Asia
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Day 9 – Orchha and the Overnight Train
We didn’t have to meet our group till 11 am, so we all figured it would be great to sleep in. 6:30 am hit and speakers came on with a man speaking Hindi. Followed by a female singing. It stopped… Continue reading
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Day 8 – Orchha, The hidden city
The group met at 7am to head to the train station. We would get some food on the train, so we wouldn’t be having breakfast at the hotel like we had been every day so far.We got to the train… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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So Close
We have just done the last of the shopping for India, some flip flops for use in the shower at hotels etc. We also opted to get the antibiotics for Delhi belly, just in case, this was something we talked… Continue reading
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