At dinner tonight I apparently became the ugly American. In my defense, I actually think I was just an American but maybe that makes me ugly by default. The restaurant was jammed and when I arrived at 8 pm I was told it would just be a minute or two for a table. I thought […]

Road Trip! Budhi Man is driving us from Udaipur to Jaipur, a seven hour or so drive North. I’m spending the time trying to catch up on the proofreading/redrafting/first draft yet to be posted posts of the past few days. I don’t know if this is sacrilegious/offensive but it’s a joke not really *about* religion […]

Damn you, Karma. No sooner do I decline to tip the guy for handing me an audio guide upon visiting the Ranakpur Jain Temple, I drop my phone, shattering the screen “protector” and shattering the screen itself. Some keys on the keyboard don’t work unless I’m adjacent to where the letter would be, as if […]

I’m on a bike… I’m on a boat… I’m blinded by the sunset…

We checked out, we flew, we arrived. Udiapur is a breath of fresh air after Mumbai. This land of lakes offers cooler temperatures, luxurious wonders, and still plenty of honking. Here’s a time lapse of our motorized rickshaw tuck tuck to the Jaiwana Haveli hotel. Because Katie knows Derek who handles tours of India from […]

Redemption! After suffering a Disney dehydration debacle last weekend, I was able to shave 80 minutes off that time for a 3:18 and change finish.

I’m struggling with today’s post. There was a lot to see and do and eat during our all-day sightseeing tour of Mumbai. There was the iconic Gate of India and the stunning hotel armed terrorists laid seige in 2008. There was a visit to the Gandhi museum, an experience that was enhanced with my pre-trip […]

Poor internet speeds. Despite splurging on a split cost non-murder hotel here in Mumbai with Katie, we are have limited internet bandwidth. Sharing costs means sharing connections I guess… but for now I am struggling with uploading images for the posts. For now, please enjoy this animated GIF of the again most definitely non-murder class […]

I was only in Los Angeles for one night as it was significantly cheaper for me to start my trip to India from there then from Florida. Steve and I grabbed dinner… both of us unwittingly oblivious to the irony of having chicken korma and baba bhatia from Flavor of India the night before I […]

…but my body said, “no, no, no.” I’m hoping I don’t regret this later. I definitely regret it now but fingers crossed this is one of those valor in discretion moments.