Temples, Singing Bowls and Maybe a Massage
I booked a nice room through Air BnB in the nearby city of Patan, one of the three royal cities in Nepal. My host is […]
Goin' to Kathmandu
I will try to sum up my first few days in Kathmandu with three short slide shows. The first one shows the busy tourist section of […]
The World's Most Dangerous Roads
“This is nothing. At least there’s space for two vehicles,” I told my fellow passengers as they gasped each time our bus faced an oncoming […]
Zipping through Pokhara
Pokhara is a small city with gorgeous views of the Annapurna Range of the Himalayas. At 900 meters, it serves as a starting point for […]
Safari in Nepal
We were up early for a 6:00 a.m. departure on our Chitwan National Park safari. Chitwan is famous for the one-horned rhinoceros and the royal […]
Sapana Lodge
We were all sad to leave our comfortable hotel in Butwal, the first stop in Nepal after a 13-hour journey. When we boarded our bus […]
A Himalayan Trek
Our journey from Butwal to Chitwan National Park should have lasted five or six hours, but we had an unexpected trek in the middle of […]
Crossing the Street
Pedestrians have no special rights in India. Crossing the street is both a challenge and an adventure. For the first week of our tour, we […]
Group Dynamics
Today (July 30), we are one week into our two-week tour. We left the hotel in Varanasi this morning at 4:30 and are on a […]
By the River Ganges
Delhi, that big large chaotic and noisy city where we began our tour a week ago, now seems mild compared to Varanasi. Although it is […]
Orchha
We traveled from Agra (home of the Taj Mahal) to the village of Orchha by train. Indian Railways, I learned, is one of the world’s […]
Feeling the Heat
Sauna. That’s the best way I can think of to describe the weather so far on this trip. The temperature may only be in the […]
The Pink City and The Amber Fort
Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan state, was our second city on the tour. Here’s a quick introduction to the Pink City. With each stop on […]
The Business of Shopping
I’ve experienced shopping on four different continents, but nothing is quite like the experience of shopping in India. Bargaining is much like I’ve found elsewhere, […]
The Taj Mahal
I’m jumping ahead a few days to share some photos of the Taj Mahal. We visited just two days ago on Saturday, but it seems […]
Feeling Like A Star
Feeling Like a Star Note: Our tour guide, Manu, has solved my problem uploading images! Still have intermittent internet, but at least I can start […]