Tag Archives: travel

Into the Heart of South India

By popagandhi | Published: 2 July, 2010
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Some Tips on Indian Visas

By popagandhi | Published: 9 March, 2010
in the Singapore/Malaysia/United Arab Emirates context (i.e. the places where I’ve applied for an Indian visa) Never forget: almost everybody needs a visa to India. The default “tourist” visa you get (I say this as a Singapore citizen) is a 6-month multiple entry visa. It costs S$50 in Singapore. Don’t go to the High Commissions [...]
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Alpha and Omega

By popagandhi | Published: 5 March, 2010
Everything starts and ends with India. I am always coming and going to India. Every post of significance here, these days, seems to have to do with the going and returning and yearning for India. I spent all of 2008 yearning for adventure, 2009 living it, 2010 wanting a bed, a pillow and a bedfellow. [...]
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iPhone App Review: Angkor in Your Pocket

By popagandhi | Published: 4 February, 2010
In 2005, a 20 year old newbie backpacker trudged through the Cambodian border at Aranyaprathet on foot and her first instinct was to reach for a stack of paper in her 65L backpack. Just to locate the section, “At the Poi Pet border… expect to pay extra for a Cambodian visa”, and additional instructions on [...]
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Two Hundred and Nine

By popagandhi | Published: 6 January, 2010
2009 was a year of many things: it was the year of change and death. More so it was the year of change because of death. Many famous people died that year; my grandfather, who was not famous, somehow also did the same. In April I called him from a phone booth in Beirut at [...]
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