Below are some photos of the Taj Mahal in fog, for those with a fondness for visibility-reducing weather phenomena and Indo-Islamic architecture. When we first arrived before dawn, you couldn’t even see your hand in front of your face, and by the time we left it was also super heavy fog. Thankfully, in the few…
Read on for an account of our police escort at the Beatles Ashram in Rishikesh. But first, some preamble. Traffic in India is, and this is the official diagnosis, completely insane. From rattling rickshaws to maniac mopeds to carefree cows, any urban sprawl in India is chock full of…stuff. I reluctantly admit that most of…
We spent almost three weeks in India, visiting my better half’s family, attending and almost eating ourselves to death at weddings, and finding some time to do some touristy stuff too. The highlight of the lot – sorry, Taj Mahal – was Amber Fort in Jaipur, which is absolutely stunning. Without further ado, here are…