Monthly Archives: January 2013
Sunrise at the Taj Mahal
We rolled out of bed at 5am, threw on our clothes, and headed to the hotel lobby to meet up with my dad, my sister Anne, and our guide for a sunrise tour of the Taj Mahal. We waited in … Continue reading
New Delhi
To begin our tour of India’s capital city, Shelley, Anne, John (the 1st) and I took a bicycle rickshaw ride through the streets of “Old Delhi,” an area within the city that was once the capital of the Mughal Dynasty, … Continue reading
Sikkim
Shelley and Anne’s father, John, arrived in Kolkata a couple days after we did and joined us on the rest of our India adventures. Next stop, Sikkim. Sikkim is a small Indian state in the Himalayas, bordering on Nepal and … Continue reading
On to India
As we waited in baggage claim for our backpacks in the Kolkata airport, we quickly learned that the most popular piece of checked luggage in India is the 42 inch flatscreen TV. Kolkata Baggage Claim Seemingly every person on our … Continue reading
The Money Trail – Laos
The local currency in Laos is the kip. Kip were harder to spend than other currencies because, unlike other places we’ve been, English numbers weren’t consistently placed on the money. 1 USD ~= 8,000 kip
Cruising the Mekong
As Shelley mentioned in our last post, after a few days in Luang Prabang, we hopped aboard a boat on the Mekong river, the Mekong Sun, bound for Chiang Sien, Thailand. The boat cruise worked great for us, because its … Continue reading