The Venice of India, also known from the James Bond movie "Octop**** featuring the island-hotel Taj Lake Palace: unexpectedly clean, proper, well-organized, atmospheric, romantic, charming, friendly, art-packed, educational, relaxing, mosquito-invested, tasteful, surprising, refreshing.Tuesday afternoon we arrived in Udaipur after a very bumpy 7 hour ride in a very local bus. Stan bumped his head several times in the ceiling and me... well lets just say that a ...

The blue city: narrow, confusing, garbage overloaded, fly invested, impressive, majestic, friendly, delicious, decorative, informative, chaotic, On Sunday after arriving at our guesthouse we went to explore the city, which turned out not so easy in the labyrinth of narrow streets and market stalls. But finally we made it to Sadar Market with the clocktower in the middle. And although it was Sunday and the city was on a strike (some told us the reason was that two...

A good hour jeepdrive from Jaisalmer and you are in the desert!That is where we and another couple got dropped to meet our camels and camel drivers.After everything was loaded on the backs of the camels, we got on... The most tricky part of the whole story actually is when the camel gets up! Pretty steep and bumpy when it gets up with the back feet first and then front after!! But once you are up there, there's not much to it ;-)So we took off through the bu...

The golden city: hot, windy, dusty, loud, dreamlike, traditional, friendly, picturesque, romantic, luxurious, historical, adventerous, sandy, colourful, delicious, educational...We spend 2 days in the fort of Jaisalmer, in the most amazing honeymoonsuite that made us feel like Maharajas ;-) with a balcony overlooking the fort and the town and an amazing rooftop terrace. We roamed around the tiny streets full of handicrafts and beautifully carved houses, visited t...

Delhi: steaming hot, sweaty, dirty, stinky, loud, busy, crowded, pushy, poor, holy, crazy, surprising, filthy, huge, overpopulated, trafficjammed, polluted, beautiful, challenging, interesting, divided, religious, corrupt, friendly...Our first 3 days of India were quite amazing and full of impressions. Guided tour on a Tuktuk, shopping indian clothes and diner at the old bazar on the first day. Roaming around Delhi by ourselves on the second day and visiting Aksh...