...at 6500 ft. in the hill station of Mussoorie - our final destination in India, after an exhilarating 6 weeks in this country. We are in the foothills of the Himalayas! It is a bit of a taste and a tease as the peaks are a bit hazy from here, and we know that the great range is waiting for us on a (hopefully) future trip to Nepal. And we had the opportunity to bust out our jackets from the bottom of our backpacks! We hit lows of about 3C here, and the hotel do...

No Indian adventure was going to be complete for Clare without visiting Rishikesh - heart of the yoga scene, and so Troy was mentally prepared to jump into the 3 day ashram experience. Wait - except that 3 days turned into 5 days because after only a couple of nights, Troy suggested that we prolong it! Clare always knew he was a yogi at heart. It was the full experience - 5:00 am wake-up bell followed by half an hour of meditation, and about 90 minutes of yoga....

Our whirlwind Rajasthan journey came to a close in Udaipur for two nights - a (relatively) quiet, calm city in a beautiful setting over the surrounding lakes. Two highlights on the long and twisty journey from Jodhpur included a stop at a beautiful, intricately carved Jain temple, and our driver stopping along on the road to toss a bunch of bananas to some monkeys, explaining that it was good karma to feed them when they are hungry in the dry season. The monkey e...

For one night in Jodhpur, we treated ourselves to a stay in a converted medieval, fortified building which tons of character, and warm hosts. We are always energized whenever we have the opportunity to have more conversations with the locals, and we haven't felt this too much since the time with our tour guides in Tamil Nadu. His wife even came over to the place and painted Clare's hands and arms with henna designs, and did an amazing job! We were recommended a...

Pushkar was one of those wonderful places where you go in with zero expectations of a place, and end of up having one of your most memorable travel experiences so far. We were reminded that we were at the edge of the Thar Desert by the searing heat which sent us straight to our air conditioned hotel room for the afternoon until we felt energized enough to continue with the day. On a whim we decided to book a sunset camel tour through our hotel because, well, cam...