Long and Winding Road Around Jaipur

There is so much to do in Jaipur that I opted for some tourist-y activities to get a feel for the city. On Monday, I scheduled a day-long tour through RTDC, a government agency. It meant going to the train station to sign up but I found the process refreshingly simple. A guide assembled the group, we walked through the streets, boarded an air-conditioned bus, and left.  The day, however, was incredibly long and hot. It began with a stop

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Touring the Taj Mahal

The world was still dark and (mostly) silent as our group left the Jaycee Palace Hotel in Agra and boarded electric carts for the Taj Mahal. Even at 0500, however, the pathways teemed with tourists, all walking past shuttered shops that sold souvenirs and food during the day. We were here to see the Taj Mahal in the first light of day. Lonely Planet India (Travel Guide, 2017) quotes poet Rabindranath Tagore as saying the Taj Mahal is “‘a teardrop

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