Comments on: Exotic India

By: Ashley Ladd

Ashley Ladd — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:57:17 +0000

Beautiful pics. Your Thursday 13 sure beats mine this week – 13 things in my purse.

I’ve never been to India but I hope to visit one day.

Good luck with your new book release. Many happy sales.

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:49:49 +0000

LOL – no queasiness, but I wrinkled up my nose. There were a few flies but it wasn’t too bad. I was brought up on a farm and have a fairly strong stomach, plus I always close my eyes at the right time!

Malarial medicines are always changing. At the time we had to take paludrine and chloroquine plus we used insect repellents and mosquito coils. We also used mosquito nets at times.

Symtoms for malaria include really bad headaches, hot sweats and fever, weakness and sometimes diarrhoea, a cough or chills. I had a bad headache plus was alternatively hot and cold and found it difficult to sleep.

By: Unhinged

Unhinged — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:55:58 +0000

(No, I didn’t check the photo link, but I will.)

Shelley wrote:

I’ve used a few of my actual travel experiences in Wanderlust. I might tell you which they are if you ask.

And Unhinged says:

I’m going to ask!

Actually, I’m full of questions because I’m nosy that way.

Did your stomach get queasy at the sight of the carcasses hanging from a hook? (Bonus: Did you notice any flies around?)

What kind of TABLET did you have to take?

Does malaria feel like the flu, only ten times worse? Cerebral malaria. Guess I’ll have to Google that.

Love the photos. Still.

By: Gwen Mitchell

Gwen Mitchell — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:26:41 +0000

Wow!!! Amazing, and informative. What a great wealth of information to draw from for your story. I hope I can be so well traveled someday. As soon as they come up with a method that doesn’t involve an airplane – I’m there!! Terrific TT – thanks for sharing!

~Gwen

By: The Dynamic Trio - Blog » Blog Archive » Weekends: Writing and Gardening

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:32:06 +0000

[...] I have a contest to give away a download of my upcoming release, Wanderlust at my website. Yesterday I also blogged about the setting for Wanderlust – India – and there are loads of photos. You can check out that post here. [...]

By: Amy Ruttan

Amy Ruttan — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:08:29 +0000

I’ve always wanted to go to India. ALWAYS!!

I have a historical kind of sitting around that takes place in Victorian India only around the Himalayas.

I hope one day to set foot there. :D

By: Wylie Kinson

Wylie Kinson — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:44:42 +0000

Thanks for sharing your memories of India. I admit, I’ve never wanted to visit, but I do enjoy Indian food ;)

By: Kathleen Oxley

Kathleen Oxley — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:27:32 +0000

Wow, India is now on my travel radar, where it wasn’t before. Great list!

Happy TT!

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:11:17 +0000

PS – have you checked the photos from the photo link just below my template? There’s only one Indian photo there, but it’s bigger. Hit the browse on the top right and it brings up all the photos. Click to bring up a larger version.

By: Shelley Munro

Shelley Munro — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:08:47 +0000

Hi Unhinged Thanks!

Some of the brightly colored piles are dyes and some are spices. The markets are full of smells – some delightful and some not so nice. I’m a vegetarian and remember wandering through a market in Pakistan, I think it was. They had these carcasses hanging from hooks and the heads of the various animals below. Not so nice to look at, but the people were friendly and wanted us to take photos.

I think I caught malaria in Pakistan, despite taking tablets. We traveled through Iran and into India. I didn’t start feeling sick until we hit Jaiselmer and was very sick the first time we visited Pushkar. (I’ve been twice to Pushkar) Hubby and I had to leave the trip in New Delhi and I spent about five days in hospital there before flying back to London. It was the cerebal type of malaria, which is pretty serious. I lost a lot of weight and was weak for a good month afterward. Another guy also got malaria. He hadn’t taken tablets at all and was flown back to the States. He had kidney failure and was VERY sick. I was lucky.

I’ve used a few of my actual travel experiences in Wanderlust. I might tell you which they are if you ask.