One of the evenings in Udaipur we went to see a dance and music show in an old beautiful museum near our hotel. We were pleasantly surprised. We payed 100 Rupees (1,5 Euro) per person to get in and as we arrived quite late we had to sit at the side of the stage,, Read More
We were lucky and managed to get off the sleeper train at the right station even though we arrived in Udaipur a bit earlier than expected and no one is calling out the stations in these trains. (We use our Smartphone GPS to try to keep track of where we are and that works, Read More
When the clock was approaching two we went to the reception to pay for our stay and to book a taxi to get to the railway station. The same man as at the check-in took our payment and Johan asked him to call a cab. We sat down on the couches in the reception, Read More
On the pictures on booking.com Anugara Treehouse Palace really looks like a luxury hotel and was marked to have five stars but when we arrived the building was indeed grand and palatial but the gatekeeper (and the gate to the street for that matter) looked somewhat tired and worn out. The reception, which unfortunately, Read More
Sawai Madhopur is a small sleepy town southwest of Agra, on the way to Udaipur, which is our next stop. Here are westerners not as common as in the big cities and we quickly became popular. What happens is that people stare, some more and some less, mostly on Christel but also on Johan,, Read More
It was so nice to leave Agra! We had booked a train at six in the morning and had agreed with a rickshaw driver who we had met the day before that he would pick us up at 5:00 am and he was there when we came out of the hotel in the morning., Read More
Since Agra is mostly about the Taj Mahal, it was our main event in this city. We set our alarm clock to wake us up at 5:00 AM to get to Taj Mahal before sunrise. We had not booked any transport but like everywhere in India there is always a tuktuk ready to drive, Read More
Johan was feeling a little better when we had to leave the hotel to go to the railway station. This was really good news as it is really not fun to be sick on an Indian train. The journey between Jaipur and Agra is not very long by Indian standards – 6 hours –, Read More
When we got back to the hotel Johan became worse and had his first experience of “Delhi Belly”. Christel ordered pizza for supper and got it delivered to the room. Johan slept through the remaining time in Jaipur and I did not feel a need for going out by myself. I can not say, Read More
This morning we went out to look at Jaipur – the Pink City. We took a rickshaw to the city palace located in the old part of town where almost all the houses are pink. After having been in Varanasi for a while which admittedly was hysterical when it comes to traffic but where, Read More