Joseph It all started before we even got to India.  The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu was where we had to get our entry visas.  It has convenient opening hours of 9.30 AM to 12 PM (that’s 2 ½ hours for the non-math inclined).  Through a series of painful and long processes over 3 days and…

We’ve added 20 new photos to the India album including some from the cooking classes we took.  Enjoy!

Penny While visiting India, make sure to take advantage of all the dining options that it offers.  We’ve had some of our best meals of our trip in India.  From exquisite street eats in Mumbai and Delhi to high end dining in a maharajah’s fort. Eating from Indian street vendors requires you to throw caution…

Here is the latest on the Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty scandal that has been consuming the news in India.  According to recent reports, there is an arrest warrant out for Richard Gere in India for the lewd act that he committed weeks ago at an AIDS awareness rally.  Unfortunately, the police are do not…

Joseph We’ve added more photos to the India album…including one of Penny in a turban.  Enjoy! At the western edge of India lies the Great Thar desert.  Jaisalmer is the main town here, it was founded almost 1000 years ago on an ancient trade route from Central Asia.  Its location made its inhabitants wealthy and…

Penny We have posted 4 new pictures in the India album, enjoy! Another train ride, this time from Agra, took us to Delhi, a city where you should expect to see everything and anything.  We stayed in the backpackers’ ghetto of Paharganj.  The area is very dirty and filled with touts.  It is not a…

Penny Take a look at the India album. We have added 4 new Taj Mahal photos!  Enjoy. The second city that we visited in India was Agra.  We took a 15 hour overnight train ride on a non-air conditioned train to get there (we have pre-booked all of our future rides to make sure that…

We’ve added new photos from our time in India so far.  Not surprisingly it’s in the India album on the left.

Joseph Hindus believe that if you die in the city of Varanasi you are freed from the cycle of rebirth and enter Nirvana.  We came to Varanasi for two reasons; to see the Ganges river at the holiest city along its shore, and far more practically, because it’s close to Kathmandu and there were inexpensive…

Joseph The top news story in India at the moment is headlining all the TV channels.  People are protesting  across the country.  The media is having a field day.  Effigies of Richard Gere are being burned in the street.  Effigies of Richard Gere are being burned in the street???  Yes, believe it or not.  Actor…