Travel blogs, travel photos and features from incredible India
Raj Ghat, Gandhi memorial in Delhi
The Mahatma Gandhi memorial in Delhi, India was one of the few places in the capital city that I wanted to make sure to visit when I travelled around India last winter. Delhi…
Tour of my Beach Hut in Gokarna, India
Raw, unedited footage here. Enjoy! A little more background, if you’re interested: I spent nearly 2 full weeks in this hut and though it has was the simplest one I’ve stayed in over…
Sunrise at the Taj Mahal
If you read any guidebook in India, you’ll read that visiting the Taj Mahal at sunrise is a must-see. The grounds will be much quieter than in the afternoon (certainly less so than…
Wombat Wednesday: Daulatabad Fort
Travels of Adam? Travels of a wombat. Wombat Wednesday is an occasional photo series showcasing Mr Wombat’s travels around the world. Daulatabad Fort, near the historic Maharashtran city of Aurangabad (what an awesome…
Bibi Ka Maqbara: The Poor Man’s Taj
Everyone knows the Taj Mahal, but in Aurangabad further south, you can find the “poor man’s Taj” – a sad, little monument mimicking its big brother up in Agra. The Bibi Ka Maqbara…
Malai Kofta: My favorite Indian dish I never knew about
I’ve had this vegetarian dish, Malai Kofta, a handful of times across India, and just about every time I’ve enjoyed it. It’s one of those things I never saw (or maybe just didn’t…
The Philosophy and Portrayal of India in Shantaram
This book is on nearly everyone’s to-read list, before, after or during a trip to India. Rightly so, because it’s a good book. Maybe if I’d read it before I arrived I’d have…
Getting a burger in India
Just like finding alcohol in a Muslim country, peace activists in Israel or vegetarian food in Spain (ok…trying to find something without pork in Spain may actually be near impossible) it’s possible to…
Dangers & Difficulties…exaggerated by the locals
“If you took people seriously in this part of the world,” he says, “you would never leave home.” And it is true that everywhere dangers and difficulties are exaggerated by the local people,…
Yesterday in Delhi: police brutality & corruption?
India is a fascinating place, to say the least. I’m so unsure of what I think of this country both culturally and politically. So much is so different, yet sometimes familiar and I’m…
