Days 12-13: (Nepal Adventure) Paragliding & Permits

Payge went paragliding in Pokhara and it was AWESOME!!   To see a rainbow of parachutes circling the Himalaya sky was truly breathtaking. I can’t think of a better way to spend my last day in Pokhara before hitting the Annapurna Circuit on October 8. If ya’ll are ever in the area be sure to google [...]

Days 10-11 (Nepal Adventure): Welcome to the Jungle!

Who knew Nepal has jungles? I didn’t…but on a safari in Chitwan National Park, standing 20 feet away from a resting rhino that soon stood up to charge us, I do now! Bonus was coming out of the jungle and having a 10 foot python stop us in our tracks. Now, that all happened near [...]

Days 8-9 (India Adventure): Floating Bodies, Cremation & Blessings on the Ganges

The Ganges is a sacred river and in Varanasi, India, and we saw it all…including a floating body.   Hindu pilgrims come to bathe in the Ghats.  They also dip their dead in it before wrapping them in white linen and then cremating them in a pyre (bonfire) on the riverbank.  I must admit, seeing legs [...]

Days 6 & 7 (India Adventure): Taj Mahal, Bollywood & Sleeper Trains

We arrived at sunrise. They have separate lines for women, Indian women and men. After going through a metal detector and having our bags checked, we were inside the courtyard. We walked through a grand entrance and there she stood across the garden…the magnificent, marble mausoleum is truly one of the 7 Wonders of the World. [...]

Days 4 & 5 (India Adventure): Charming Cobras, Rajastani Palace Guards & Delhi Belly strikes the group!

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “do one thing each day that scares you.”  I did just that in Jaipur yesterday.  I can now add ‘Snake Charmer’ to my resume of crazy $#*t that I’ll try.  I sat with a snake charmer and pet a cobra! Sure, on the outside I was smiling but my inside voice [...]

Day 3 (India Adventure): Sikhs & Streets

This AM we went to the largest Sikh shrine, Gurdwara Bangla Sahib (aka The Golden Temple), in Delhi. The only thing I knew about Sikhs before was that the men wore turbans and never cut their hair.  I thought they were uber strict followers of Hindu.  More like Hassidics are with Judaism.   I was totally [...]

Day 2 (India Adventure): Delhi, Brits, Mosque & Moghul

My first night in Delhi, I slept on and off until 11. On Sunday, September 25, I took the elevator downstairs to the lobby and meet Avtar, our Indian guide with Exodus Travel. He greets everyone with a friendly smile. He is dressed in a button down shirt, black jeans and is wearing a black [...]

Day 1 (India Adventure) EWR to Delhi: 17 Hours & 10 time zones

Lufthansa Airlines is my new BFF! This Freulein was bounced over business and upgraded to 1st class. A 17 hour trip from Newark to Delhi, with a brief layover in Frankfurt, Germany, this was a serious bonus! It was my 1st time flying true international 1st class. I fear I am ruined for anything less. [...]

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