We did it! We rode motorcycles in India. The 267 kilometers from Delhi to Chandigarh, to be exact. For the past year, I’ve been playing through scenarios for how today might go — many of them nightmarish, some of them passable, and a few timidly optimistic. And today it finally happened. We didn’t ...
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We were sad to leave Varanasi because it meant leaving our wonderful friends Vidhu and Neelam. They’re amazing people who welcomed us into their home like family, and it was tough to leave the warmth of their company on our Delhi-bound train. As luck would have it, though, the AirBnb we reserved ...
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One of the huge perks of visiting Varanasi was getting a full two weeks of delicious home-cooked food. It was a constant gastronomic delight, and I know I'm going to miss working just five minutes from Vidhu and Neelam when we return to the States. We also stopped by a well-known sweet shop (at ...
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The heart of life in Varanasi is centered around its river, the Ganga. The main road runs parallel to it, and most of its sprawl has flowed down the river bank. Interestingly though, the city has only ever occupied the west bank, which still allows cool breezes to blow across the river and through ...
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After exploring the hills of Uttarakhand, we went to visit our good friends Vidhu and Neelam in Varanasi. We first met them in Austin, TX when we sublet their apartment for the summer, and many delicious meals and good conversations later, they've become one of our favorite memories of the city. It ...
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After the hustle and bustle of the capital, we decided to get away to a different part of India. I chose a place called Nainital, a beautiful region north of Delhi in the forested mountains of Uttarakhand. To get there, we took a 7 hour bus ride. Now, you might be thinking that 7 hours on a bus ...
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Delhi in July is Really. Effing. Hot. Granted, that's really, blindingly obvious for anyone who's ever been to India or knows the climate, myself included. Still, sometimes you need to spend a few days dripping sweat to remember how nice it would feel to go just about anywhere else. It's the kind ...
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More food porn. Let's start with the food we've had in Delhi: (I need to add a loading style to the gallery. Be patient with it until then -- things are coming, I promise!) The first dish is a fairly typical north Indian meal: a dish of stuff in sauce (in this case, paneer in a deliciously rich ...
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