We started the day early yet again. We got in some tuk-tuks and first stopped at the Wind Palace. We were not able to go inside, but just take photos from the outside. We then headed out for a guided tour of the Amber Fort. It was quite the trek up to get inside, but it was very impressive and worth the effort. This Fort was built to protect the King. They even built a structure that looks similar to the Great Wall of China to protect the Fort. There was a lot of...

The genius award for the trip officially goes to....yours truly. Last night whilst taking my shower, I turned the hot water on full blast. I have done this at every hotel so far and each time it only produces luke warm to cool water. Seeing as though this hotel was literally in the middle of nowhere why would I think any differently of this place? Well, the water was scalding, so I immediately reached for the k*** to turn the hot water down. I didn't have my glas...

Today was another very early day. We had to be down in the lobby at 6am to leave for our next destination. Anybody who knows me knows I am not a morning person whatsoever, but it was ok. The second Jaime and I walked downstairs I was greeted with birthday wishes from the group. We boarded a public bus that we rode for about 3 hours to our first rest stop. Since it is 12 and a half hours earlier back home, I was able to call Winnie's Day Care and speak to somebody...

The overnight train to Agra was sadly a pretty bad experience. We were pretty tired from our day and went to sleep not too long after the train left the station - which was around 6pm. First there was a tiny roach in my bunk (ew) and that freaked me out. I am so thankful for Jaime for many reasons, but especially that he was brave enough to switch me bunks so I didn't have to sleep with Roachy. (Yes, we named him) Our area of the train was right by the door to th...

I am going to back up a bit and give you some more information on the accomodations in India. Our hotels have actual keys (no key cards here!) This particular hotel in Varanasi actually had one of those super old looking keys. (see photo) Also, people for the most part do not use toilet paper. Luckily the hotels give you toilet paper, but it is less than a quarter of a regular roll back in the US. The staff at this hotel must think Americans are gross, because we...