A Himalayan Trek
Our journey from Butwal to Chitwan National Park should have lasted five or six hours, but we had an unexpected trek in the middle of […]
Crossing the Street
Pedestrians have no special rights in India. Crossing the street is both a challenge and an adventure. For the first week of our tour, we […]
Group Dynamics
Today (July 30), we are one week into our two-week tour. We left the hotel in Varanasi this morning at 4:30 and are on a […]
By the River Ganges
Delhi, that big large chaotic and noisy city where we began our tour a week ago, now seems mild compared to Varanasi. Although it is […]
Orchha
We traveled from Agra (home of the Taj Mahal) to the village of Orchha by train. Indian Railways, I learned, is one of the world’s […]
Feeling the Heat
Sauna. That’s the best way I can think of to describe the weather so far on this trip. The temperature may only be in the […]
The Pink City and The Amber Fort
Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan state, was our second city on the tour. Here’s a quick introduction to the Pink City. With each stop on […]
The Business of Shopping
I’ve experienced shopping on four different continents, but nothing is quite like the experience of shopping in India. Bargaining is much like I’ve found elsewhere, […]
The Taj Mahal
I’m jumping ahead a few days to share some photos of the Taj Mahal. We visited just two days ago on Saturday, but it seems […]
Feeling Like A Star
Feeling Like a Star Note: Our tour guide, Manu, has solved my problem uploading images! Still have intermittent internet, but at least I can start […]
Meeting the Locals
My Couchsurfing host in Delhi for two nights is Nitin, a lawyer from Punjab. His wife is also a lawyer and is vising family in […]
Getting Around
It’s hard to imagine 1.25 billion people. That’s about four times the population of the United States, although India is just over one third the […]
Why do they do that?
Note: I’ll have to publish some posts without photos until I can get faster wi-fi. It’s been difficult getting anything uploaded. After my experience riding […]
I Would Have Lost "The Amazing Race"
You know that feeling when you hop on a metro you thought you might miss just before the doors close? I was feeling like I […]
Smile
Last winter, I decided to finally get serious about a lifelong interest: photography. I bought Nikon D5300 digitlal SLR camera and have since purchased lenses, […]
Incredible India
A salesperson in a mattress store was chatting with me about a variety of topics, and when he discovered I was going to India he […]