India
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Month 12 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 365 Number of beds: 14 Countries visited: Russia, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Turkey Postcards sent: 10 Beautiful Mount Ushba, Svaneti, Georgia Thoughts Wow. It’s been a year since we left the US – our home, our cat, friends and family. Without hesitation – best.decision.ever. We would do it again in
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Month 7 Roundup
STATS Days on the road: 212 Distance traveled: we are too lazy to count Number of beds: 9 Countries visited: India, Thailand Postcards sent: 6 Napping after breakfast on top of a hill overlooking tea plantations. Awesome. Munnar, India. THOUGHTS Brass beauts for sale in Pushkar, India. Our plans changed quite a bit this month. We
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24 February 2014 – Kochi, India
Our last day in India. We meet up with Ashutosh, whom we met at the very beginning via the first guest house that we stayed in in Delhi. How fun! Also we totally spaced out on the 4 o’clock — so this vide is around 8 pm.
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23 February 2014 – Alleppey, India
Day 2 of cruising the Alleppey backwaters.
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22 February 2014 – Alleppey, India
Cruising the backwaters in Kerela. We took the houseboat from Alleppey.
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21 February 2014 – En route to Kottayam, India
What’s it like to take a long distance bus in Kerela? Well, much like taking a city bus elsewhere in India…the breeze is nice.
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20 February 2014 – Munnar, India
Things looking up and a view down from our Green View “Villa” on a plantation (-esque) in Munnar, India.
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19 February 2014 – Munnar, India
An utter disaster, second mile stop, a couple of kilometers outside of Munnar hill town, India.
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18 February 2014 – Fort Cochin, India
A visit to the old Paradesi Synagogue in Fort Cochin, India. Unfortunately no videos or photographs allowed inside. But if you ever find yourself in Fort Cochin, go here! Fascinating murals depicting Jewish migration to Kerela, the building, destruction (by the Portuguese) of the original synagogue, and the rebuilding (by the Dutch) of the building
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17 February 2014 – Mumbai, India
Coming to you from the rooftop of an art gallery in Colaba neighborhood, Mumbai, India.
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16 February 2014 – Mumbai, India
It’s 4 o’clock! at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly known as Victoria Terminus Station, in Mumbai, India.
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15 February 2014 – Mumbai, India
Day 1 in Mumbai – our favorite big city in India. It is striking how different Mumbai is from all other places we’ve seen in India.