Finishing Up the North With Some Wild Experiences

Finishing Up the North With Some Wild Experiences

This entry is being written from our porch overlooking the crashing Arabian Ocean in a beach in Goa and life couldn’t be more tranquil. The events of this update, however, are a mixed bag. Between Jan 11-19, Carrie and I found ourselves having a never-ending series of train mishaps as …
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Agra and the Taj Majal

Agra and the Taj Majal

“Do we really have to go? It’s so far away!” and “Can we really come to India and not see the Taj Majal?” were questions we wrestled with for a few weeks before deciding that no matter how out of our way Agra was, we had to see it. Once …
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A Trio of Crazy Train Stories: Each More Ridiculous Than the Last

A Trio of Crazy Train Stories: Each More Ridiculous Than the Last

The Only Train in India to Ever Leave Early If you go by the saying “when it rains it pours,” then Carrie and I have been stuck in a monsoon lately when it comes to our luck with the trains. It all started when our 9 hour express train from …
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Funeral Pyres, Kite Festivals and the Dirty Ganges in Varanasi

Funeral Pyres, Kite Festivals and the Dirty Ganges in Varanasi

Varanasi one of the oldest cities in the world and one of the few to be untouched by the British rule in India. It is most famous for the hundreds of ghats (sets of steps that lead down to the Ganges River) that line the shore and are where most …
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Sexy Architecture and a Possible Scam at Khajuraho

Sexy Architecture and a Possible Scam at Khajuraho

“A place that few tourists go” are words that we LOVE to hear about our next destination. So, after the madness of Agra and Varanasi, we were thrilled to arrive at Khajuraho with our new friends, Dave and Jonathon, from the taxi ride. We originally planned to be in and …
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Finishing Up the North: This and That

Finishing Up the North: This and That

All trains have a ladies only car that even the male companion can’t get into. Many ticket windows also have a ladies only line. There are 3 brands of bottled water that contain more than 100x the EU acceptable levels of pesticide. We avoid them at all costs. We encounter …
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Finishing Up the North Photos and Videos

Finishing Up the North Photos and Videos

Click here for photos from our latest adventures Video Gallery: A boat ride down the Ganges River in Varanai A view of kites flying over Varanasi during the Kite Festival A puja (religious ceremony) on the banks of the Ganges River

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