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Trip to India in November! (LINK)

August 10th 2008 03:51

Trip to India coming up .A great art and craft and cultural tour , just a smattering of one is coming up to India in November if anyone is interested.
Only 10days for the trip , which gives you a great insight into the arts and crafts of India , based mainly through Rajasthan.

The tour will be in 3 to 4 star hotels , going to places like Agra , Jaipur , Bikaneer etc.
Anyone who is interested in bead making, paper making, fabric print, silver , miniature painting , carpet weaving , fabric weaving ,should inquire about the trip.

India is so fortunate as Mr Gandhi had the foresitght to tell the Indians to keep their crafts alive as they should never import anything and should be self sufficient , of course much of that has changed today but the Crafts are still thriving and so is the art work.

So go to the link on this site of katalin csardas and you can find out more if you register on the news site.

It will be a trip that will make you want to keep going back to India.

I have done this trip some 10years ago and hence my love affair with India began , some may disagree but it depends on how you view the world.

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What has Happend to this World????? (LINK)

August 10th 2008 03:36

It has been a while since I have written and continued my trip through Tibet which I started to write about some time ago for the readers but I am sure you will all wait for the next update on it.
So the next part of my blog is : What Has Happened to this World?????
I want to say something regarding China and Tibet issue, the Russian and Georgian Issues. Yes political I know but the world currently is in such a mess that there are new flash points everywhere from Africa, to Europe to Middle east , everywhere.

Obviously these problems are ones which will not go away and need to be spoken about.

My feeling and these are my own , is when will nations realise that poeple want to be free to find their own destiny , for good or bad.

Countries that invade other countries for financial reasons and that is usually what it is all about!!!! Are just sad cases of leaders of nations who cannot control their own nations destinies with the means they have within their own countries . They have to rob other nations of their resources , kill ,mame people and suppress them to control , overule , divide and conquer.

These kind of activities belong absolutely nowhere!!!When are the people of this earth going to learn that we can all live in harmony as long as we respect each others cultural differences , do not covet other people belongings and try and balance out the world by working together so that all people are educated , have food on the table, have a roof over their heads and have a quality of life that is good and just with everyone pulling together for the good of others.

I am not a historian in any shape or form but I do have a connscience. What I write below is all over the historical calendar and does not include any sequence in time or space but rambling reminders of our tragic barbarity.

Look at the Palestine Issue , going forever , can you imagine your life in a refugee camp forever ? No hope , no future, I would also become a radical in that instance too, as I would have nothing to lose , what have the world politicians done to ease it?
I have been a refugee and trust me it is not pleasant , NO ONE WANTS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMELAND!!!!Let's go back a bit , Hungary was invaded by Russian in 1956 did the rest of the world help no they pandered to the needs of the Europeans and they allowed a proud creative nation to be ruled by .... why because Hungary had nothing they wanted or needed and therefore it would have been a waste of time to help them, overcome the invaders .
Let's take Darfur , and the genocide of innocent people.
Let's take the Hutus and Tutsis in Africa , the masses murdered because no one cared to intervene.
The world turned a BLIND EYE!!! WHY .......yet to be answered and all we can say is well we have learnt ....
I dispute that WE HAVE NOT LEARNT , we would not be continuing on in the same way if we had.

Take Iraq and the invasion by the US and allied forces , what for to free people to democratise them , possibly !!! but more likely OIL!!!
We now have learnt that it was a mistake , because THE PANDORAS BOX was not able to be locked, I did not need to drive countries into this war to see that it was wrong and there were other reasons for the invasions.
I am not an American Colonel, nor am I a military strategist , nor do I know anything about Weapons of Mass Destruction !!
How many bodies have to be buried and the ra ra boys of the military forces beating their breast saying the war is being won, do they think the ordinary person has know grey matter??????

China invasion of Tibet , now the unrest on their northern borders with another group.
Why , what for ??? Financial gains. Minerals and other resources of great worth to China.

Now Russia again on the borders of Georgia , where will it all end?
Look at Burma from within the poor suffering people , no one will help them not even in natural crises are outsiders allowed in.
Take Zimbabwe and so on , brutal regimes no one is willing to help the people.

Food sanctions , medical sanction , make the other nation weak and poor, the people are the ones who suffer , the leaders and politicians cheat ., lie and are brutalising the people yet they suffer no ill effects because the leaders of nations pander to them do business with them do not speak up for human rights..... So we float on in a world pretending that everything is alright.Then we have the religions that divide nations to instead of bringing peoples together , this religion is better than that religion , my God is more wonderous than your God.

Lighten up !!!! Be enlightened!!!!, Live the real life !!!! No War , No Hatred, Respect for One Another , Learn the cultural habits of other nations!!!, Share Wealth, No one need starve , We can share resources , have universal trading with one another, Learn to trust , basically be ETHICAL with one Another!

Yes ...I am an Idealist , A Dreamer !!! but wouldn't it be nicer to all live in what the Beatles once wrote about and we all wanted.... Ebony and Ivory , Living in Perfect Harmony , Side by Side , da de da , don't know the rest but to me that song amd also the song by PINK Mr President!!! or Louis Armstrong's song A wonderful World , absolutley says it all.

If you think my opinions are wrong or I am and Extreme Dreamer , so be it but my way of the world would be a far more Harmonious Existence than the one I see now!!! If you do not agree with me that is fine too. We all have our own view of the world! I only wish people to be free of strife !

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Bollywood Party Night.. sydney Style. !!! (LINK)

June 27th 2008 02:35

Bollywood Party Time!!!
Two weeks ago

I organised a Bollywood Night for a friend's farewell party.
Bollywood here we come, All India Restaurant advertised their Bollywood Night where we had to get dressed in Bollywood attire and listen to Bollywood Music watch a big screen and a Bollywood show.....FUN FUN FUN!!!!
Not only was it fun fun fun but yummy food and plenty of it as well as a Mehindi artist who walked around drawing on ones hands .

The dancers were fab , and the music to dance to was also great.
So everybody if you want to get into the Bollywood Mode , go to The All India restaurant for their Bollywood Night in Balmain Sydney, corner Darling St and Rowntree St.
I believe they are having another one on the 26th of July and I know bookings are essential as I booked the last one well in advance . It was full house and everyone enjoyed themselves.

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Magical Tibetan Scenery (LINK)

June 26th 2008 07:44

Magical Tibetan Scenery awaited us all the way. To some of the travellers on this trip all they saw were rocks and desolate landscapes , but to me it was like a magical land opening before my eyes.
Each rock , each little drop of water , the mist ,the snow , the clouds were just enthralling and then to see the little rock flowers pop up here and there was pure delight.

Stunning sights!

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Wonderous Journey to Lhasa Continues (LINK)

June 3rd 2008 03:08

International Mix !

The group as we were came of an international mix, from Italians , Aussies, to Americans.
None of us had ever been to Tibet before and after 2 days of intense type travelling we were well and truly starting to bond

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Wonderous Journey to Lhasa Continues (LINK)

June 3rd 2008 03:04

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Kathmandu to Lhasa - Next stage ..... (LINK)

May 19th 2008 12:57

I do apologise for not writing sooner about the continuing journey into Tibet but when one wants to write , something always comes up and one is unable to sit quietly to write.

Any way , I left off heading to Tatopani a Nepalese village where we have to complete customs and immigration formalities

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Kathmandu to Lhasa Overland (LINK)

May 7th 2008 04:57

Rocky Road all the way!!!

More like Rocky Road!!!

From Nepal to Tibet an overland journey on the so called "Friendship Highway"
Some 9years ago I decided that I had always wanted to go to Tibet , not so much for the spiritual trip as many of my friends and relatives had asked me whether I was trying to find myself!
I daresay if I had not found myself by this stage I was never going to

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Yummy Ozzie Tucker..Australian Foods You Must Try. (LINK)

April 19th 2008 12:43

This is for tourists who are already visiting and transient travellers who are coming to Oz or a contemplating on coming to Oz.

You cannot leave without trying the wonderful foods on offer here

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Death Awaits Us ...None Too Soon ! (LINK)

April 16th 2008 13:30

This may be a morbid topic for some but it is reality, none the less!

In the dark dim future lies a big black panther , lurking , lurking , waiting to find you!
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