Author: Brynn
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Day 101: Civilization
We only had a day in Perth before heading east to Melbourne but we enjoyed every second of it. After spending a year and three months in Asia it was a welcome change to be back in ‘western culture’. We spent the day walking through kings park. The views were…
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Days 96-100: R&R
Hello Bali! When planning the trip we specifically built in a few days on Bali to unwind after India. That’s exactly what we did. We spent our first four days on Lembongan. It’s a small island (3x4km) off of the south east coast of Bali proper. We stayed in a…
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Days 92-94: Delhi
Our final stop on our Indian journey was Delhi which was a bit unfortunate. We didnt even scratch the surface of what Delhi had to offer because we were both getting tired and running out of rupees. For me Delhi was a bit overwhelming. Not because I saw anything new…
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Days 89&90: Watch Out, They Hurt
The main reason for traveling so far west into Jaisalmer was for the chance to go on a camel safari into the desert. We set out first by jeep early in the morning. We drove out to the desert in the open jeep with our driver blaring Indian dance music.…
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Day 88: Pol Haveli
Our next stop was Jaisalmer the last major city before the Pakistan border and in the Thar desert. Jaisalmer had a very different look and feel to it than any of the other Indian cities we had visited. Since we were in the desert it shouldn’t come as much of…
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Days 85-87: Just Another Day in India
We spent our first day in Jaipur recovering. We finally had a nice (really nice) hotel room in a converted palace and took full advantage of it. After some much needed rest we headed into the city on our second day. We didn’t have much of an agenda. We just…
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Day 84: Taj Mahal
Food poisoning is hardly an excuse to miss seeing the Taj Mahal up close and personal. We had been spying on it from the roof of our hotel since arriving. As luck would have it though when we did finally go to see the mausoleum the smog cleared and we…
Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids 