Monthly Archive: February, 2020

We had booked an optional cooking class for today but otherwise expected it might be a quiet day of relaxing in Orchha until we went to catch our evening train to Varanasi. In the end it was a much more interesting day than that. Hotel check out was at 11:00 am and our cooking class was at 11:30 am so...

Another day, another travel experience. Today we were off to Orchha by Indian fast train. We were awake and moving at 6:00 am. Majella had been ill at midnight but the worst of that had passed by morning. There would be breakfast of sorts on the train but we had black coffee and muesli bars in our room to settle...

This was to be another day with a large part spent on the road. Agra is about 240 km from Jaipur and is the third apex on the golden triangle with Delhi and Jaipur. The major attraction is the Taj Mahal which was what we were going to see. Roads and traffic being as they are in India we were...

We have been amazed at how the assortment of vehicles manages on the busy roads apparently with minimal conflict or collisions. Today we were going to find out first hand on our bicycle tour. Fortunately I was feeling much better than I had yesterday.  We woke at 5:30 am, dressed, and ate manadarins to go with our morning malaria medication....

This was the first real day of our tour. It was also the day we finally posted that parcel but not without some drama. The tour itinerary included an early start with a metro ride to see Connaught Place and India Gate, the national war memorial. Because Trump was in town for the day our departure had been brought forward...

Today was officially the first day of our GAdventures tour but the first scheduled activity was an evening orientation meeting. That left us with a day to fill in any way we wanted. We could take another taxi tour, relax in our room, or do something else. I woke with a headache, probably caffeine deprivation, and some dry soreness in...

Our plan for today was to get to Delhi and the hotel from which our tour begins on Monday. Anything else we might do by way of sightseeing would be a bonus. We were both awake just before my alarms were due to go at 5:30 am. By 6:20 am we were showered, packed, checked out, and on our way...

Our planning for this trip included finding a tour that would go to places we wanted to see with a start date close enough to the wedding not to require a long wait but with sufficient buffer time to be comfortable. Our GAdventures tour begins with a meeting in Delhi on Monday evening. For flexibility at both ends, I booked...

Today was the final day of the wedding celebrations and quieter than yesterday with just one formal event in the evening. The rest of the day was for recovering, relaxing, and preparing to depart tomorrow. It was near midnight when we got to bed last night and we slept a bit late. I did wake at 6:00 am but rolled...

Today was the actual wedding day. That involved a series of events beginning in the morning and culminating with the wedding late in the afternoon. Dinner would follow but the formal reception is tomorrow evening. We woke with the sun around 7:00 am and found our way to breakfast around 8:00 am. In addition to the familiar fruit, cereal, yoghurt,...