Bombay, Spiritual Healing Circles, More Scams and Beach Towns This and That

Free Food With 60,000 Friends at the Golden Temple Free Kitchen in Amritsar

A Golden Temple Sunrise, Sunset and Fireworks Display // Amritsar, India

Sleeping With Pilgrims Inside the Golden Temple, Amritsar

An Ode to the Indian Sleeper Train // Poetry, Stories & Pix

Shiva: My Orphaned Indian Cousin // Interesting People Series

The Bridges of Rishikesh: How do they Not Collapse? // With Videos

Channeling My Inner Fab 4 at the Beatles Ashram // Oms, Art, Music & Abandonment

Jordan Walked From Canada to Mexico | What’s in His Backpack?

Prakesh: The Master of Mathematics // Interesting People Series

Bombay, Spiritual Healing Circles, More Scams and Beach Towns This and That

We tried to rent a motorbike in Goa but were denied because we made the mistake of asking for instructions on how to ride it. One night some eggs must have hatched because our light in our bedroom was covered with hundreds of buzzing flying ants. They were all dead …
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Bombay, Spiritual Healing Circles, More Scams and Beach Towns: Photo Links

As always, here is the multimedia section that compiles all videos and photos from this entry. Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/greggoodman/sets/72157613425010112/ Videos: Sanu Niigaam concert – 2nd concert in bombay Hero Honda – Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 Carrie plays games at the Festival Umbrella Carrie gets a henna Belly Dancing …
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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

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

Let’s Talk About Lines…Or What Passes as Them in India

Lines are an essential part of life in Western society and are usually organized and formal. This is not the case in India, where they are something of a maddening experience of disorder, pushing and cutting.
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How to Stay in a Hotel for $4 – $6 Per Night in India

These guesthouses are less a hotel than a closet-sized room with a bathroom and, if we’re lucky, a hot water shower attached. Usually the room has badly-painted and peeling concrete walls and one florescent light with no insulation.
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Prices and Living on the Cheap

People always ask Carrie and I how can we possibly afford to travel for eight months (hopefully). Did we win the lotto? Are we secretly crazy rich? Nope…it’s the prices here that allow it to happen…and the hotel situation as I just wrote. Below is just a short list of …
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The 3 J’s of Rajasthan This and That

It’s a bit unnerving, but I’ve started writing this entry on a bus. No sooner did I take the laptop out than every awake eye around us started staring to see what I was doing. Still, I have no worries about safety as it is a full bus in the …
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The 3 J’s of Rajasthan Photos and Links

As always, photos and videos from our latest adventures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/greggoodman/sets/72157612404702676/ and the link to a great video of mosque calls at sunset by Carrie http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=ztieHybQEkw

Welcome to India!

Namaste and happy New Year from India. It’s been an event-packed whirlwind ride thus far filled with new friends, amazing sights, a few frustrations and, of course, delicious authentic Indian food. First things first…it’s winter here too! While the days may be hot, the nights get down to the 40s …
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Traveling By Train in India

Trains are the most popular way of getting around India, with the British laying thousands of miles of track across the country. As a lifelong fan of trains, I was very excited about the prospect of using them throughout our trip, though a bit worried about the safety of my …
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Observations From My First Week in India

While many places have real Western toilets, the traditional Indian toilet is a “squatty potty,” which is just a hole in the ground. There is also a shortage of toilet paper, as the traditional way to wipe your bum is with the left hand and some water. Indians actually find …
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Delhi and Udaipur Photo Galleries

As always, the photo galleries to go with the stories… New Delhi Photos Udaipur Photos Also, be sure to check out Carrie’s TravelPod for more details on what we actually did!

Observations From My Time in London

We got upgraded to first class on our London to New Delhi flight for some reason that we do not know, but I never want to go back to coach again. I actually wrote this blog entry from 35,000 miles above the ground. While in London we saw a graffiti …
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A 12 Day Layover in Europe: Travel Photography

Travel photography and stories from backpacking adventures in London, England
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A 1,500 Mile Road Trip With No iPod – Photo Gallery

Click here to view some photo highlights from the trip!

A 1,500 Mile Road Trip With No iPod – This and That

New York is a HUGE state. The people in Canada are so friendly. Is it a coincidence that the Canadian border guard was super nice while the NY one was a huge jerk? Why would you have six empty blackjack tables when there are huge lines to get on the …
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Observations From Southern Florida

Our rental car was the same exact car my mom just bought. In Key West we stayed with one of Carrie’s high school friends who she reconnected with on MySpace after 10 years for a few days. Jet skiing is awesome! I think mosquitoes have developed an immunity to OFF. …
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