Dearest People of India, We write this letter to you to show you the gratitude we have for the many life lessons you have taught us! We hope this small token of our appreciation will show you how much you have impacted our lives. When we created this blog, we did so with […]
Americans miss the boat with Indian food in the US! After traveling to India, my appreciation of Indian Food has skyrocketed. The first time we ate Indian food was in Laos. We had stopped by an Indian place in Phonsavan that got good ratings and figured we would give it a try. We fell in […]
The Ganges River Facing South Yoga And The Beatles We left Delhi by train for Rishikesh, India the yoga capital of the world and place where the Beatles got their inspiration for the White Album. We don’t do much yoga and the city is full of yoga studios, halls and ashrams. Temples galore dot the […]
Going Back to Delhi, to Delhi, to Dehli, Yo! I don’t think so. We made it to back to Delhi after taking the bus from hell, leaving Manali. Much to our chagrin we were back in Delhi and spent three days there, relaxing and seeing some things we didn’t get to see the first time in […]
Heading to Manali, India We left McLeod Ganj and headed via taxi to Manali, India. It would be an all day affair on mountain roads. We had taken a taxi from Amritsar to Dharmshala and knew what we were up against for the day. We booked a car through a local agency and when the taxi arrived, […]
Are we going to see the Dalai Lama? Dharmshala, India was a welcome place to visit compared to other places we have visited in the country. Cooler temperatures and warm people helped to make the destination fantastic. We heard the Dalai Lama was in town and figured it was the best time to go if […]
The Wagah Border between India and Pakistan was one of the Must-Sees for us in India. Nowhere else in the world is there quite a place like Wagah. There is a ceremony each night with the lowering of the respective country’s flags. The ceremony starts with a show of superiority by the soldiers from each […]
The Golden Temple an India Must See Amritsar and the Golden Temple was on or radar. There were a few reasons this was so. We had seen an Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown show in Punjab, India and it seemed interesting to us to visit the Sikh spiritual center. Amritsar is in the province of […]
How can you go to India and not see the Taj Mahal? There are a few crown jewels in India and one of them is the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. The Taj Mahal is a marvel of the world, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the 7 Wonders of the World. It is easy […]
Udaipur, India – Land of Enchantment Udaipur, India (pronounced OO-Dye-poor) is a 16th Century city of 600,000 people located in southern Rajasthan in north-western India. Udaipur is also one of our favorite destinations of India so far. We left Pushkar and took a 5-6 hour train to Udaipur where we were picked up by a […]