Another early morning in Varanasi. We were scheduled to meet DJ at 445am in time to go back down to the Ganges to see the locals and pilgrims dipping into the river. At this time in the morning, the traffic was vastly different than last night and we made it down there in about 10 minutes (vs 30 last night).Paige was still not at 100% so had opted not to take the boat out with us, but did want to see the process. So, while Ashley, Katelyn and I went out in the ...

This morning came very early as our flight to Varanasi, via Delhi was at 750am. So, this meant we needed to be ready at 6am for our pickup. None of us had slept great, and Paige was still not feeling normal. So, we were all with very low energy. At the airport we were sad to say goodbye to Rennu, as he had been with us since arriving on Friday night. He had kept us safe, gave us good guidance on various cultural and safety issues, only hit one motorcyclist ...

Our morning started at a leisurely 830, which was a nice change from the previous early departures the past few days. We met our Jaipur guide Hammit, found our driver Rennu and were off for a day in the Pink City.  We drove into the walled city, where all of the buildings are rust in color, so not really pink. One of the Maharajah's had the buildings painted terracotta pink to welcome Prince Edward of Wales in 1876 and they building has stayed that color ...

This was a very early morning, as we wanted to see the Taj Mahal at sunrise. We hauled ourselves out of bed for our 515am pick up.  It was a quick 10 minute ride to the point where no cars were allowed past. We learned from Anu that to preserve the Taj they have eliminated any motor vehicles within 1k and they have removed all manufacturing facilities that are not using certain non-polluting processes within 70k of the monument. We were dropped off and wa...

While today was not going to be like yesterday with a LOT of tourist stops, we did have to start early to visit a couple of sites before heading to Agra. We enjoyed our last breakfast at the Meridien and went down to meet Poona in the lobby.   Our first stop was Humayun's Tomb of the 3rd Moghul, otherwise known as the Poor Man's Taj. Ok, if this is the poor mans Taj...what will the real Taj be like???? We walked around the beautiful grounds and saw th...