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India Day 8 – Ranthambhore and Tigers
Read More: India Day 8 – Ranthambhore and TigersToday was an early day. A 530 start. But that is a good thing. Animals get up with the sun. So to see them before their morning siestas, we do too. Here is a shot of the trucks we ride around in. The main entrance gate is quite a walled splendor. The back of the…
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India Day 7 – Drive Day But Driving to See Tigers!
Read More: India Day 7 – Drive Day But Driving to See Tigers!First off, we have internet here. It's not fast and only in the reception area. It's also “highly secure.” The guy at the desk would only type the password in, not tell me. Of course I could see what he typed. Space Ball fans rejoice. Yes, the password is 12345. Our drive was only 4…
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India Day 6 – Jaipur “the Pink City”
Read More: India Day 6 – Jaipur “the Pink City”Today was an 830 start. The Amber Fort was first on the list because it gets too hot for the elephants to walk up the pavement road. They only do 3 trips per day per elephant. The Amber Fort was the capital of the ruling Kachwahas from 966 – 1700, before Jaipur was built in…
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India Day 5 – Drive to Jaipur and Chittor Fort
Read More: India Day 5 – Drive to Jaipur and Chittor FortAfter a nice buffet breakfast it was time to hop into the car and have Bhagawat start driving. It was hot today, probably 35 plus. Thank goodness for AC in the car! First 2 hours got us about 1/3 of the way. And to visit Chittaurgarh Fort. Chittaurgarh Fort, or also called Chittor, is the…
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India Day 4 – Udaipur City Tour
Read More: India Day 4 – Udaipur City TourToday was a tour day. At 9am Bhagawat met us with our guide Umesh. First stop was Jagdish Temple. A large Hindu temple with great marble carvings outside. Built in 1651 and dedicated to Lord Vishnu, the preserver of the Universe. Two huge stone elephants stand at the entrance – at the top of the…
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India Day 3 – Fly to Udaipur and a Show
Read More: India Day 3 – Fly to Udaipur and a ShowToday was a travel day. After a lazy breakfast we headed back to Indira Ghandi Airport (weren’t we just here??) to catch our flight to Udaipur. We went to the food court for lunch. The only Indian place had a massive line. We were tight on time so McDonald”s it is. They don’t serve beef…
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India Day 2 – Delhi tour
Read More: India Day 2 – Delhi tourToday was up around 730 for a 930 tour start. The breakfast buffet was huge, with everything you could possibly want. We were picked up by Ajit our driver and Ravi our Guide. It was raining quite a bit so we had our GoreTex ready to go. By the time we reached Humayun’s Tomb, our…
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India Day 1 (and a bit) – Getting there from here
Read More: India Day 1 (and a bit) – Getting there from hereWe have arrived. Of course you can't flight direct. I think that would be too far. We are about as far from home geographically as you can get. As such we flew through Franfurt on a nice new 747. Chatting with the check in lady I suggested that Business Class would be a nice upgrade.…
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Austin – BBQ and Siteseeing
Read More: Austin – BBQ and SiteseeingI used to work for Dell. Dell is based in Round Rock which is a suburb (sort of) of Austin. Every time I came down I always wanted to show Kris the sites. Fast forward many years later and we had some United Miles expiring and flights were available… so here we are. At the airport…
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Trip Home, Boats, Vans, Planes and Cars
Read More: Trip Home, Boats, Vans, Planes and CarsOur morning ride down river started with an amazing sunrise and we saw a jaguar. The ride is long but worth it. Such a beautiful part of the world. Once back in Puerto Moldanado we had a long wait between boat ride completion and flight to Lima. We decided a quick mototaxi ride into…
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Orleans
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Loire Valley Wineries
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