November 3rd, 2019 We booked a tour today with a guide and driver to explore the Great Pyramids and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Although Egypt is an inexpensive place to travel, anything related to tourism is highly inflated in costs. We were surprised how much things cost after coming from Southeast Asia. Everyone here…
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Days 267-269, Goodbye India, Hello Egypt
October 31st – November 2nd, 2019 Our day at the Taj Mahal yesterday was great, but it seems we couldn’t leave India without total chaos which is a fair summary of this part of the world we have visited. Even taking an Uber can be unreliable and dodgy. EVERYTHING takes so much longer than you…
Day 266 – Agra, India
October 30th, 2019 Today was a really awesome day! We got up at 4am to get ready to go to the Taj Mahal for sunrise when it was supposed to be significantly less crowded. We walked from our hostel, got our tickets and waited in the security line outside the East Gate until they opened…
Day 265 – Agra, India
October 29th, 2019 Last night we walked to our bus which was a very confusing experience since it is usually just on the side of the road somewhere, and not often at a designated bus station. We finally found the bus that was stopping in Ajmer which is where we are supposed to get off…
Day 264 – Pushkar, India
October 28th, 2019 This is the day after Diwali and the fireworks are still going off, and certain interesting things are still happening. I went downstairs this morning and there was a lady making things that looked like gingerbread men out of cow poop and placing them outside the steps of the hostel. She was…
Day 263 – Pushkar, India
October 27th, 2019 Happy Diwali! Today is the official main day of this important Indian festival. Everyone goes around saying “Happy Diwali” no matter who you are, what your skin color is or what language you speak. Everyone just seems happy that it is Diwali. According to Wikipedia and a 2011 census, about 80% of…
Day 262 – Jaipur, India
October 26th, 2019 Today we got up and I mapped out some of the city highlights we wanted to see for the day. The easiest way to get around turned out to hire a tuk tuk to take us to all the sites. One of our new friends from last night wanted to join us…
Day 261 – Jaipur, India
October 25th, 2019 Today we got up and took an Uber to the bus station. We left our big luggage at our hostel in Delhi and packed smaller bags to take with us for the week. I think Delhi is the most populated city we have been to with 18 million people. When we got…
Day 260 – Delhi, India
October 24th, 2019 There is a popular route called the Golden Triangle that covers several of the highlights through Rajasthan. It starts by going to Agra where the Taj Mahal is. This was our plan until we realized the Taj is closed on Fridays. Since we have limited days here in India we didn’t want…
Day 259 – Delhi, India
October 23rd, 2019 As some of you know, India has never really been that high on my travel priority list, or even on the list at all. I thought if I ended up in India it would definitely be in the Himalayas somewhere. One of the amazing things about this trip is that it has…