Asia is a continent of adventures, spirituality, ancient civilisations, excellent cuisine and amazing contrasts. We have been mesmerized by its diversity and colourfulness during our travels.
When we first started to organize our trip to India we were seriously considering renting a car and driving ourselves. Today we are so happy that we did not do so. (if you want to know [...]
This time we collected some specialties we faced in India which we thought would be interesting for you. Although there are several topics which would fit into this article, we chose the 3 which we found most fascinating. Traffic [...]
It is almost impossible to transmit all the beauty we have encountered on our India trip. In this 3rd and final post post we tried to collect the highlights of some more spots we visited, with a selection of [...]
It is almost impossible to transmit all the beauty we have encountered on our India trip. In this post we tried to collect the highlights of the 2nd part of our tour with a selection of the best photos [...]
On our 3-week tour through Rajasthan, the Golden Triangle and some other cities in India we have seen amazing forts, temples and palaces, vivid villages and cities, beautiful landscapes, kind people and holy and less holy animals. Out of [...]
The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. It is a white marble mausoleum, built in Agra in the 17th century by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. [...]
In the cities of Rajasthan the music is always playing. Sometimes you hear the loud music accompanying wedding ceremonies and processions. Other times men sitting on the pavement or small stools play their traditional instruments.
One of our favorite cities in India so far was Udaipur in Rajasthan. We spent a very enriching day in the city, strolling around the lakes and the old town. We got absorbed in the tumult of the markets [...]
The turban (called pagri in Rajasthan) is a traditional element of the wear of men here. Region, caste and religion can be identified through the style of the turban worn. This Rajasthani man grew a traditional [...]
In the first days of our Rajasthan tour we have been visiting several havelis. These are impressive mansions mainly from the 19th century, which are among the most important non-religious architectural landmarks of Rajasthan. Adorned by murals, beautiful artwork [...]
