http://www.denisnemytov.com/travel Notes on whatever I feel like sharing with you lot while I'm trotting the planet Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:21:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you can see my blog title is 'On Places, People and Cultures'. Well, I have to say the last two were the ones I've been struggling to get close to lately. It's simply not clicking, and, I have to say, those two are very imortant aspects of the whole ... http://www.denisnemytov.com/travel/?p=108 One thing that caught my eye as soon as I crossed the Indian - Nepalese boarder was Converse sneakers and some pretty fasionable denim worn by two blokes operating the mini bus I took to Kathmandu, as well as a number of beer and liquire billbords along the road. It ... http://www.denisnemytov.com/travel/?p=103 Here's the real deal! Apparently, Nepalese love their movies, as over just a few days I spent in this country, I stumbled upon multiple movie sets. Wicked stuff, really!!! http://www.denisnemytov.com/travel/?p=100 On the way out of Kathmandu my bus was stuck in traffic jam because the road was blocked by student protesters who wanted to know the truth and bring to public attention the fact that their fellow student had been beaten to death by the police a night before. It ... http://www.denisnemytov.com/travel/?p=98 I it's been only a day since I left Dharamsala and I'm already missing it. Needless to say what a difference it makes when you hook up with locals at a place you visit for the first time. So viva CS once again. Special thanks go to Raja, his mom ... http://www.denisnemytov.com/travel/?p=90 So where exactly a European traveller has to draw that line between what is safe and not safe to eat / drink in India? Well, I'd say trusting the food that OK looking locals eat at the OK looking places is not a good enough indicator. And me and Bob ... http://www.denisnemytov.com/travel/?p=85 ... That was a question, me and Bob overheard, put by an XXL sized, I'd say, 60+ year old American couple, who's deep "r"s place them south of Mason-Dixon line, to their Indian tour guide, while visiting one of the major country's tourist attractions Taj Mahal. The fact they were ... http://www.denisnemytov.com/travel/?p=81 I'm in India, and this is surreal. It's been two days already, but I still feel like I'm watching a movie through my own eyes. Hot weather, exotic culture, smells and colours make it even harder to draw a line between what's real and what is not. It's just impossible ... http://www.denisnemytov.com/travel/?p=72 OK, as some of you may  or may not know the original destination of my trip was Southeast Asia. Well, guess what? It's not anymore. I'm going to India and Nepal!!! The reason is simple. It proved to be too hard to try to swim against the stream and travel ... http://www.denisnemytov.com/travel/?p=69 Visa regimes and consulates being the biggest enemies of an independent traveller, I thought I'd post some information on the issues I had when all of a sudden I set my sights on India as soon as I made it to Moscow. Mind that this information is accurate for the ... http://www.denisnemytov.com/travel/?p=65