Written by Kyle Kemp Jaipur was the last stop on our indian itinerary, and we were so excited to celebrate it during Holi, the festival to celebrate spring's arrival. Vicky (our driver for the last 4 days) dropped us off at the Jodhpur train station. It was about 7:30p and we had a 8pm train departure. The document we had from the travel agent was a sheet of paper that had the train station, the name of the train and something that said "2A" under "class". We e...

Written by Becky Reining Jaisalmer is magnificent. The entire city is built around a gigantic Fort - which is the world's oldest inhabited fort. It has even more of a desert/Arabian feel than Jodhpur, and it is so far West that from the top of the Fort you can actually see Pakistan a mere 60 Kilometers away. Vicky dropped us off at our second hotel booked via Max - The Royal. It seemed like your standard hotel until we were taken to our rooms. They called t...

Written By: Becky Reining The next leg of our journey consisted of the three main cities in the state of Rajasthan - Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, and Jaipur. This entire region has the exotic feel of an Arabian Knights fantasy. Ancient castles and forts line the hills. You hear stories of Raj's conquering different regions. The people, the art and tapestries, and the food all have a middle eastern influence. The landscape is nothing but desert and as you drive thr...

There are few words to describe the power that the city of Varanasi, India holds. On the surface it is hot, smelly, crowded, loud... but as you wander the labryinth of laneways, and take in the colorful scene along the holy river Ganges, you begin to understand that it is truly a one-of-a-kind type of place, that you can't help but feel incredibly blessed to be able to experience it. We arrived in Varanasi via a 9am flight from Delhi. We hopped in the awaiting j...

Breakfast was brought to our room at 7am and we scarfed quickly in order to be downstairs for a 7:30 departure. We'd been assured that the ride to Agra and the Taj Mahal was going to be a quick 2 hours via the express road, however, after a few chaotic hours of driving, we started to realize we weren't on the express road. We're pretty sure it was an honest miscommunication, but we'd definitely paid for the express route so were non-too-pleased when the alleged 2...