After our visit to the Jantar Mantar Observatory, we headed over to the Jaipur City Palace. It was constructed in the early 18th century by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, who also built the observatory. It was used for ceremonies and was also the administrative seat of the Maharaja of Jaipur. The Palace was also…
Our time in Jaipur was pretty busy and our tour company had a lot squeezed into the day. After lunch, we headed to the Jantar Mantar Observatory that was constructed in the 18th century by Rajput King Sawai Jai Singh II who was also the founder of Jaipur. The observatory is outside and is made up…
Most people know that I am terrified of snakes. Doesn’t matter how small or how big…a snake is a snake. I’ve heard it all, it doesn’t bite, it eats rodents and bugs; in my eyes all snakes bite and can kill me. Hey, we all have our phobias. So needless to say, we knew at…
The Ranthambore National Park was an incredible experience to see tigers in the wild.
We initially booked our trip to India to see the Taj Mahal and check off one more site from the 7 New Wonders of the World. Right before we decided to book the trip, I saw another itinerary that included safaris to look for the wild tigers of Ranthambore. This itinerary was a no brainer…
As many of you know, our travel goal is to see the New 7 Wonders of the World, and our visit to the Taj Mahal checked off number four. {We have previously visited The Great Wall of China, Chichen Itza in the Yucatan, and The Roman Colosseum. We (fingers crossed) are scheduled to visit Machu Picchu…
The first day of touring got us started at 7:30 which was pretty early considering we got in so late the night before from our food tour. We were staying in New Delhi and had about a 30-minute drive to Old Delhi. We drove along winding streets, some beautiful and some not so beautiful. I’ll…
Our first tour on day one took us to see Qutab Minar which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. While we were waiting for our tour guide we saw these two cute guys hanging in the trees. The Qutab Minar is located in Delhi and is a minaret and victory tower. It stands 239.5 feet…
Whenever we travel we always look for ways to give back. We have been very fortunate to have the means to travel the world and when we see conditions in the countries we visit we feel the need to do something, no matter how small. We booked the Old Delhi Food Tour with “Delhi Food…
One of our travel goals is to see the 7 Modern Wonders of the World. So far we have seen the Coliseum in Rome, Chichen Itza in Mexico, Great Wall in China and this trip we will be checking off the Taj Mahal. Later this year we will be going to South America to see…