Chaos on the train to Ranthambore, India | Photo by Lauren Girardin When you travel through a well-trod area like Rajasthan, India, you sometimes feel like you’re on a route that follows a checklist of the top things to see…
Diwali ferris wheel in Udaipur, India | Photo by Lauren Girardin “Rides and attractions! Non-stop action! Folks, animals, fireworks too. It’s the single most fun thing you can do!!” This hokey siren song got stuck in my head during Diwali,…
Nearly the world record for longest ear hair | Photo by Lauren Girardin
Busy Jodhpur, India | Art by Todd Berman Vikki and I are on a mission. He’s speeding me on his motorbike to Jodhpur‘s bus station to recover a little notebook that contains all the expense records for my and Lauren’s…
Bug eyed statue at Jain Temple | Photo by Lauren Girardin A slim two weeks before the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Todd and I checked India off our round-the-world itinerary. From the safety of Vietnam, it’s been disconcerting to…
Where we ate: Natraj – The cooks seem to have tamed down the spice for the tourists, which is a shame: NAH
Speak no evil monkey, Gandhi Smirti, Delhi | Photo by Lauren Girardin We thought we’d be in Delhi for just two days, but it has taken us four to leave. At first, we are so happy to be back in…
Where we ate: Bukhara – Everyone we talked to told us to treat ourselves to dinner at Bukhara, one of the most highly rated restaurants in India, so we went. The food wasn’t terrible – in fact the dahl was…
Dusk falls on Safranbolu, Turkey | Art by Todd Berman We’ve been out and about for three hours and we’ve done almost all there is do in Safranbolu, Turkey, an old Ottoman village that’s been recognized as a UNESCO world…
Where we ate: Esra café 2 – Though they seriously undercooked the eggs in Todd’s sausage and eggs at first go, they fixed it without grudge. Their mantı (meat ravioli in yogurt sauce) was served Iskender style – with tomato…
