Happy New Year - from the UK!
Heading to MUMBAI tomorrow after a few days of walking up and down Oxford Street in LONDON getting some last minute shopping done with Jessie (whos been here for 3 weeks) including a quick lunch with Sarah, followed by a short stay in Crowborough and a stroll down the Brighton Boardwalk with our friends Lindsay, Henry & Russell. Having met up wth Rachel, in Berkhamsted at her Aunt & Uncle's country home, who arrived today I think we're all about ready, and extremely excited, to get out of the cold streets of the UK and into the very crowded streets of Mumbai...
Will let you know how our first glimpse of India goes in a few!
Ash x
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Friends and Family!
I hope everyone is having a FABULOUS, FASHIONABLE and FAMILY filled day...!
❤ Ash
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The biggest hassle in India
This article was sent to us to help us prepare for what is to come...!
Rach I think this may be a huge help in your quest to not be "so nice" ;o) ....yes, it really is a problem she faces daily!
"Indian salesmen are impossible. The irrepressible over-ambition of the country’s merchant class stalks you like a disease from the moment you step outside your hotel, forcing you to become the kind of blinkered, “Get the hell away from me” survival-mode tourist tosser you’ve always promised yourself you’d never become. Being white in this country puts a target on your back the size of a garlic naan."
Monday, December 14, 2009
TMC Christmas Party - Ash's Last Day!
I'm gonna miss you TMC! I am so happy to have met you all.
I had a great time at the xmas party... Goodluck to you in 2010.
Make sure to check my blog when you're bored at work ;)
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Travel Advice & Warning
With Jessie being the first to leave on Sunday, the leaving parties have started! We've heard some really good words of advice & warning from our friends and family on the lead up to our adventure. Here are a few:
- Get used to being stared at. (It is normal for Indians to stand and stare for as long as they desire!)
- Trust no one.
- Get a massage every day.
- You are basically a bullseye with a backpack on your back.
- Talk to as many people as possible... during the day.
- Take time to talk to the locals.
- You're going to get to Goa (hippy area in India) and not want to leave... and if you do leave, you'll most likely be wishing you could go back.
- You're all going to hate each other by the end of it.
- Never separate.
- Take LOTS of pictures.
- Never pull out more than one bill at once.
- Have lots of single US$ for sticky situations.
- Have toilet paper with you at all times.
- You have to test the street food.
- Stay up all night to watch the sunrise in each place.
- Just remember, no where will ever be the same as here.
---Farewell dinner (many more to come) with the girls at Tratt.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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