Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008
Jaipur - Elephant Ride, Amber Fort, City Palace

Our elephant ride was this morning! It was so much fun. The elephants are gorgeous and huge and beautifully painted. But I felt a bit bad for them. That must be a pretty awful existence, carrying fat tourists up a mountain every day. The view from the top of Amber Fort was ( Read more... )

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008
Agra and Fatehpur Sikri

First of all, I am happy to report that the food has not yet bothered me. I’ve been pretty brave with what I have been eating: meat, hot things, thing I cannot identify, etc. and have been lucky. No problems to speak of, yet!

Moving on, I loved today! First thing in the morning, we ( Read more... )

Monday, Dec. 31, 2007
Agra - Taj Mahal

So can I just say how utterly underwhelming the Taj Mahal really is? Don’t get me wrong, it certainly is beautiful, and is one of those things you want to make sure to see. But it fell a little flat for me.

I think the biggest problems were the crowds and the “touristy” aspect to it. It was loud and chaotic. ( Read more... )

Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007
New Delhi

The first day in Delhi was exciting and exhausting. Overcrowded and heavily polluted, Delhi is not a place I really loved, but there was no shortage of amazing things to see and do there!

We began bright and early (a pattern for the entire trip), heading out to Rajghat right away. Seeing the site of Ghandi's cremation ( Read more... )

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( Nice, France )

Hello from London, everyone. It's my last night here, and I have been having an absolute blast! My entire trip has been great, but I really love London. The first day I was here I spent nearly my entire day at the British Museum. Thursday I did the Tower of London, St. Paul's, Parliament, Big Ben, and a catamaran cruise on the Thames (where the guy ( Read more... )

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