Jaipur Hostels - Reviews and Rates

So just to recap our time in Jaipur, we didn't do a whole heck of a lot. Most days went something like this:

Wake up around noon to 2:00.
Go walk to the same set of restaurants for some lunch.
Come back and watch some TV, maybe take a nap.
Go back to the same set of restaurants for some dinner and a couple of beers.
Come back,...

Final Recap on Jordan
Food - 50%. The food here pretty much sucked. The first night, Cory and I both ate mensafh, with lamb and then chicken, and it made us both sick. We had some better meals than this, but overall the food was pretty terrible, bland and sickening. I wouldn't recommend Jordanian food to anyone, nor would I recommend the "Lo...

Have been working with some of the Akshar Slum school kids teaching them a poem for an Independence Day assembly. They are all so cute and proud of school. The 4 girls who recite it do really well and the whole thing is lovely. I even enjoy the bits in hindi i don't understand. In the afternoon we go with Sharda and her family on an outing, main...

Final stop in Rajastan before going to the busteling dump which is Delhi

Some countries and States go a bit over the top with their tourism taglines.................. Western Australia 'State of Excitement'........... South Australia "The Festival State'........... And these aren't even the most misleading..........America alone must have thousands........ However I think "Incredible India" might just be on the money...

Hello all!! It's been more than a week since my last blog update, so I'll try to give you a quick update on the previous week, before going into detail about my trip to Varasi this past weekend (the next entry on travelpod). It's getting tougher and tougher for me to write these blogs these days ... not sure why, but it's partly due to a hectic ...

Well, after Sri Lanka, India had a lot to live up to....and it ceretainly didn't dissappoint. We landed at Delhi airport, and all seemed normal, that is until we got out through the airport entrance. We were met by Kuoni (just us for the mini bus) and we were bombarded with people wanting desperately to help carry our bags, and we didn't seem to...