Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids

Category: Parts Unknown

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Celebrities

    Check it out. We made the national newspaper! Khadi article.pdf

  • 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…

  • Day 82-84: Agra with Ameen

    Our first day in Agra, the home of the Taj Mahal was perfect. We were greeted at the train station by Ameen our new best friend and rickshaw- wallah. Over some much needed breakfast he set up an itinerary for us for that afternoon and the next day to see…

  • Day 79-81: The Ganga

    “Older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and it looks twice as old as all of them put together.” I can’t think of a more accurate description than what Mark Twain thought of Varanasi. While Kolkata felt like traveling back in time to the 50s or 60s…

  • Day 78: British Invasion

    We finally made it to the Victoria Memorial on our last day. This is apparently Britian’s version of the Taj Mahal. We will see how it compares in a couple of days. It definitely is a beautiful building. The space occupied over 60 acres including the gardens. While inside the…