We wouldn’t call our journey through India a vacation. Perhaps an experience or an adventure, but not a vacation. Once we reached Havelock Island we were ready for a vacation from our journey! It was perfect timing for some well-needed rest and relaxation. The first day we arrived in the late afternoon. We found a […]
On the 12th of April we arrived in Port Blair, located on Lower Andaman Island, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. We went to the dock to check about ferry tickets to Havelock Island, and there was a ferry leaving in just a few minutes, at 8:30am. Unfortunately, we weren’t ready to head to Havelock
We arrived in Kolkata on the 10th of April, and were both pleasantly surprised. I had expected a depressing city full of slums, but the portion of the city that we saw was very nice. The air was cleaner than in Varanasi and there were trees lining the streets. We met another American on the
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by Joji Silk Shops We first visited Baba Blacksheep, which is easy for rickshaw drivers to find since there are signs all over town pointing to its direction. The service there was very professional and not pushy. They seemed biased towards the silk made in India and seemed to not like stuff made in Nepal.
by Heidi We arrived in Varanasi the morning of April 7th. After finding a hotel room, which George has already written about, we walked along the ghats (steps along the Ganges River). Perhaps it was the heat, lack of rest from the overnight train, or sensory overload, but I was not in a very good
The location of Singh Guest House is a little south of all the craziness of the old city center and because of its location, it is quieter, has a decent garden where you can relax from the madness of Varanasi, and you can also have your rickshaw driver take you right in front of its
We have met a few people who have traveled to Varanasi and the reviews are mixed. Some like it and some don’t … We are in the latter group. While the city may be holy to Hindus it certainly is not to a tourist who only visits for a few days. In fact, it seemed
We arrived in Khajuraho on the morning of April 5th. As usual, there were rickshaw drivers at the train station trying to take us to particular hotels for commissions. We insisted on going to Yogi Lodge, which was listed in Lonely Planet. We were very happy with the service there and got a bargain on
We took a night train from Jaisalmer arriving in Jaipur in the early morning (around 5am). We would have been happy to skip Jaipur this time around, but there wasn’t a direct train from Jaisalmer to Agra. We spent the day in Jaipur eating and shopping a bit before heading back to the train station