We began the morning early in Jaipur at the Hawa Mahal Bazaar, the largest in Jaipur. Some important purchases to make. We then travelled through the countryside to our “hunting lodge” in Ranthambhone. This is the true rural India. We…
Good Old Homestyle Cooking!
Tonight for dinner we went to a local family descended from the Feudal Warrior class of Hindu. This is the second class of Hindu below the Brahman. The house has 8 apartments for the grandfather, his sons, and their sons…
May the Peacock of a Enlightenment and Contentment……You Know the Rest of the Saying! Another Day in Jaipur
As the majestic orange sun rose through the azure blue Indian sunrise emphasizing the mystical aura of Jaipur, Cheryl attended her private Yoga Session (she was the only taker at that early hour of the morning) while being watched over…
Jaipur. The Pink City Known As The City of Gems
We traveled through the Old City to stop at the Hawa Mahal- The Palace of the Wind. The 954 windows on the facade were built so that the women of the Harem could look out without being seen by other…
Our Tent Camp Palace, The Road to Jaipur, more Local Dances, and an Indian Wedding
This morning before leaving Nagaur we toured the Palace Grounds. The Palace is from the 12th century and was added on to over the ensuing centuries up to the 1700’s. You can see the King’s throne as well as frescos…
The Nagaur Camel Fair. Or if you’d like You Can See a Man About a horse. Or a Cow for that Matter!
Today is truly unique. We spent the morning and afternoon strolling the camel , horse and cattle auction. Of course we arrived in style on our own personal camel carts driven by a true camel jockey! The sites! The sounds!…
4:00AM Wakeup! A Bus to a Train to a Car to a Bus to a Tuk-Tuk and finally a Short Hike to our Tent Camp in a Mughal Palace!
Today was mostly a travel day to the city of Nagaur where there is an annual Camel Fair that is held there only once per year. Our travels took us to the city of Ajmer, and then to Pushkar (home…
Republic Day. A Good a Time to Visit a Hindu Temple, A Mosque, a Sikh Temple and a Synagogue
Today is the 66th Republic Day in India, a national holiday on a par with July 4th in the USA. President Obama is the invited dignitary to the large parade so we did our best to head to other parts…
Where’s Obama? Let’s not go there!
Namaste’. Today was an exercise is Obama Avoidance. We adjusted our schedules to go where he had not yet been, or go after he had left. Having said that we still got turned around numerous times today due to security…
At the Taj Mahal…..Sort of! OR….. Bumped by Obama
With less than 24 hours before departure we received an email from our New Delhi hotel, The Taj Palace, that we had been thrown out by Barak Obama and his entourage. Fortunately they put us up in a club suite…