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India Day 6 – Jaipur “the Pink City”

April 8, 2015

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

April 7, 2015

After 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

April 6, 2015

Today 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

April 5, 2015

Today 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

April 4, 2015

Today 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

April 3, 2015

We 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

February 12, 2015

I 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

May 20, 2014

Our 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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Days 12-16 Peru – Peurto Moldonado and Into the Jungle We Go. 20 Years of Marriage!

May 18, 2014

After our overnight at the Eco Inn (should be called the Echo Inn!) we boarded our flight to to Puerto Maldonado. Pedro our guide met us and a short drive to the office to unpack our day pack gear and leave our suitcases at their base. One small duffle between us later off we went…
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Day 11 Peru – Final Machu Picchu Day and Train Back to Cusco

May 13, 2014

Today was our 3rd and final day at Machu Picchu. It was very very smart of us to pay the crazy hotel costs to stay up top. 5am this morning I poked my head out of the window to see if the sunrise was worth it. It wasn't. Weather was much better than yesterday but…
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