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Travel: Sleepers and Bazaars
After Ranthambore, Nick and I had booked a night train to our next city, Jodhpur. As has often been the case, we were woefully unprepared for how basic the sleeper cabins were. Unlike trains in Europe,...
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Travel: Generous Jodhpur
Shukriya is the first word that I learned in Hindi. It means “Thank You.” This is always the first term I learn when traveling in a foreign country because it allows me to thank all the kind people who...
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Travel: Christmas in Jodphur
Merry Christmas from Jodhpur! We all woke up late this morning due to the festivities of last night. The staff had cleaned up the cake (from the glitter firecrackers) and shared some slices with us....
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Travel: Venice of the East
Nick and I actually delayed our travels to the city of Udaipur by a day because we wanted to visit the Fort. Hence, rather than a 7:30 AM bus, we caught a 6.5-hr sleeper bus. Since it was a non-AC bus,...
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Travel: Colorful India
Since Udaipur is a smaller city and Nick and I have already seen our fair share of ancient temples, palaces, and fortresses, we chose to experience the diversity of India by visiting Shilpgram. Much...
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Travel: Ranakpur Apathy
Our initial plan today was to hire a taxi to day trip to Ranakpur before being dropped back at the airport for our flight to Mumbai later tonight. Unfortunately, our lack of internet connection at the...
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Travel: Matrimony
Today, I was fortunate enough to garner an invitation to a traditional Hindu wedding as Nick’s plus one. (You may recall the various Saree shopping debacles that we encountered in Jaipur and Jodhpur)....
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Travel: Bombay
After we left the wedding, Nick and I took some time to recuperate at the hotel, which was thankfully a 5-min walk from the wedding venue. I was pretty elated to unwrap myself from the layers of Saree...
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Travel: The Other Side
We did something completely off the beaten path today by visiting a slum just north of downtown Mumbai. Nick had helped establish a Pre-K school here about eight years ago, and wanted to check on how...
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Travel: Elephants
Elephants are creatures that are revered in India. According to Hindu Cosmology, the earth is supported and guarded by mythical World Elephants at the compass points of the cardinal directions....
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Travel: Ranthambore Tigers
We decided to take a walk on the wild side today and ventured southeast of Jaipur to visit Ranthambore National Park. It is about 160 km away from the city, which realistically should only be a 2.5-hr...
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Travel: Goa
I had a generally unproductive day today. Nick went off to visit some family that he had in Mumbai and although I had time to go explore before meeting him at the airport, I decided to let myself have...
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Travel: New Years
Last night while walking amongst the crowds on the beach and celebrating the holiday, my butt got grabbed twice. The first time I thought it was an accident, but the second time I couldn’t help myself...
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Travel: Vagator
This morning with a heavy heart I had to bid Nick adieu. But before he disappeared into the wind, he helped me secure a rigshaw to ferry me away to a hostel for the remainder of my time in Goa. Nick...
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Travel: Beach Bummage
I have nothing of consequence to note. Haha. As much as I love the backpacking culture of seeing and experiencing as much as possible within a limited timeframe I’d be lying if I didn’t say that it is...
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Travel: Waterfall Safari and Spices
A group of us woke up early today to embark on a day trip beyond the beaches. After all, there is only so much beach bummage that one can handle! It took us about 2-hours by taxi to reach the the the...
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