In the Kathmandu Valley, along the trade route from Nepal to Tibet, lies the Boudhanath Stupa. The stupa (Buddhist place of worship) is one of the largest in Nepal, and in fact, the world. It is an oasis of religion; monks, prayer flags, prayer beads and mantas are set aside from the congested streets and piles of rubble [...]
Indian weddings are famous. Thousands of guests, days of parties, elaborate costumes…frankly, American weddings look a little lame in comparison. So obviously my husband booked a ticket to India when we were invited to his friend’s wedding in Goa. Turns out Goa is a Catholic, Portuguese section of India. Our friend Mariza’s wedding was held [...]
Cambodia is unique for a lot of reasons, but the monkeys that occupy both the large cities and the rural temples sure do make you realize how diverse our world is. In New York we have squirrels. In Boston, squirrels. In London…squirrels. Instead of something lame like that, Cambodia has MONKEYS! I’m not sure who [...]
Today started with an announcement that we were anchored off of the coast of Male, Maldives. The Maldives sounds like a lovely group of islands that is only concerned with going to the beach and running a tourism industry. Yesterday though, somewhere between lunch and napping, we had caught a lecture on the Maldives and [...]
Sri Lanka! How nuts does that sound? I wasn’t sure what to expect from Sri Lanka – I guess its sort of like India except less developed and more tropical? Well, that’s about right, but it is also far less populous and thus is less crowded, less noisy and less polluted. Today we would be [...]
Sometimes things don’t go as planned when traveling. Sickness can not be avoided, and often times the medication or vaccines that we take to help prevent sickness are the things that end up making us ill! Malaria is no joke and malarone is a great medication for many people…but, it turns out, not for me. [...]
Today started with a grand attempt to see the sunrise over the Taj Mahal. Now, we are south of the Taj, so that’s not really possible, but the idea of seeing the Taj in orange sunrise seemed appealing enough to warrant a 7am alarm. That wasn’t really the case. It was absolutely freezing and the [...]
Well, this was an annoying day up until our arrival in Agra, so I wont dwell too much on all of the negatives that finally gave way to our romantic vacation within a vacation. Up at 6:15, tender boat around 7:25 (Indian standard time guaranteed its late departure, like everything in India), couldn’t find the [...]
Mumbai, India!! I have always wanted to go to India. Most of that has only to do with my name, and btw there are a lot of streets/shops named Chandra or some variation, but also because of the craziness of the culture and the delicious food. I think I’ve seen a fair amount of photos [...]
I was really excited to get off of the plane in Tokyo because my legs were absolutely killing me. It really wasn’t that long of a flight, but I was actually scared they were hurting so badly. I didn’t have my boarding pass for my flight back to NY, so I asked a Al Nippon [...]
Today we finally had the chance to sleep late so we didn’t get up until 10:15am, despite cats having a brawl outside of the window around 7:30. Saigon has some really odd city sounds. I packed my luggage but still had to get another suitcase to carry all of my purchases that were still in [...]
We woke up today at around 8:30am, which was sleeping pretty late considering we had been getting up at of before 7am most days. I showered in the glass shower (think carnival money machine) and got ready. It’s worthwhile to note that I did attempt to do something with my hair each morning, and this [...]
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