Lake Pichola
We spent an evening in Udaipur on the ghats, looking out over the lake. In the middle of the lake is the Taj Lake Palace, one of the nicest hotels in the world where the Bombay Sapphire Martini was apparently...
Udaipur: Vacation City
Arriving in Udaipur was so refreshing after two and a half weeks in Jaipur. The city is cleaner, calmer and more relaxed, with an incredible landscape of desert and lake set between mountains. On our first afternoon, as we were...
A Visit to the Jaipur Post Office
We had one final thing to do in Jaipur: ship home all the quilts we had collected over two weeks. I saved a whole day to do this since I knew that shipping things from an Indian post office could...
The Greatest Rickshaw Driver on Earth
We met Ali on one of our first nights in Jaipur, and quickly became friends. He took us to the best shops, gave us tours of the city, and we shared a delicious South Indian meal together. I am sure...
This Needs to Go Viral
I have read hundreds of posts on the internet about animals adopting baby animals of other species, but never had I seen it in real life before we stumbled on this: a stray dog taking care of a baby piglet.They...