Derek Bowen
-
Day 7 – The Taj Mahal
Pretty uneventful drive, except our CEO losing his footing on the bus (I think we swerved to avoid a cow).We got to Agra and immediately went to the Red Fort. It was something out of Indiana Jones, with stories like… Continue reading
-
Day 6 – Getting Lost in Jaipur
We were supposed to be up at 5 to go for a hot air balloon ride, but it was cancelled due to the weather. Instead we were out by 8. We visited the Amber Fort, but on the way we… Continue reading
-
Day 5 – First Day in Jaipur
We left Delhi at 8 am on the bus. As we left the hotel, we all noticed there was a metal detector built into the doorway. Outside there were women with children and babies begging for money. When we boarded… Continue reading
-
A walk on the street coming back from dinner
We went out for dinner as a group and on the way back I fired up the GoPro and this is what it caught. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhkhG0W_euI Continue reading
-
Day 4 – Delhi Explored
Morning [JB] Neither of us slept well. We arrived to Hotel Perfect at midnight and went straight to bed. The room is big, but everything in the room aside from the TV seems pretty old. The windows aren’t well sealed… Continue reading
-
Day 3 – Sunday Still Going
Day 3[DB] Due to the time difference we decided to start Day 3 as we got on our plane to Delhi, so following on from the last post we got to Gate 71 pretty fast, yes I was a little… Continue reading
-
Day 2 Saturday – Still Going!
[DB] I did not sleep that well last night, usually don’t in hotels. We even turned the heating off but it still stayed warm until the early hours. The last time I stayed at the Delta Calgary Airport was when… Continue reading
-
Follow Us
If you want to follow some of our travel tweets, feeling free to add us on twitter @derekbowen @jenn_bowen Continue reading
-
Day 1 – Friday Getting There
[DB] Today is a day earlier than the planned date to leave. There had been some flight changes made by Air Canada which left us with a one hour connection in Calgary for our flight to Toronto, too close. Tonight… Continue reading
-
So here we go. First check in on our way to India.
Thanks to Ian for the ride to the airport. Continue reading
-
Packed
With lots of room for things we will buy we are packed, packing the daypack was the hardest. Jenn has been sick the past few days but is slowly mending. The countdown is really on now. Continue reading





