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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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
'... 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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