Billy January 13, 2020 Leave a Comment

India 2017, Day 9: Rishikesh, Day 1

Ganga Aarti

Day 9 was quite a day. It was the day I felt like India finally defeated me. But it also the day I reached nirvana.

I had to get to the station obscenely early to catch my 5:30 a.m. train for the six-hour-and-40-minute [Read more…]

Billy June 7, 2019 Leave a Comment

India 2017, Day 6: Agra, Day 1

Fatehpur Sikri

Day 6, close to the midpoint of my trip to India, was the most frustrating day of my trip. I really started to question whether I wanted to continue traveling the way I do. But before the frustration set in, I had [Read more…]

Billy February 14, 2019 Leave a Comment

India 2017, Day 5: Jaipur, Day 2

Forts of Jaipur

Jaipur has 3 historic forts. I visited 2 of them on Day 5. But first, I made a return visit to the Hawa Mahal to get a picture with better light. [Read more…]

Billy March 10, 2018 3 Comments

India 2017, Day 1: Delhi, Day 1

New Delhi, Day 1

[WARNING! The pictures you are about to see are of New Delhi, Britain’s planned capital city for India. They are completely unrepresentative of authentic India. They are way too calm, peaceful, and [Read more…]

Billy April 3, 2017 2 Comments

What To Expect When You’re Expecting To Go To India

Here I am at the incredible Taj Mahal! Despite all the challenges of my trip, seeing the Taj (and so much more) made it all worthwhile. Taj Mahal, Agra, India, Asia. — Here I am at the incredible Taj Mahal! Despite all the challenges of my trip, seeing the Taj (and so much more) made it all worthwhile.

India was challenging. India was frustrating. India was exhausting. India could be heartbreaking. India was very, very dirty. And it was all worth it. Travel in India comes with a learning curve. The longer I was there, the more I learned how to be a traveler in India. And if you go, you’ll be ahead of the game after reading about [Read more…]