India
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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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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
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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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The Visa
Unlike going to some countries like the UK or the US, going to India requires one to obtain a visa. So what is a a visa? “A visa (from the Latin charta visa, meaning “paper which has been seen”)[1] is a conditional authorization granted by… Continue reading
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Indian Tech
Being nerdy types Jenn and I will be making sure we have the right tech on our trip, we need to not only take pictures, but upload them to Twitter, Facebook and other social media. We plan to blog as… Continue reading
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Indian Trains
Indian Trains are known around the world for being hot, noisy and full loaded with people. Why not try it! Continue reading
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Why that tour…? and seriously a 14 hour flight?
Jenn and I looked at many different tours when we started to get serious about going to India. We also looked at different tour companies and brought the slection down to two, G Adverntures and Intrepid, both are very similar… Continue reading
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The Clinic Visit
Going to India poses some health risks to people from other parts of the world and some vaccinations are required, when I went to the doctors at the end of June I mentioned our trip and how we would go… Continue reading
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