We really enjoyed our trip this year.  The best way I’ve been describing to people when asked is “culturally intense”.  What that means is there is so much to see and experience that we packed our trip with no rests.  The people and atmosphere are so different then at home it is always in your…

Our last day we had a quiet morning in Varanasi before heading to the airport for Delhi.  We arranged a hotel in Delhi because we landed around 3pm but didn’t fly to Frankfurt till 230AM.  It’s always nice to have a quiet dinner, maybe a nap before we do long nasty flights.  We’ve learned this the…

We got to sleep in today! All the way to 830. After some long days it felt nice indeed. We were met by Vinod our guide for the day and off we went to see some more temples. The first one was Kashi Vishwanath temple or the Golden temple. It is a Hindu temple dedicated…

Another early start because we had such a long day ahead of us. 7am we were off to see the Khajuraho Temples. They are a group of Hindu and Jain temples famous for their erotic sculptures. Most temples were built between 950 – 1050 AD. There were upwards of 85 temples built by the 12th…

Well last night we boarded up a small hole we found in the outside wall near the bed. No reason a desk drawer and some pillows can’t be a good fix? No nightly visitors. Yay! Another 450 AM start to go on a game drive. And yes we saw a tiger. 2 in fact. Well…

The only challenge with sleeping in a tree at the edge of the jungle is that the wildlife lives here too. At 2am last night some small fuzzy thing came to visit. On Kris’ pillow. She of course woke up with a start and shocked me. After we calmed down a bit we turned off…

We were supposed to arrrive in Katni at 0755. We awoke at 7am and were all ready to go. Except right around then we were no where near Katni. Majawadi or something. There was some concern that maybe we missed? Nope. After some probably very expensive cell phone data on my work phone (I’ll have…

Today was another early day. 530 start time to go on final safari drive. I have to say the system in which they book guests to jeeps is a little random at best. There were probably 20 guests this morning and as always they pick up groups, IE we are a group of 2. The…

Today 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…