Days 8-9 (India Adventure): Floating Bodies, Cremation & Blessings on the Ganges
The Ganges is a sacred river and in Varanasi, India, and we saw it all…including a floating body. Hindu pilgrims come to bathe in the Ghats. They also dip their dead in it before...
Days 6 & 7 (India Adventure): Taj Mahal, Bollywood & Sleeper Trains
We arrived at sunrise. They have separate lines for women, Indian women and men. After going through a metal detector and having our bags checked, we were inside the courtyard. We walked through a...
Days 4 & 5 (India Adventure): Charming Cobras, Rajastani Palace Guards & Delhi Belly...
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “do one thing each day that scares you.” I did just that in Jaipur yesterday. I can now add ‘Snake Charmer’ to my resume of crazy $#*t that I’ll try. ...
Day 3 (India Adventure): Sikhs & Streets
This AM we went to the largest Sikh shrine, Gurdwara Bangla Sahib (aka The Golden Temple), in Delhi. The only thing I knew about Sikhs before was that the men wore turbans and never...
Day 2 (India Adventure): Delhi, Brits, Mosque & Moghul
My first night in Delhi, I slept on and off until 11. On Sunday, September 25, I took the elevator downstairs to the lobby and meet Avtar, our Indian guide with Exodus Travel. He...
