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Travel Costs: India Budget Update

We’re continuing to post our spending numbers as a resource for other travelers. Here is a breakdown of what we spent for two people …

Home Cooking, Mumbai Style

Four years ago, I landed in Mumbai on a trip for work. It was my first time traveling outside of the U.S. …

Bedlam at the Border

If you find yourself watching burly moustachioed men goose stepping with rifles a stone’s throw from the Pakistani border, you might think …

That week we were hippies in India

Dharamsala / McLeod Ganj is an interesting little town in the Himalayas.  It’s really more Tibet than India.  Makes sense, as this has …

Varanasi, Holy City on the Ganges

[O]lder than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.  — Mark …

When in India, head for the hills!

After our wild ride in Calcutta, we were so ready to beat the heat, the crowds, and the pollution of the big …

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