While my last post was all about Agra, I neglected to mention or post anything about what makes it most famous. The Tah Mahal, one of the New 7 wonders of the world (along with chichen itza in mexico, christ the redeemer in brazil, the colosseum in rome, the great wall of china in freaking all of c…

I've spent quite a bit of time showing you all the places I visited thus far, but of course one of the other key parts of any vacation is where you stay, not just what you see. And in Jaipur, we stayed in pretty much the coolest looking hotel ever. It was a heritage hotel, and the former actual resi…

a loan flower growing wild out here in the texas wilderness

After the daytime stargazing, we wanted to see a bit of the city. Jaipur is known as the Pink City, named for the Terra Cotta color of the sandstone making up all its buildings. As to WHy it was made Pink originally, well the most popular story goes that In 1853, when the Prince of Wales visited Ja…

So the question I am sure is on everyone's mind, is did Dr J eat the street food? After all, this trip is referred to as The Temples of Doom, right? surely there must be more temples, or at least a modicum of doom? Well fear not, all those questions will be answered ere my travel posts are done. We…