India is a massive country and one that is so tempting: a rich culture, delicious food, incredible history, fantastic sights and beaches and generally it is super cheap. At the same time though, India can be very intimidating. After our trip to China, we felt that India would be lumped into the ‘difficult but worthwhile’…
Bollywood is big business and the epicentre of activity is seemingly Mumbai. I’d read on other blogs and in our guidebook that it is possible to be approached in Mumbai by folks asking if you want to be an extra, and this was something that we felt open to if it happened. Sure enough, on…
Though it’s only been 4 days since we’ve been in Mumbai, it seems a world away. The bustling city was not at all what I expected. A charming colonial area with beautiful architecture, a haze that stretched out over the water making the sea and sky blend together seamlessly. And despite being a super big…
Udaipur in pictures.
On our last full day in Delhi, we were unsure as to what we should do. Being that Diwali was still in full-force, we weren’t sure what would be open. Plus, we were looking forward to heading to Rajasthan and while we hadn’t seen everything in Delhi, we knew we wanted a short and sweet…
Jaipur was our first introduction to Rajasthan and we were happy to spend a handful of days there to slowly see the sights at a lazy pace. Our first stop was within the Pink City at the City Palace. Hands down, the highlight for us here was Pitam Niwas Chowk where there are four beautiful…
In Bangalore I had my first opportunity to read an Indian newspaper. It was fascinating because it is just so different from the articles and content I am used to in North America. An entire page was dedicated to the aftermath of heavy rains the region had seen; little articles about poor infrastructure that had…
When we were planning our route through India, we decided to spend the holiday week of Diwali in Delhi. We figured there’d be lots to see and do related to the holiday and we’d avoid any of the inconvenience we’d experienced by our lack of planning related to Carnival in Ecuador (we’d learned our lesson!).…
‘Should we go to Agra?’ was never a question when we planned to come to India. Come on – most people make a trip to Agra the anchor for their visit to the sub-continent! There was no way we would hit this country and not see the Taj Mahal. But Agra gets a wonky reputation.…
As our train rolled into Varanasi, we clearly heard a young voice pipe up “Excuse me. Excuse me!”. Hesitant that the sanctity of the train had been breached and that a young tout was already haranguing us, I took a sheepish glimpse towards the voice. “She wants to tell you something” said the mother of…