BR/><BR/>Z,<BR/>Monkeys everywhere, mostly in the cities...<BR/><BR/>Marie,<BR/>This is my only post on India which isn’t directly dealing with a city... You’ll have plenty of other posts to enjoy cities... ;))<BR/><BR/>Peter,<BR/>This is closer to the view that Westerners have of India; it’s also part of it, but it’s not the only thing one finds there as you have seen and I’ll show in the next posts...<BR/>37km/hour is a nice average on Indian roads; well, maybe a little more – 50km/Hour outside the main cities... ;)<BR/><BR/>Lyliane,<BR/>Ah, les plaintes des Parisiens... c’est connu partout... à l’étranger sont les frites que ne sont pas bonnes, le steak que n’est pas saignant… Alors, à Paris, c’est le trafic! M. Hulot est toujours là? ;))<BR/><BR/>Alice SG,<BR/>Lots of skill is needed to travel outside: buses, trains... whatever! But that’s a common scene… ;))<BR/><BR/>Mariposa,<BR/>Glad you enjoyed!<BR/><BR/>Celine,<BR/>You caught the meaning of this post superbly: actually a homage! And it’s true that the chaos always incorporates something of an order. At least according to the theory it isn’t random. That’s the key for survival… ;)<BR/><BR/>Irina,<BR/>It’s crowded, indeed, but with enough beauty for everyone… ;)<BR/><BR/>Cutie,<BR/>Those trains are famous, but have you ever experienced the Tokyo Underground at rush hour? That is the closest definition I have for travelling packed… ;))<BR/><BR/>Thérèse,<BR/>That was the intention; no trace at all…<BR/><BR/>Olivier,<BR/>Vraiment c’est la seule série dédiée aux routes; le reste sera plutôt la beauté traditionnelle… ;)<BR/><BR/>Marguerite-Marie,<BR/>La femme et sa machine type Singer (aussi avec l’homme qui était à la «open-air toilet») était une des instantanés le plus charmants que j’ai réussi, me semble-t-il…<BR/><BR/>Priyank,<BR/>Thanks! It’s quite a compliment when you say you missed your country just by seeing my pictures…<BR/><BR/>Dana,<BR/>Great pleasure to read you here!<BR/><BR/>Kim,<BR/>Dromedaries, actually: camels have two humps… ;))<BR/><BR/>Asian Traveler,<BR/>An eye-opening experience indeed! I intended to see it this weekend; let’s see if I manage to get to the movies tomorrow…<BR/><BR/>Joyce,<BR/>I’m sure you will. It’s truly incredible, as the publicity doesn’t cease to show on TV. Incredible India!!<BR/><BR/>Lisa,<BR/>True; there is much more world outside New York, though New York is a World in itself… ;))<BR/><BR/>Shionge,<BR/>They have some kind of peculiar GPS adapted to the peculiar road conditions… ;))<BR/>I adore Indian food; in India, in Lisbon or elsewhere… ;))<BR/><BR/>Lara,<BR/>Contrasts; that’s the least we can say!!<BR/><BR/>Pete,<BR/>I’m sure you will. But for someone used to Khartoum, I don’t think the roads will be any surprise… ;)<BR/><BR/>Ash,<BR/>Thanks! Any word from you is a compliment!<BR/><BR/>Azer,<BR/>This is the post that took me more time to prepare; the choice of the pictures and of the words to put on it. I’m glad to see that it ended up quite well, at least to see from the overall reaction of the comments here…<BR/><BR/>Pietro,<BR/>Everyday’s life might be tough, but there is always hope at the end of the road!!<BR/><BR/>Jo,<BR/>I knew it was an interesting place to visit; now I know it’s a must see place! Mischievous monkeys? Just by accident… But the woman with the «Singer» type sewing machine was intentional… ;)<BR/><BR/>Cuckoo,<BR/>Thanks! You got it as I wished everybody did!!!<BR/><BR/>Bob,<BR/>I thought you were going to notice the open-air WC… ;)), but you just found out the hard worker… ;))<BR/><BR/>Maria,<BR/>Busy for sure. The post was prepared some weeks ago and took some time to be put together… ;))<BR/><BR/>Susan,<BR/>Thanks for your first comment here. Great pleasure to read you here!!<BR/><BR/>JoAnn,<BR/>It’s always great to read you here, so I come whenever you can!!<BR/>As for the food, I tell that Indian food is perfectly OK! At least I adore it… But I also adore Portuguese, French, Italian, Chinese food… Well the problem is that I always experience local food; and I usually like it… that’s why there is no way to lose some weight… ;))<BR/>I left a message on your blog regarding your Mom some weeks ago. Hope everything is going better now!!<BR/><BR/>Tinsie,<BR/>That means that I’ve to balance my posts; but I usually don’t take much pictures of people on the streets; some kind of self-restraint… ;)<BR/><BR/>99,<BR/>Obrigadop pela visita e pelo comentário!<BR/>Eros and Thanatos, that makes sense on Indian roads… ;))<BR/><BR/>Lakshmi,<BR/>Great to see you back to the blogosphere, and I hope your father is ok now!<BR/>Well, let’s assume that the posts are already some kind of exhibition… ;)<BR/><BR/>Rakesh,<BR/>One of the most amazing features of the roads in India was the «Please Horn» sign on all trucks. Unfortunately couldn’t get any decent picture of any of those…<BR/><BR/>Joy,<BR/>I’m sure you would resist, strong as you are! It wouldn’t happen to you what happened to those described in the book «Les Fous de l’Inde» (crazy about India)… ;))<BR/><BR/>Chucker,<BR/>Glad to see that you feel comfortable with this one… ;))<BR/><BR/>Indrani,<BR/>It was a perfect experience! And I’ll return as soon as I can… I hoped that the post would transmit that feeling to everyone seeing it… ;)<BR/><BR/>Ron,<BR/>This one is closer to the traditional vision of what people think about India; but it’s supposed to be seen with eyes open… ;)<BR/>Can imagine what you suffered until the final seconds of the match… ;)<BR/><BR/>Stella,<BR/>Different from everything, you may be sure; and you’re not that far, so better start packing!!<BR/><BR/>Ingrid,<BR/>Never say never!!<BR/><BR/>Jen,<BR/>Manila,<BR/>Piece of cake… ;)) though I got there after a typhoon and everything was half flooded…<BR/><BR/>Letitia,<BR/>Fantastic to see you back here! Hope everything is fine!!<BR/><BR/>Bindu,<BR/>I tried! If you say I achieved, that’s very kind of you…<BR/><BR/>Vamsee,<BR/>Expected, but with a peculiar beauty on it…<BR/><BR/>Lucie,<BR/>Excuse-moi mais ce n’est pas toujours facile de trouver le temps pour faire le tour! Mais, c’est promis: chaque fois qu’il y aura du nouveau, je passe pour laisser «l’Invitation au Voyage» ou, si tu préfères, «L’Invitation à la Dance»… ;)<BR/>Tu as raison. Tout est beauté: il ne faut que les yeux ouverts…<BR/><BR/>Shantanu,<BR/>Thanks! That’s quite a compliment!!<BR/><BR/>Shooting Star,<BR/>I’m not sure this post could be classified as the views of «all the… » ;))<BR/>And, according to the theory, chaos is not linked with serenity, but with order, the opposite of random… ;))<BR/><BR/>Lisa,<BR/>Just pay some attention to the previous posts and to the next to come and maybe your views on visiting it or not may change… ;))<BR/><BR/>Lori,<BR/>The colours are impressive, and we’ll see it better in Rajasthan! As for the dromedary shouting, no wonder: it was working for the police… ;))<BR/><BR/>Barb,<BR/>I wonder which girl you are talking about… ;)<BR/>José Saramago, the Portuguese Nobel-Prize writer, just published a book - "The Elephant's Journey" -, based on the real-life epic journey of an Indian elephant named Solomon who travelled from Lisbon to Vienna in the 16th century... You might like it; it’s an amazing story!!<BR/><BR/>Dawning One,<BR/>Indeed!!<BR/><BR/>Baron,<BR/>Thanks! Normal speed of life, that’s it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-55082439871125693462009-02-07T10:06:00.000+00:002009-02-07T10:06:00.000+00:00You've captured it all...The pedestrians, the cars...You've captured it all...The pedestrians, the cars, the buses, the lorries, the trucks, the bicycles, the cows, the ram, the busy life and the calm...and all going at what seems like 100 miles an hour but in reality just at the normal speed of life.<BR/>Bravo...C'est formidable!Baron's Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363887015251189502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-50413377597868166722009-02-07T07:13:00.000+00:002009-02-07T07:13:00.000+00:00the zoo has indeed moved to the road!the zoo has indeed moved to the road!Dawning Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16390639257629832757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-10129627486200123572009-02-07T04:40:00.000+00:002009-02-07T04:40:00.000+00:00It amazes me sometimes how wonderfully made some s...It amazes me sometimes how wonderfully made some statues are and what they come up with. <BR/><BR/>The girl with the big head piece looks like it maybe heavy. I like the colors on her dress. <BR/><BR/>I love elephants. I just read the book, "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen and it's a great read if you ever get the chance to read it.lv2scpbkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727591726116331492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-40085011961404193492009-02-06T19:30:00.000+00:002009-02-06T19:30:00.000+00:00I'm amazed by these photos and the colorful sights...I'm amazed by these photos and the colorful sights of India. What a visit you must have had! I love all the different animals, especially that camel who looks like he is letting out a shout. Sometimes you can tell the people were looking back at you when you took their pictures. These are fascinating photos!!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722373242668739023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-44858670461790756732009-02-06T18:08:00.000+00:002009-02-06T18:08:00.000+00:00Hi Gil.Great pics as always. I don't think that i...Hi Gil.<BR/>Great pics as always. I don't think that it's a place I would want to visit though. I love the last picture. It's much more peaceful looking.<BR/>Have a great weekend.<BR/>Lisaraccoonlover1963/Lisa Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02529006597210786583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-40897097041120364732009-02-06T17:32:00.000+00:002009-02-06T17:32:00.000+00:00all the westerners say the same thing crowds and s...all the westerners say the same thing crowds and so chaos...but i say havent you read the chaos theory..within chaos lies serenity!!...My Unfinished Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585327291812330305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-28302997301291759282009-02-06T16:56:00.001+00:002009-02-06T16:56:00.001+00:00I don't think I could have captured our streets be...I don't think I could have captured our streets better! Great pics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-9836194795146205472009-02-06T16:56:00.000+00:002009-02-06T16:56:00.000+00:00Bonjour Gil, il y avait longtemps que tu n'étais p...Bonjour Gil, il y avait longtemps que tu n'étais passé me faire un petit coucou sur Cergipontin : depuis le jour de l'an du buffle exactement qui est ton signe ; et moi je t'ai rendu alors ta visite. Pardonne moi, j'attends que tu passes pour m'inviter à passer boire le thé chez toi et regarder tes photos. C'est plus facile ainsi, je trouve que c'est dans l'ordre des choses car tu es un homme et tu publies plus irrégulièrement que moi.<BR/> De plus tu as des messages beaucoup plus longs que moi à lire et à commenter. <BR/><BR/>Tu dis ici qu'on finit en beauté, mais tout est beauté sur ce message ; même le temps gris, je trouve, enveloppe les choses, les animaux et les gens de poésie....Cergiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623905868861239570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-58679904084210199042009-02-06T06:38:00.000+00:002009-02-06T06:38:00.000+00:00This is exactly what i would expect to see in Indi...This is exactly what i would expect to see in India. Great job.Vamsee Modugulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990519471419860046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-48825765312239110012009-02-06T00:29:00.000+00:002009-02-06T00:29:00.000+00:00You've captured the general mood and bustle of Ind...You've captured the general mood and bustle of India's roads very well in your set of pictures!binduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156291956967889455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-51869869472241186292009-02-05T22:23:00.000+00:002009-02-05T22:23:00.000+00:00Love this post.So wonderful to see a country so di...Love this post.<BR/>So wonderful to see a country so different from my own.<BR/>Fantastic, interesting photos.freefallinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-68760895485595670682009-02-05T14:02:00.000+00:002009-02-05T14:02:00.000+00:00And I thought Manila was chaotic. But this one tak...And I thought Manila was chaotic. But this one takes the cake...Jen Laceda | Milk Guideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00619343060622081800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-14723558758664038462009-02-05T13:54:00.000+00:002009-02-05T13:54:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jen Laceda | Milk Guideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00619343060622081800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-72328814928432271212009-02-05T09:40:00.000+00:002009-02-05T09:40:00.000+00:00Very interesting to see. I think I will never go t...Very interesting to see. I think I will never go there but at least I can get a glimpse on it through your photos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-64043322425596833292009-02-05T05:58:00.000+00:002009-02-05T05:58:00.000+00:00I definitely want to check it out there! :D It loo...I definitely want to check it out there! :D It looks so interesting and very different to anywhere in the world.Stella Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026895829504044067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-72662448359139247432009-02-05T03:15:00.000+00:002009-02-05T03:15:00.000+00:00Very interesting pictures. This is how I imagined...Very interesting pictures. This is how I imagined India would look like in my head. I am definately intrigued by your lens.<BR/><BR/>I will be back updating my blog shortly. I was just celebrating the big Super Bowl victory by the Steelers.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12902983138851666188noreply@blogger.com