Category: India

  • Day 16 – On the road form Agra to Jaipur

    Day 16 – On the road form Agra to Jaipur

    We checked out of the hotel and got our luggage out the front and the door man asked for our driver’s name. “Praveen”, he went over to the desk and picked up a phone, which was connected to a really REALLY loud megaphone pointed at the car park. There were about 10 cars and drivers…

  • Day 15 – Agra Fort, Baby Taj, and awkward dinners.

    Day 15 – Agra Fort, Baby Taj, and awkward dinners.

    After a rather busy morning at the Taj Mahalย we still had the rest of the day in Agra. After an awkward breakfast where we were asked how it was going several times between mouthfuls we met back with the guide and headed off. On the way to Agra Fort he said they had a place…

  • Day 15 – Agra: The Taj Mahal

    Day 15 – Agra: The Taj Mahal

    We got up early again, not quite as bad as the day before, but still early enough. Our guide met us in the lobby of the hotel and we got into the car and headed out. It was a short ride to a big parking lot with lots of other people (westerners) and a bunch…

  • Day 14 – Moar trains!

    Day 14 – Moar trains!

    Wake up call was 4:30AM, through some clothes on, zipped bag and left the house. Pretty sure I did all of that with my eyes still shut. Ragesh met us at the school gate and we piled into the taxi for the ride down the mountain to Dehradun and the train to Agra. We were then…

  • Day 13 – Last day in Mussoorie, Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

    Day 13 – Last day in Mussoorie, Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

    Our last day in Mussoorie started with a  taxi ride out to a Tibetan Buddhist temple in Happy Valley. It was just Dad and I in the taxi, Mum had a day off to get over a cold. Rigesh took us down through the bazaar and then down the north/east side of the mountain on…