What to see on our Grand India Road Tour (GIRT) ?

Aishah · Dec 26th, 2007, 21:25

Lucky with your puncture KS! A real good news story! Washing machine lassi, that sounds extraordinary Machadinha! I've never seen that - I assume it was in the Punjab?

capt_mahajan · Dec 26th, 2007, 21:29

It wasn't mach, it was me

And yes, it was the Punjab

Aishah · Dec 26th, 2007, 21:58

Humble apologies, Captain - put it down to eating popcorn at the same time and not concentrating properly! And the thought of that lassi coming out of the hose-pipe just made my mind boggle! If you knew where the hose-pipe of my washing machine drained into your mind would boggle too!!!!

shahronakm · Dec 27th, 2007, 11:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by ks_bluechip

So far everything is going fine; only a minor tyre-puncture right in front of a tyre-repair shop, at place called Sukhi. The Sikh guy there was fast...he repaired and replaced the tire in 5 minutes flat!!

- KS

Good to know everything is going as per plan. Tyre puncture in front of a tyre - repair shop, included

Ronak.

ks_bluechip · Dec 27th, 2007, 19:24

Dec 27th ...we reached Agra today 3:00PM after seeing Akbar's Tomb at Sikandara (on way, on NH2) and then we rushed to Taj Mahal immediately (as tomorrow, friday, it is closed it seems).

Taj Mahal is still as beautiful and awesome, as it was the last time I saw it a 6-7 years ago! Tomorrow we will see the Agra Fort and then push off to Kanpur. - KS

Dilliwala · Dec 27th, 2007, 22:15

Arre, weren't u originally planning to stop in Delhi, sir?
But Agra offers more than Delhi, so good choice.

Glad to read everything's going well.

capt_mahajan · Dec 27th, 2007, 22:30

Ksb, Enjoy Kanpur, briefly. Not one of my favourite places.

About 1982, I sat in the car and told the driver, show me the sights.

So he takes me to a dirty nullah*, unlit and potholed roads.. and says, 'This is the Marine Drive of Kanpur'.

I think he mistook my speechlessness for awe

*small stream, ditch, drainage channel

gautam · Dec 27th, 2007, 22:54

Kanpur has the famous "thagoo ke ladoo" shop which also featured in Abhishek Ash starrer "Bunty and bubli" . Anyone tried there ladoos yet ??

ks_bluechip · Dec 28th, 2007, 18:45

Hi everybody,

We reached Kanpur today at 4:00PM after seeing Agra Fort ... Agra fort was absolutely fantastic... took many pics there on my DSLR. Hope they turn out good.

Kanpur is just a night stop for us .. no sight-seeing is planned here (unless I decide to go see a school, that I attended way back in 1958-59 St. Aloysius! That was 50 years ago when i was 9 yrs old!) BTW: I had seen a India - West Indies Test Match, back in 58-59 in Green Park Kanpur ... the one in which Jassu Patel took 9 WI wickets, in one innings, if my memory serves me right!!

Driving on the 4-lane highway (the renewed GT road a.k.a NH2) to this place we witnessed some crazy UP Bhai-Bhayyas on cycles / tractors / 2 wheelers / lorries / tempos / bullock carts etc. on the wrong side of the highway

They were coming on the rightmost fast-lane of the highway in the wrong direction! First we thought, they were too lazy to go around and do a u-turn ... BUT No, this seems to be a whimsical habit here in this state! We passed hundreds of vehicles this way today ... they just suddenly appear in front of you, on your lane, when you are doing 80KMPH ... they appeared stoically calm ... while we were scared out of our wits!

We are now getting to see some really backward and dirty places of India!

Agra city traffic was crazy; with autos grid-locking the chowks & lanes, with plain dumb stupidity! I am now dreading Bihar and Jharkhand that lies ahead of us.

We go to Varnasi tomorrow from here. One day ahead of schedule as of now!

- KS

ks_bluechip · Dec 28th, 2007, 18:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dilliwala

Arre, weren't u originally planning to stop in Delhi, sir?
But Agra offers more than Delhi, so good choice.

Glad to read everything's going well.

Dilliwalla Sir, we decided to skip Dilli ..... and not regreting it after experiencing the traffic while getting from NH1 to NH2!

Capt: Yes "Briefly" is just what we want to be here!

shahronakm · Dec 28th, 2007, 19:35

Hi KS,

Stange to hear that people were riding on wrong side of the highway. That's very bad. It's like they do not care for their life but we have to care for ours as well as their lives.

Hope you have a good journey in Lalu's Bihar.

Ronak.

Aishah · Dec 28th, 2007, 22:23

Scary stuff, KS - look after yourselves, and I'm thinking of you both in Bihar. Is that 'shooting equipment' at the ready??

Shyamal Mukherjee · Dec 28th, 2007, 22:33

KSB Sir, sometimes your post not only makes me nostalgic but also to others what I have observed. I was in Varanasi long back in late seventees when I was in school. Did boating in river Ganga. At the mid range over Ganga my uncle took a glass of water and asked me to drink. It was cold but very tasty..... do not know the condition now!!!!
I do not know whether the reflex action of a human being gets matured with age while driving car considering age group of 20 to 60.I am at the mid range, the lower I understand but the upper...? You have been doing it fantastic despite all the hurdles you faced recently. Anyway it is not required to say still-- please be careful and drive safely.
Shyamal

shashank.aggarwal · Dec 29th, 2007, 09:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by shahronakm

Stange to hear that people were riding on wrong side of the highway. That's very bad. It's like they do not care for their life but we have to care for ours as well as their lives.

Thats UP for you !! Its always an Ordeal to drive there.

capt_mahajan · Dec 29th, 2007, 09:54

Short story about UP driving,

About ten years ago, a guy tells me about a moderate car crash he was involved in en route Kanpur to Lucknow. Family travelling, luckily nobody was badly hurt.

He then says, "And we weren't even armed!!'

I asked him if he would have shot the survivors if he had been armed

(For travellers who may not know UP, don't be unduly alarmed. He was overreacting, maybe even paranoid)

Dec 26th, 2007, 21:25	#136
Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 5,401	Lucky with your puncture KS! A real good news story! Washing machine lassi, that sounds extraordinary Machadinha! I've never seen that - I assume it was in the Punjab? __________________ "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."

Dec 27th, 2007, 19:24	#140
ks_bluechip Maha Guru Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,070	from Agra Dec 27th ...we reached Agra today 3:00PM after seeing Akbar's Tomb at Sikandara (on way, on NH2) and then we rushed to Taj Mahal immediately (as tomorrow, friday, it is closed it seems). Taj Mahal is still as beautiful and awesome, as it was the last time I saw it a 6-7 years ago! Tomorrow we will see the Agra Fort and then push off to Kanpur. - KS __________________ ks_bluechip [My Travel Blog] [My Flickr Photo Sets]

Dec 27th, 2007, 22:54	#143
gautam Super Mode Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chandigarh - Blore NON-STOP Posts: 708	Kanpur has the famous "thagoo ke ladoo" shop which also featured in Abhishek Ash starrer "Bunty and bubli" . Anyone tried there ladoos yet ?? __________________ "Your thoughts could be your prison" My pics on flickr Kerela backwaters - by beach

Dec 28th, 2007, 18:45	#144
ks_bluechip Maha Guru Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,070	In Kanpur now Hi everybody, We reached Kanpur today at 4:00PM after seeing Agra Fort ... Agra fort was absolutely fantastic... took many pics there on my DSLR. Hope they turn out good. Kanpur is just a night stop for us .. no sight-seeing is planned here (unless I decide to go see a school, that I attended way back in 1958-59 St. Aloysius! That was 50 years ago when i was 9 yrs old!) BTW: I had seen a India - West Indies Test Match, back in 58-59 in Green Park Kanpur ... the one in which Jassu Patel took 9 WI wickets, in one innings, if my memory serves me right!! Driving on the 4-lane highway (the renewed GT road a.k.a NH2) to this place we witnessed some crazy UP Bhai-Bhayyas on cycles / tractors / 2 wheelers / lorries / tempos / bullock carts etc. on the wrong side of the highway They were coming on the rightmost fast-lane of the highway in the wrong direction! First we thought, they were too lazy to go around and do a u-turn ... BUT No, this seems to be a whimsical habit here in this state! We passed hundreds of vehicles this way today ... they just suddenly appear in front of you, on your lane, when you are doing 80KMPH ... they appeared stoically calm ... while we were scared out of our wits! We are now getting to see some really backward and dirty places of India! Agra city traffic was crazy; with autos grid-locking the chowks & lanes, with plain dumb stupidity! I am now dreading Bihar and Jharkhand that lies ahead of us. We go to Varnasi tomorrow from here. One day ahead of schedule as of now! - KS

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Dec 26th, 2007, 21:29	#137
capt_mahajan (in charge of navel affairs) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 10,509	It wasn't mach, it was me And yes, it was the Punjab

Dec 26th, 2007, 21:58	#138
Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 5,401	Humble apologies, Captain - put it down to eating popcorn at the same time and not concentrating properly! And the thought of that lassi coming out of the hose-pipe just made my mind boggle! If you knew where the hose-pipe of my washing machine drained into your mind would boggle too!!!!

Dec 27th, 2007, 22:15	#141
Dilliwala Funky flunky Join Date: May 2007 Location: 28N 077E / दिल्ली Posts: 3,918	Arre, weren't u originally planning to stop in Delhi, sir? But Agra offers more than Delhi, so good choice. Glad to read everything's going well.

Dec 27th, 2007, 22:30	#142
capt_mahajan (in charge of navel affairs) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 10,509	Ksb, Enjoy Kanpur, briefly. Not one of my favourite places. About 1982, I sat in the car and told the driver, show me the sights. So he takes me to a dirty nullah, unlit and potholed roads.. and says, 'This is the Marine Drive of Kanpur'. I think he mistook my speechlessness for awe small stream, ditch, drainage channel

Dec 28th, 2007, 19:35	#146
shahronakm Maha Guru Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,518	Hi KS, Stange to hear that people were riding on wrong side of the highway. That's very bad. It's like they do not care for their life but we have to care for ours as well as their lives. Hope you have a good journey in Lalu's Bihar. Ronak.

Dec 28th, 2007, 22:23	#147
Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 5,401	Scary stuff, KS - look after yourselves, and I'm thinking of you both in Bihar. Is that 'shooting equipment' at the ready??

Dec 28th, 2007, 22:33	#148
Shyamal Mukherjee shyamal Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rawatbhata, Rajasthan Posts: 276	KSB Sir, sometimes your post not only makes me nostalgic but also to others what I have observed. I was in Varanasi long back in late seventees when I was in school. Did boating in river Ganga. At the mid range over Ganga my uncle took a glass of water and asked me to drink. It was cold but very tasty..... do not know the condition now!!!! I do not know whether the reflex action of a human being gets matured with age while driving car considering age group of 20 to 60.I am at the mid range, the lower I understand but the upper...? You have been doing it fantastic despite all the hurdles you faced recently. Anyway it is not required to say still-- please be careful and drive safely. Shyamal

Dec 29th, 2007, 09:54	#150
capt_mahajan (in charge of navel affairs) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 10,509	Short story about UP driving, About ten years ago, a guy tells me about a moderate car crash he was involved in en route Kanpur to Lucknow. Family travelling, luckily nobody was badly hurt. He then says, "And we weren't even armed!!' I asked him if he would have shot the survivors if he had been armed (For travellers who may not know UP, don't be unduly alarmed. He was overreacting, maybe even paranoid)

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