Pommes

Grand voyageur et à la fois grand casanier! Tentant de combiner les deux en se sentant chez soi à l'étranger. 2009-2010 est tout particulier, car je passe un an à Delhi, en Inde. Quoi de plus déroutant et dépaysant?

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It's all about India. That, and me, a tall Belgian, living in it for a year. The blog will mostly be in English, for all my friends and family to enjoy it indiscriminately. Although sometimes I might slip and commit some French. Living in Delhi for one year will probably be one of the biggest experiences of my life. This blog will allow me to both transmit my experience to those interested and to keep a journal for myself.

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Articles : 11

Depuis : 13/02/2010

Categorie : Tourisme, Lieux et Événements

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The ordinary week (01 - 07/03)

8 mars 2010

After holi on last monday, life came back to normal as if nothing had happened. only, many were still carrying the colored scars of this event, on the face, the hair, the clothes (yep, many don't change daily, even after holi). the streets still display pools of purple and green, where the heaviest battles took place. monday was supposed to be even

Holi à delhi (french)

3 mars 2010

"do you play holi?" me demanda-t-il. "yes, of course!" lui répondis-je, en me disant que la question était un peu superflue, vu mon expression faciale multi-colore et mes habits transformés en croûte de boue séchante. "perfect!" il descendit de sa moto avec un grand sourire, et vint m'entarter le visage d'une substance verte luisante. "happy h

Cricket, puppets and collective weddings (17/03-21/03)

21 mars 2010

Forgive me for the laziness, as for this post i will stay true to the good old timeline. many things happened this week, nothing really spectacular, but many a thing very typically indian. some good, some bad, some without either adjectives, just things. i couldn't really find a twist to tell the whole week, so here it is, blatantly chronological.

Delhicious

28 févr. 2010

I realised tonight that there can be so much to do in this town. we had no real plans for the weekend, just some ideas and proposals from friends, and it turned out to be a very varied and interesting weekend. as i explained in a previous post, the festival of holi is upon india. the state of war has been opened and all the young and less young hav

Red red wine

16 mars 2010

After a whole day spent to one meeting with the ngo sarthi, the day just wound down from there on. to set the stage, here are the main characters: sarthi is the ngo for which i started volunteering about three weeks ago. they are involved mainly in projects which aim at improving the lifes of slumdwelling artists. most of them are living cultural h

Les artistes à l'honneur! (fr)

2 avr. 2010

Bon, ça fait un bail que je n'ai plus écrit, et il y a des tonnes de choses à raconter. désolé pour mes amis anglophones, je n'ai pas le courage de m'emmêler les pinceaux en anglais pour le moment. malheureusement, cet article sera court, non que je sois dans une phase de mutisme aigue, mais voilà, il est 1h30 du matin, on va chercher une co

Holi water

26 févr. 2010

Over the past week, a new kind of store has been mushrooming allover delhi, selling pink, bright yellow and green waterballoons, waterguns and cannons and paint powder. yes, in a few days, the festival of holi will be upon us. as is usually the case with hindu festivals, it celebrates the triumph of good over evil. that's for the religious-mythical

Lost and found

8 mars 2010

For those who don't follow hockey, like myself, know that the world cup of hockey has begun two weeks ago. it's being organised in delhi (although the organisers almost saw the event slip through their fingers for lack of decent preparation), in a brandnew hockey stadium, the major dhyan chand national stadium, named after a famous indian hockey pl

Havelock, treasure island! (en)

3 mai 2010

Back since a couple of days from the paradise islands of andaman and nicobar. andaman is a large group of over two hundred islands, whereas nicobar counts just eighteen. both have been grouped for administrative purposes, but only a few islands of andaman are accessible to foreigners. nicobar is completely off limits. reasons are obvious but nevert

Rishikesh et les yogi-pies

10 avr. 2010

Pour les photos, c'est par ici . le voyage a commencé sur des chapeaux de roues pour notre amie isabelle, qui venait nous rendre visite en inde. atterrissage à delhi à 3h du matin, quelques heures de repos, pour ensuite prendre le bus pour rishikesh à 10h du matin. un tel programme donne un double avantage: premièrement, le jetlag lui-même n'