Just of few more of the photos I want to share.
He was selling newspapers at a stop light but the paper was in Hindustani so we couldn’t buy one. They press their faces up against the window and almost hang onto the car. The beggars try to look path…
Hi All,
Almost at the end of our trip to northern India; just one more email after this.
Ru
My knowledge of Indian history consists of watching the Masterpiece Theater series "The Jewel in the Crown," the movies Gandhi, and Slumdog Millionaire …
Tomb of Sufi Saint, Sheikh Salim Chishti
Now everyone enters through these ebony doors: once only men were allowed to and women had a separate entrance on the right side of the tomb.
I would have had to stoop to come in through the women’s entrance…
I am going with Linda this morning to experience an Indian Ladies Hair Salon. Linda had told Jose, the marina manager, that she needed to find someplace to get her hair cut and I made some kind of noise about my hair so we both have appointments this m…
One of our stops was a carpet show room and though the rugs were very lovely and tempting, Randal is holding out for a “Turkish rug” from Turkey. Linda, Randal and I had warned Sandeep and our guide that we weren’t in the market and we warned the…
The Fort had its own temple and Linda, our guide, and I went inside though it was quite crowded and hard to see what was happening in the chamber in the front of the room. Before going in we had to remove shoes and belts to avoid bringing leather into …
We saw tons, literally tons, of sugar cane carried on every kind of vehicle imaginable. Much of it was going to a huge processing plant. But we also saw small family operations and Randal asked Sandeep if we could stop and see one. Always willing to ob…
From Delhi we drove forever to get to Jaipur in Rajasthan. Jaipur and Pushker were on Linda’s “must see” list. This is the information provided by Nayeem, our tour operator.
“Jaipur, first planned city in India was founded 18 November 1727 by M…
Hi All,
I’ve written about the Taj Mahal and the Ganges, probably the two most recognizable names one associates with India other than Gandhi. Now I’m going to just write about the "not famous stops" of our trip, the visit to…
The temple on the top of the mountain over looking Haridwar
Our view from the cable car.
Another view of the river.
Most people walked but we just didn’t have the time: we had a 6 hour drive back to Delhi.
We had to remove our shoes…the floor …
