12 February 2014 – Udaipur, India
A visit to the palace fort in Udaipur, complete with a $10 beer at the cafe. Those princely attractions!
A visit to the palace fort in Udaipur, complete with a $10 beer at the cafe. Those princely attractions!
Founded: 1221 by Grand Duke Yuri II Pop: 1.2 million Other names: Gorky Monument to NN founder Yuri Vsevoldovich and his teacher Simon We took high speed train – Sapsan – from Moscow, which got us there in just 4 hours. Fun fact: St Petersburg is the same distance from Moscow as Nizhniy Novgorod, but…
Boating around Lake Inle, checking out the floating gardens with our guide. A very nice way to spend 8 hours.
Walking around Guilin — enjoying the street food, but not the prices for tourist attractions!
Couchsurfing in Amer, right outside of Jaipur. Day 1.
Founded: 1735 Pop: 404,000 Other names: Udinskoye, Verkhniy Udinsk Our last stop in Russia was in Ulan Ude, the capital of Buryat Republic. Ulan Ude is famous for two things: the largest head of Lenin is the world and being the center of Buddhism in Russia. Giant Lenin head in downtown Ulan Ude, Russia. Apparently,…
All set for the land where all 12 months are composed of 28 days, each week features 8 days (two of them being just 12 hours long), and time is off the GMT zones by a half hour. And then, there are issues with the internet. Sergey expects to be able to connect – so…