Agra was one of my favorite cities. It was relatively clean and easy to get around. It also had some of the best monuments in all of India, as you’ll see from the pictures below.
I arrived in Agra and found my hotel (Hotel Kamar) with few problems. The room was the nicest I’ve stayed in [...]
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Amritsar Part 3: The India-Pakistan Border
Yesterday, I made a trip to the India-Pakistan Border with a couple of Canadians (they just aren’t staying in Canada anymore! ) who I encountered earlier in the day and an Israeli we encountered while waiting for our Jeep to leave.
Here are Marta, John (Israeli), and Derrick… [...]
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Part 2: The Amritsar Massacre
If you look closely, you can see bullet holes from the 1919 Massacre.
One of the reasons I came to Amritsar was to see Jillianwala Bagh, a place where a tragic massacre happened in 1919. If you’ve ever seen the movie “Gandhi”, the Amritsar Massacre of 1919 is portrayed [...]
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Part 1: A Holy Place
Amritsar has been amazing. After a 16 hour train ride from Lucknow, during which I shared a cabin and fascinating conversation with Indian man, I arrived in Amritsar refreshed and energized.
Having learned my lesson from Lucknow, I decided to make my train reservation out of Amritsar immediately. Next, [...]
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Sorry I haven’t been able to update you in a few days. Believe it or not, I’ve signed in almost every day since I’ve been in Lucknow, but every time I do there are some TERRIFIC comments with insightful and interesting questions that I have to answer. As a result, I haven’t [...]
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Allahabad is a city of about 1 million people to the west of Varanasi. It is the cite of a yearly pilgrimage from mid-January through mid-February. Every six years, the pilgrimage is VERY large. Unfortunately, Flat Kat and I are here for a smaller one because the large one happened last year. There are only [...]
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Today is my second day in Varanasi, one of the oldest cities in India. Here is an overview of the city as described by the Lonely Planet: India travel book I am using:
An Overview of Varanasi:
“Few places in India are as colorful, charasmatic, or spiritual as the bathing ghats lining the Ganges River in Varanasi. The [...]
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The tough thing about trying to keep this blog up-to-date is that I have so much to tell, and so little time. Especially when I miss a day or two of updating, like I did on Bodh Gaya because the connection was so slow. So, I’m going to try to be “short-winded” (though those of [...]
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Greetings from Bodh Gaya, the town where Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, became enlightened.
Things go a little slower here in this small town compared to Kolkata, which is a welcome break. I don’t have to worry as much about being run over by traffic here, which is a relief.
Unfortunately, the internet has been VERY slow [...]
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Today I decided to finally visit the biggest attraction in Kolkata: the Victoria Memorial.
It was a decision that made for a couple interesting experiences.
To Join the Mob, or Fight Them
I decided to walk down to the Memorial (about 2 miles from my hotel). On the way, I heard the speakers coming from a [...]
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