The Demoiselle Cranes at Khichan

When you travel as much as we do, you always think in lists. We enter a hotel we say: “Does this go in our Top-Ten-List or not?” And sometimes you do or see something and you immediately know: Top-Three-Forever. Some things never make any list (if we...

Jodhpur Meherangarh Fort

The Mehrangarh Fort probably has the highest walls you’ve ever seen. I remember when we entered Jodhpur by road, we could see the fort rise above the city. At first you have no idea how massive it is, but as soon as you come closer you realize it’s gi-gan-tic!...

Jodhpur, The Blue City

We love Rajasthan. It’s got everything you think of when thinking of India. My favorite city in Rajasthan is Udaipur, but Jodhpur definitely comes second. The buildings are beautiful and so old, the fort is huge, but most attractive is definitely the color of the...

On the road between Udaipur and Jodhpur

The cities in Rajasthan, India are famous for their palaces, silk fabrics and glass colored bracelets. You would almost forget how beautiful the scenery is between these cities. Traveling by train is great and fast, but I suggest you hire a car (and driver) on you way from...

Going Down

On the hike down from Sandakphu to Sinkhola we enjoyed three things: Clear skies and great views of the snowy mountain tops in the distance. If you take a closer look at the image, you will notice that the mountain tops are sticking out of the clouds. Pretty amazing when...

A snowy hike

I told you yesterday about the trek we did in Darjeeling. When I tell people about it now I say it’s the most beautiful hike we ever did. And although that is still true, we did suffer a bit on the way. On the other hand, it’s the suffering that makes us...

Trekking in Nepal

Our trek in Darjeeling went from Tumling to Sandakphu. A beautiful road that started out hilly with green fields, blue wooden houses and gigantic magnolia trees, but ended in the steepest roads we ever trekked on. For the first night we stayed in Shikar Lodge where an...

The Hills Are Alive

From Agra and Varanasi it’s quite a train ride to the North East, but if you’re looking for a good hiking spot Darjeeling is the place to go. Not only is it surrounded by the world famous tea plantations, beautiful mountain scenery and cute and colorful...

India by Train

Traveling in India can be a challenge sometimes and catching a train -or at least the right one – can be very tricky. Timetables are slightly different than the ones we know back home. (think: no order, no codes and written in Hindi). And asking random people on the...

Total Taj

When Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s third wife died during labor he was so overcome with sadness he built a white marble mausoleum: the Taj Mahal. It took over 16 years to finish the actual building, and another five for the garden and surrounding buildings. Every wall,...

Khan Market

You wont say, but Khan Market in Delhi is the most expensive when it comes to real estate. The exterior of most buildings is not – how should I put this – as pretty as Louis Vuitton in Paris, but definitely holds some treasures once you get inside. In fact,...

Delhi markets

I’ve been to Delhi quite a lot and one of my favorite things to do is visit the different markets. Of course there’s Old Delhi with a thousand little streets – each with its own special goods – selling bridal saris, gold jewelry, shoes or books. And...

Say a little prayer

In and around Leh we visited the most beautiful monasteries and one thing I like in particular are the prayer wheels. These prayer wheels are cylindrical wheels on a spindle you can spin round and round. The wheels are decorated with lines of prayers, so turning the wheel...

Jule! Jule! Jule!

Young ones. Old folks. Sales men. And even the kids playing on the streets in Leh say Jule. At first we had no idea what it meant, but Jule means a lot: it’s a friendly way of saying hello, nice to meet you, goodbye,welcome and how are you. It’s never been...

Stupefying Shanti Stupa

After cold nights in tents, altitude sickness on the high passes and 21 loop-roads we finally arrive in Leh. One of the most beautiful sights in Leh is the Shanti Stupa. While we visit we learn it was built quite recently by Indian and Japanese Buddhists. Of course the...