Category: CentralAsia

We’ve been in Udaipur in the south of Rajasthan for three days now, and decided to stick around until after christmas. We’re settled in a lovely guest house, where we feel more at home than we have anywhere in the past 2+ months. Last night we ate aloo gobi with the family on their bed,…

Anyone who likes playing racing games would probably enjoy driving in Indiai.

Despite a good amount of western tourists in India, the immense local population insures that we are few and far between, comparatively. This leads to a lot of singling out of us whities for “hellos”, stares, and begging. In Agra, we were siping our spice laden chai on a street lit by candles. The electricity…

Today’s expenses: 4 Rupees – cup of yummy chai (tea steeped in milk with lots of sugar) 10 Rupees – bottle of mineral water 25 Rupees – basic Thali (rice, bread, daal, curry, curds) at the cheap place 30 Rupees – an hour of internet access from one of the plentiful internet houses 35 Rupees…

First impressions of Delhi/India: * Dingy, sparse airport * Persistent and dodgy touts * Zoo of taxis and more touts outside * Hazy polluted air, but cool and “sunny” * Rubble homes, tents, and cooking fires in the Delhi sprawl * Cows standing on the “highway” * Men pissing on the curbs * Indescribable mess…