And the rest of Agra....

So yes, we saw more in Agra than just the Taj Mahal… it was very hot this day – maybe you can tell???

India's Crown Jewel...

Have you ever been to a world class heritage site or natural wonder and gotten there and said “Oh, this is it?” – well this wasn't one of those times… If anything, this beat my expectations and really was something to take in. We went at dawn just catching the golden red sunrise as it swept over the Taj Mahal...

Abhaneri Stepwell

Water in India is either scarce or plentiful… this makes it a challenge to find water for not only agriculture, but people as well. This isn't a new problem in India, it is centuries old and they have found ways to help find, control, and utilize their water sources to the max… Abhaneri Stepwell is just one example…

Namaste!

Greetings from Tordi Sagar – Rural India!

The area we are in is Rajasthan in Northern India – the land of farming and colourful saris…

Jaipur - The Pink City

Allo Again! The second city on our India trip is the city of Jaipur otherwise known as the 'Pink City'. The story behind this is when Prince Albert of England visited Jaipur - the towns people painted their houses with terracotta in honour of his visit because as the red colour is the colour of hospitality/welcome in India. When Price Albert arrived…

Welcome to India - New New Delhi

Well, we're in India – we've done it. The VISA worked, we got through security, and even made it in one piece to the hotel… but that apparently was the easy part!

The Fast and the Furious - 4x4 Sand Dune Bashing

While in Dubai – Matt and I went on a dessert safari. It started with Sand Dune Bashing in a 4x4 and ended in a “traditional” dessert camp complete with Seesha, Arabic Coffee (discovered to be instant), and hena painting… and dinner. It was fun to just sit and watch the regional dancing under the stars enjoying that the tempture was now closer to 20 degrees instead of 35 degrees!

Welcome to Dubai

Want the largest shopping mall? Or how about the tallest free standing building? Or could you be in the mood for the biggest indoor ski hill? Welcome to Dubai – home to all of the above and more!

DELAYS... Delays... delays...

Sorry everyone for the delays!

Internet was patchy at best in India (something about not having power... ) and while we were in China the blogger was blocked by the government's fire wall.

But WE'RE BACK! :)
Look for a **hopeful** flood of posts coming soon... unless Thailand too has connectivity problems.

M&M

The Golden City

Whether you know Prague as the 'Golden City' or as the 'City of Spires' – or simply one of Europe's cheapest beer locations, it doesn't disappoint! Matthew and I certainly thought that this quiet little “town” was the best of all of the places on our Europe trip – Find out why!

Berlin - A Weird Tourist Town

Welcome to Berlin... city who's vibrant life makes it a place of parties, its tolerant nature a place of protests and rallies - and a city which has being trying to reinvent itself since the fall of the Berlin Wall and all it stood for. This makes it, in my opinion, a weird city to visit as a tourist...

Paris

Paris is another one of those iconic cities - even if you've never been you're more than likely to still recognize the big attractions. We almost felt like we'd seen them before - just in textbooks or post cards - which meant that we were basically only really awed by the fact that the originals, in real life, are much bigger than their pictures!

Switzerland - Cheese, Chocolate, and CERN

Switzerland is a country of delicious cheese (of a bunch of assorted types, not just Swiss… go figure…and expensive), yummy chocolate from the same cows (expensive), and a very VERY large (27 km circumference…also expensive) physics lab that doesn't look like much, but causes Swiss patent clerks with crazy hair (+5 internet/science points if you get the reference) to shiver with excitement in the grave.

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Did I mention Switzerland is expensive?