In which Zach and Christine discover that for tourists, the Indian capitol isn’t so exciting on Independence Day. But boy howdy the locals know where to congregate!

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In which Zach and Christine visit the 5th finest hotel on the Asian continent for a day. Oh, and see the Taj Mahal, too.

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I wonder how many people would choose a temple filled with beady-eyed grey rats drinking milk out of rusty pans over the jewelry-making city of Jaipur? I guess it says a lot about Christine and I that we picked the former for our limited time in India – the main purpose of our out-of-the-way trip […]

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We’re three days into our stay in the north-western state of Rajasthan, and are heading by bus to Bikaner for our last night before going to Agra tomorrow night. Instead of hotels or hostels here, we’ve been in homestays, living and dining with three very different families who call this desert state their home. So […]

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At last, a day in which our umbrellas went unused! Christine said that Kochi was described to her as having “Door County charm” and she was right – we saw plenty of tourists in the Fort Cochin area probably for that very reason. Our hotelier recommended an A/C bus to us for getting from our […]

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Christine and I are currently barreling down a “highway” in the south Indian state of Kerala, on our way to the city of Kochi. After I met up with her three days ago at the airport just outside of Trivandrum, we spent a day there, and then two days at the Hindu saint/goddess incarnate’s compound/convent/ashram, […]

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