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Jaipur – City Palace, Hawa Mahal, Jantar Observatory and Amber Fort

January 04, 2006
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Our next destination was Jaipur. We were able to take an overnight train. We arrived at Jaipur early in the morning, and the auto-rickshaw drivers and touts were all over us.…
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Staying at the 250-Year-Old Hotel Gangaur Palace, Udaipur

January 01, 2006
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We stayed at Hotel Gangaur Palace, near Gangaur Ghat. It is very clean, and a beautiful building - a 250 year old haveli.In Udaipur we stayed at Hotel Gangaur Palace, near Gangaur Ghat.  It is very clean, and in a beautiful building – a 250 year old haveli.  A haveli
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Udaipur – Ringing in the New Year in a Floating Palace

January 01, 2006
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Fireworks over the Lake Palace for New Year'sHappy New Year!  We rang in the new year in style at Ambrai Restaurant.  They had a really nice outdoor buffet last night, right on the lake and overlooking the Lake Palace here in Udaipur.  There were a ton of fireworks
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Clean, Well Located Hotel City Palace, Bombay / Mumbai

December 30, 2005
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Our room at the Hotel City PalaceWe stayed at the Hotel City Palace, which is directly in front of the beautiful Victoria train station. The hotel is ultra-clean and modern, but the relatively cheap room we had was windowless.  We had our own bathroom, a double bed and even a TV.
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Mumbai / Bombay – Gateway of India, Marine Drive and Shopping Cow-Free!

December 30, 2005
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Victoria Terminus Station (CST), Mumbai (Bombay)After Kanha, we headed back to Jabalpur by car (Wendy was feeling better, we just didn’t feel like a long bus drive) and took the train to Bombay (Mumbai).…
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Seeing Tigers on Elephant Back – Tiger Safari – Kanha National Park, India

December 27, 2005
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"Welcome Mr. Ian" - a welcome sight, indeed! We took a night train from Varanasi to Jabalpur.  Shortly after leaving the Ghats, we realized that you can take Wendy out of Varanasi, but it’s a little more difficult to take Varanasi out of Wendy.…
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Varanasi – Wishing the Ganges Could Wash Away the Smell Along with the Sins…

December 25, 2005
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This photo is taken from our hotel, Hotel Temple on Ganges, which is in Assi Ghat. This is a view towards the main ghat. We arrived in Varanasi yesterday afternoon and are leaving tonight (we hope) on the night train at 11:30pm.  (Maybe – that’s what it says on the t
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Agra – More than just the Taj Mahal: Fatehpur Sikri, Jama Masjid, Baby Taj & Agra Fort

December 23, 2005
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Fatehpur Sikri - The Panch Mahal. The bottom floor has 176 intricately carved columns. The following day, we hired a taxi for the day. First we headed to Fatehpur Sikri, a couple of hours outside of Agra. …
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Debating Which is Faster-walking or an Indian Train-and Visiting Agra, home of the Taj Mahal

December 22, 2005
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'... even the most jaded of globe-trotters often find themselves smiling in wonder as they behold the Taj'. - Let's Go We’ll we showed up at the train station in Amritsar at 3:30PM for our 4:10PM train to Agra.  Make that our 5:00 train…  Actually 6:
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