There are really no words we can use to accurately describe our experience into Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India. Where Iceland filled our top spot for sheer scenic beauty, the Spiti Valley may have just eclipsed it, not only for scenery, but also for cultural experiences. Check out our Iceland post by clicking here. Spiti Valley … More Himalayan Chillin – Spiti Valley
It is difficult to find a vehicle in India without some sort of dent, scratch or missing part. As we started our journey to the Himalayan mountain city of Manali, our one hour forty-five minute taxi ride from the Delhi airport (we flew in from Goa) to the bus station is involved in two accidents. … More AWESOME Manali, India
Another sleepless night on the overnight sleeper train and we pulled into the city of Mysore. By this time, Mark had functioning on no sleep down pat and we checked into our room before starting the day. We were super thrilled with the amenities that included a television with no plug on the end of the … More Wrapping Up South India
After the incredible lagoti-equipped Ayurvedic massage in Periyar National Park, we headed by local bus to Madurai in the state of Tamil Nadu. The scenery was gorgeous but it was readily apparent that we entered another state. Rubbish was everywhere and once again the bus driver deked around cows roaming freely on the highway. Locals … More Madurai, Best Temple Experience
Our three and a half hour flight from Delhi to the southern city of Trivandrum, India makes us feel like we landed in another country. Trivandrum is in the state of Kerala. Kerala has India’s highest literacy rate at 94% compared to the rest of India at 74% (UNESCO). Coconut trees provide greenery, rubbish is … More Kerala, Uneventful and Civilized
The twelve hour sleeper train to Varanasi became fourteen. Absolutely sick and tired of Indian trains that are uncomfortable, noisy and late, Mark struggles with his desire to continue travelling. If there was ever a challenge in the past one year, eight months and eight days for this (almost) 50 year old, Indian sleeper … More Varanasi, Senses Overloaded
Not completely bored of local non-air conditioned buses (they are so luxurious after all), we jump on another local bus to the sleepy village of Abhaneri. Two and a half hours into the trip, the bus stopped on the side of the highway. It felt like in the middle of nowhere. Luckily, a fifteen year … More Baoris Step Wells, Taj Mahal and Baby Taj
We board a “local” bus for our three hour journey to the pink(ish) city of Jaipur (3+million). It is monsoon season and we have been very fortunate with the weather thus far. The rain arrived on this bus day and naturally the bus did not have windshield wipers. No problem mind you, the driver just … More Jaipur, The Pink(ish) City
Note: This post was originally rated R for language. Editing cleaned it up… Please use your imagination! We are up at 4:15 am for another early six-hour train ride. Where the other trains have been sleeper trains with a board covered in a bit of padding and vinyl for laying horizontal, this train sits us … More Pushkar, Plug your ears… and nose
We finished our bananas on our eight hour bus ride from Jodhpur to Udaipur. Mark walks up to the front of the bus to ask the attendant for the garbage can. The attendant looks at the banana peels in Mark’s hand, looks out his window, looks at Mark oddly, reaches over to his window, slides … More Udaipur, Romance in the air?
The Roaming Two 