This is just a short video we made in Bombay before leaving. I’m rethinking the video format on the site. That explains why there hasn’t been much lately. Everyone is on YouTube, and then there’s Travelistic. So I’m thinking of distributing videos that way from now on, as well as making them shorter and more frequent. We’ll see how that turns out. But for now, check out some different food!

You might recall the cute little acronym some people in Nepal made up to describe India:  I’ll Never Do It Again.  After some six weeks or so exploring the three largest cities, Varanasi, and the heavily touristed state of Rajasthan, we are prepared to give our verdict:  more»

We love Bombay. Its wide streets free it from some of the congestion common in Delhi and the air doesn’t sting the eyes and lungs like Calcutta. It’s got a cosmopolitan feel to it, along with beautiful architecture from the days of Empire. The palm trees and waterside location don’t hurt, either. more»

India is a very vegetarian-friendly country, as you might imagine, because so many people here don’t eat meat for religious reasons. Nepal is much the same way, although I don’t think the percentage of the population is quite as high. Restaurants and menus everywhere are either “Veg” or “Veg and Non-Veg,” or are divided into sections of the same name. more»

Our Indian adventure continues as we desert the desert and hit the big city.    more»

We just finished up our 3 week jaunt in Rajasthan. After Pushkar we cruised through Bundi, Udaipur, Jodhpur, and Jaisalmer. Instead of going through each one in detail, here’s a rundown of the highlights: more»

Our hotel in Pushkar said there weren’t any tourist buses going to Bundi from Pushkar, and that the local option, involving a transfer in nearby Ajmer, would take something like nine hours. They offered to arrange a private car to take us, which would cost 1700 Rupees. That’s like $40, which is ridiculous. “If you book now, we can get you a nice car. If you wait, you might not get a nice car.” We decided to take our chances on the bus. more»

After a couple of days checking out the pink capital Jaipur, we hopped on a tourist bus bound for Pushkar. The bus station in Jaipur isn’t very big, but we were directed to “Platform 1″ by the information office, which had about a dozen buses idling there. Fortunately as the time for departure drew near, it became immediately obvious which bus was bound for Puskhar: the one with all the people who looked like us standing by it. more»

From Calcutta, we flew across the north side of the country to Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. The desert climate and world-famous palaces beckoned us to the Indian state known as “the land of the kings,” still the stomping ground of the maharajas. more»

This must be a form of culture shock, because it’s starting to get to us: Indians in the places we’ve been don’t seem to like smiling. At least not the ones in the hospitality industry, which are kind of the ones you’d expect to do the most smiling. more»