http://www.thealmightyhelmet.com mightier than all of us. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:07:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the end. Suiting my character I will end the Helmet in India section by intertwining something funny with something devastating, some might say tragic. Train rides: one of my favorite topics. The Bombay metro system is a known hazard to commuters. Since nothing is alike this city, train rides ... http://www.thealmightyhelmet.com/helmet-in-india/goodbye-farewell.html Still waiting to get back the analog photos I took during my Rajasthan travel – it's been 85 days that I returned (yeah, I am a lazy bum) – I ftp'd the ones I took with my iPhone. They're surprisingly good.[Rajasthan Photo Gallery] In short, I flew in to Jaipur, the ... http://www.thealmightyhelmet.com/helmet-in-india/rajasthan-journey.html One of the last things I did in Mumbai was visiting an orphanage for HIV/AIDS-infected children in the outskirts. In India, those children are treated a family disgrace and completely excluded form social life. The sisters of the order The Helpers of Mary – with the support of expatriates and ... http://www.thealmightyhelmet.com/helmet-in-india/help-of-mari.html To sum up my time in India I decided to post the remaining photos and comment on a couple of events and travels. I start with an adventurous layover at the FRRO, the Foreigners Regional Registration Office in Mumbai, which actually felt more like detention. I feel obliged to mention that ... http://www.thealmightyhelmet.com/helmet-in-india/the-frro-experience.html We just returned from a trip to Goa over the weekend [Picture Gallery]. It was clearly not enough time to get around as much as I had wished for. My friends Jan, Nicola & Anna got to stay a few days longer but I had to go back to work.If ... http://www.thealmightyhelmet.com/helmet-in-india/goa.html I wasn't aware — before going to India — that this country is completely cuckoo for cricket. They actually won the T20 World Cup (in the finals against Pakistan). Really, cricket is the most boring game I have ever watched. At least, the locals were all nice and messed up and ... http://www.thealmightyhelmet.com/helmet-in-india/t20-cricket-world-cup.html After the image gallery from my trip to Khandala has been online for quite a while now, I decided to promote that a bit by picking three images and commenting on them. I was sent to a newbie training in the mountains outside of Mumbai. The monsoon was still on but ... http://www.thealmightyhelmet.com/helmet-in-india/survival-camp.html It is probably too late for a first impressions review by now. I could date back this entry but that would confuse the reality that I am a damn lazy bum. Luckily, I took notes which, now, help me put together my initial thoughts. The airplane was about to land in ... http://www.thealmightyhelmet.com/helmet-in-india/backstreet-boys-are-back-in-town.html I am off to Mumbai, India. During the next four month I will be writing about life in a strange country... http://www.thealmightyhelmet.com/helmet-in-india/leavin.html