Wow Jaipur. What an interesting little place. Today we visited the Amber Fort. Built in 16th century to house the royals it was such a magnificent structure. Surrounded by a 12km wall that reminds me a little of the Great Wall of China. Every time I see these places I'm amazed at the effort and time put into building them. Thousand of workers. Possibly horrendous working conditions. Months, years and sometimes centuries. After the fort we head back to that deli...

Today we visited the world famous Taj Mahal and what a site it was. We arrived at the west gate and made our way inside. There was a huge line of at least 300 people waiting to go in. Males in one line and females in another, each separated by metal barricades like cows being herded into their den. Being foreigners we were allowed to enter via the express line so I walked through the barricades, felling the hundreds of staring eyes watching me as I walk by. I...

My first impressions of Jaipur were more positive than Delhi and Agra. The place has structure, I even saw a few large shopping complexes. We drove through the gates of the pink city and it was quite marvelous as well as congested. All the buildings were made of apricot pink terra-cotta and the gates to the city were archways which gave it an almost medieval feel. Sharing the road were cars, bicycles, motorbikes, buses, tuk tuks, camels, cows and people. It was ...

The window of the bus ride to Jaipur today clearly gave me a vision of the gap between classes in India. Around one corner lay a man trying to fill his water bottle up from a puddle in the street where pigs are rummaging through the waste, a child squats in a pile of rubbish to do his business, streets are lined with garbage as kids play in empty fields behind it. There are small tents that are perched where I assume many call home, trying to provide their famili...

Today we spent another day sightseeing around Delhi. Being travellers, we decided to go it alone without any tour guides. Here are some experiences I'd like to share in hope of shedding some light on the tourist scams in India. The moment we left our hotel in Connaught place we were approached by a young man. Seemingly kind and considerate he provided us with the location of a tourist office that could help us out. We were assisted by the tourist office and n...