We visited Agra twice and both times we stayed at the Tourist Rest House.  Both times our room was reasonably clean and more or less quiet.  The rooms are set around a pleasant courtyard where you can get food.  There is internet access available as well.
Both times our windows wouldn’t ... (read more →)

At this point, we headed back to Agra.  We wanted to use our train pass, but the only class available on the overnight train was the Sleeper class, and we didn’t really want to rough it that much. Instead we hired a driver, and it was one of the scariest drives of our life. The ... (read more →)

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. Sick of the whole thing, we took a very long walk (getting lost several times) to the hotel. 
We were staying at Atithi Guest ... (read more →)

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 is a house with a central courtyard.  It’s really nice and the thick old walls kept us warm at night and still cool during the day.
The room ... (read more →)

Happy 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 all around us and not just at midnight, either!  We almost got lost getting ... (read more →)