For the next 2 months I'll have limited internet access because I'm only using internet cafes, so this is a brief update on my travels in Northern India. I'm currently in Darjeeling; I'll be here until May 7, when I will go to Kolcutta for two days with Liz and Jackie before flying to Kathmandu, Nepal.
On my trip so far I...
-Had food poisoning so bad on my birthday that I spent the whole night throwing up. Happy 21st birthday to me!
-Saw 6 palaces/forts: Agra Fort, Taj Mahal, Amber Fort, City Palace, Water Palace, and Fateeb Sigfreed
-Visited 6 temples: Sikkh, Muslim, Buddhist (two), Hindu (two)
-Saw the Gandhi memorial and museum in New Delhi
-Checked out a 15th century observatory/astronomy center with crazy curvy, spiraling architecture
-Drank many, many cups of chai (remember, I'm in Darjeeling, land of tea)
-Had my first "of age" drink, as it is legal to drink when you're 18 in India. I got a Mai Tai. At a Chili's. At a mall in New Delhi that was nicer than malls I've been to in the U.S. -and just as expensive.
-Went on a tour of an organic tea factory, a nerve-wracking 3.5 hour journey up narrow mountain roads in the back of a shared jeep, saw a view of Mount Everest at Sunrise on Tiger Hill
The Taj Mahal at Sunrise, Agra
Walking a cow, Jaipur
In Jaipur
Amber Fort (in the background), Jaipur
On my trip so far I...
-Had food poisoning so bad on my birthday that I spent the whole night throwing up. Happy 21st birthday to me!
-Saw 6 palaces/forts: Agra Fort, Taj Mahal, Amber Fort, City Palace, Water Palace, and Fateeb Sigfreed
-Visited 6 temples: Sikkh, Muslim, Buddhist (two), Hindu (two)
-Saw the Gandhi memorial and museum in New Delhi
-Checked out a 15th century observatory/astronomy center with crazy curvy, spiraling architecture
-Drank many, many cups of chai (remember, I'm in Darjeeling, land of tea)
-Had my first "of age" drink, as it is legal to drink when you're 18 in India. I got a Mai Tai. At a Chili's. At a mall in New Delhi that was nicer than malls I've been to in the U.S. -and just as expensive.
-Went on a tour of an organic tea factory, a nerve-wracking 3.5 hour journey up narrow mountain roads in the back of a shared jeep, saw a view of Mount Everest at Sunrise on Tiger Hill
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