tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33471981562357142152024-03-05T15:47:31.467-10:00Leslie's picsLeslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.comBlogger570125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-70356179055648678272020-08-16T22:05:00.002-10:002020-08-16T22:05:34.222-10:00Vivianne and Jason<p> Aug 19, 2020</p><p>Do you guys remember <a href="https://lesliekuba.blogspot.com/2018/11/vivianne-jason.html" target="_blank">Vivianne and Jason?</a> Well Vivianne just passed her NCLEX exam, so she's now a registered nurse (yay!!!). She wanted pics of her graduation but due to the damn Covid, our plans got ruined. We were gonna go to a nice park with beautiful greenery but they all shut down once she got her test results. We gave in and did the shoot in my backyard instead. Sigh....not the same but we got some cute pics!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLOzzBaNZ4z5RHjbankiQkgnhyphenhyphen5SIiamdqWwdDaVrrv44-IZCqEQxFBH6OEmLswT1xegd_PX8R6rc4NY3k1Vb7pvURdtYaROsgILMmLZ4DZ90GkC0p-ZZuG_tNdxKP6iQ7D9p58pPLmQ/s2016/550A5728.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLOzzBaNZ4z5RHjbankiQkgnhyphenhyphen5SIiamdqWwdDaVrrv44-IZCqEQxFBH6OEmLswT1xegd_PX8R6rc4NY3k1Vb7pvURdtYaROsgILMmLZ4DZ90GkC0p-ZZuG_tNdxKP6iQ7D9p58pPLmQ/s640/550A5728.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3ICR_0uFJJ5MZXTLg-hS72yulv8XiFW3jLuTK-L1UwWGbuU3sdApkhW28Je1jX0eamQK86sdqD5PcfbLI0r7eLNd2YCrFHbrzJMH2EuczFQIf42cBIgT0EucjPpL-MfDgpq10VA_GDQ/s2016/550A5733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3ICR_0uFJJ5MZXTLg-hS72yulv8XiFW3jLuTK-L1UwWGbuU3sdApkhW28Je1jX0eamQK86sdqD5PcfbLI0r7eLNd2YCrFHbrzJMH2EuczFQIf42cBIgT0EucjPpL-MfDgpq10VA_GDQ/s640/550A5733.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiVmT-F6hihsWp1y3YUyzbckY1m4nac-jF1D8rT5VmbCLmbVmvFT0C-h6Un4GXubbzR6MSShFNtbqGwFfy8rqLLf_9nS3ty5FCc6-3R2BhUiOftD1_ZpbOTl4wTh5Tru4MGVfnsKZAEc/s2016/550A5694.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiVmT-F6hihsWp1y3YUyzbckY1m4nac-jF1D8rT5VmbCLmbVmvFT0C-h6Un4GXubbzR6MSShFNtbqGwFfy8rqLLf_9nS3ty5FCc6-3R2BhUiOftD1_ZpbOTl4wTh5Tru4MGVfnsKZAEc/s640/550A5694.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">So, since they had such an "awkward" time during the last shoot, these crazys watched you tube videos on how to pose and they practiced before coming over!! These guys crack me up. I must say though, I think it worked!</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpDLiQKhtGzakX-VQyfmkbRuD5yYT4cwjhqs3s9SP9WyJdaf3prB3tPT-AdXuASw2i5eWdXrNS0krtuiuiLOFgaPR7REZlu-O2ufFLUrYAD-q2O5QuCl9YYfI2pz8foOQO1BE1UVb3i4/s2016/550A5688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpDLiQKhtGzakX-VQyfmkbRuD5yYT4cwjhqs3s9SP9WyJdaf3prB3tPT-AdXuASw2i5eWdXrNS0krtuiuiLOFgaPR7REZlu-O2ufFLUrYAD-q2O5QuCl9YYfI2pz8foOQO1BE1UVb3i4/s640/550A5688.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvXHnqSDdk69Pog-wJ-IUoFPd-L7YWDL-9UyafGrqWcET831YQIHE7e3CoIvby0HS0t_Yw-VxzQoSSk8sYptyAaJoZxux-xrjtXCWtO0Jp2Y1OjPV0RXAKfBAZ5JmtY-eJ1JoBBaxMds/s2016/550A5691.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvXHnqSDdk69Pog-wJ-IUoFPd-L7YWDL-9UyafGrqWcET831YQIHE7e3CoIvby0HS0t_Yw-VxzQoSSk8sYptyAaJoZxux-xrjtXCWtO0Jp2Y1OjPV0RXAKfBAZ5JmtY-eJ1JoBBaxMds/s640/550A5691.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TE5EMg1wqwwp8fg9VYkgHUGkftweG639chRZ6bKdm3E0_z3N89eU76AwLDQiY6R6bdE0QCW2ni0KzYoNACNEzKLnY7USK-UF9bMMqy-HuCrM-XMBTtto4Ye0ZMA-aNEKA79TC1lntNI/s2016/550A5713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TE5EMg1wqwwp8fg9VYkgHUGkftweG639chRZ6bKdm3E0_z3N89eU76AwLDQiY6R6bdE0QCW2ni0KzYoNACNEzKLnY7USK-UF9bMMqy-HuCrM-XMBTtto4Ye0ZMA-aNEKA79TC1lntNI/s640/550A5713.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglPm4WzUwbYuOf9LhKTSjWmmmtt4vHAymR-U3EgcwFB_s0yX2O0cKsP4evuH3RMuRWUicCpR4nef4fWov0ZgCNgxDUL66Y3ilPhIf0XZG5M9ZUCjEko10huhANb_-Yhk_RFAXB-t1b50/s2016/550A5718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglPm4WzUwbYuOf9LhKTSjWmmmtt4vHAymR-U3EgcwFB_s0yX2O0cKsP4evuH3RMuRWUicCpR4nef4fWov0ZgCNgxDUL66Y3ilPhIf0XZG5M9ZUCjEko10huhANb_-Yhk_RFAXB-t1b50/s640/550A5718.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9TZvCx_QelLBKUwwHk9ry92081tbDr0vwmwLQiGY0-5aOzsPNJHCaNjXXtbmDqosvCqF9F-WPyXocMTN8uH1S-yC4J35sUDB61rA7GfAu1LdliUWfDwEKn3kkEXGlvK9_ZQMVTHcvKHQ/s2016/550A5672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9TZvCx_QelLBKUwwHk9ry92081tbDr0vwmwLQiGY0-5aOzsPNJHCaNjXXtbmDqosvCqF9F-WPyXocMTN8uH1S-yC4J35sUDB61rA7GfAu1LdliUWfDwEKn3kkEXGlvK9_ZQMVTHcvKHQ/s640/550A5672.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPWnDZjcP_mrHczx8zJcFkRClBHsIil4JydSuuBR0Eso4SouJw_NapJT5AjOU6v90HHFeQuReO6TyAi2iKiiRXixqiajvaem6nfwPWvnNbQ-DiMjKsPEO5V99_-m1Iy2XxhGKkX2QjVQ/s2016/550A5680-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPWnDZjcP_mrHczx8zJcFkRClBHsIil4JydSuuBR0Eso4SouJw_NapJT5AjOU6v90HHFeQuReO6TyAi2iKiiRXixqiajvaem6nfwPWvnNbQ-DiMjKsPEO5V99_-m1Iy2XxhGKkX2QjVQ/s640/550A5680-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">Congratulations Vivianne!! And good luck in Virginia Jason...Stay safe!!</p>Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-15490067333249373422019-12-15T18:43:00.000-10:002019-12-15T18:43:05.663-10:00I've been busy!I know, I know, i've been dragging my butt on my India pics but I have so many to work through it's making my head spin. In the mean time it's Christmas time so that means it's time for holiday pics! This is what i've been doing when i'm not procrastinating on posting my last vacation...<br />
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The Campbells</div>
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Ailey</div>
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The Ogata and the Fosters</div>
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The Kameis</div>
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The Teradas</div>
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The Ichinoses and Okamuras</div>
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The Watanabes</div>
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The Rapozas</div>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-88064063972196598132019-12-01T17:46:00.003-10:002019-12-01T17:46:55.942-10:00Varanasi - Day 10October 3, 2019<br />
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We got into Varanasi around 3:30 in the afternoon. It took us about an hour and a half to get to our hotel, which if there was no traffic at all should be about 30 minutes. Traffic in Varanasi is CRAZY!! All you hear are horns blaring all over the place, but the strange thing is, no one is losing their cool. Horns are totally accepted here, I guess cause no one ever stays in their lane people honk to let them know that they are in the way. They also gotta alarm the hundreds of cows and dogs to get out of the way! Since it took us so long we had just enough time to check in and head to the Ganga Aarti ceremony. This ceremony takes place everyday, rain or shine around 7pm on the Ghats of the Ganges River. This is perfomed by the Brahmins, to honor the river and the gods and it is usually a huge performance. We were extremely shocked and disappointed when we talked to the owner of the hotel and he told us due to the monsoon weather, the ceremony will take place on the rooftop of one of the buildings and all boat rides were suspended for another 3 weeks or so due to the strong currents. This was the main reason we came to Varanasi. Disappointed was an understatement. Now we had to go an hour early just to get a seat on hard concrete. It was quite uncomfortable.<br />
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This is what a normal ceremony looks like:</div>
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This is what we came walked up to...majority of those steps you see are currently underwater.</div>
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We were sitting behind a Chinese tour group and sorry, but I was getting annoyed with this girl that was taking selfies of herself every ten minutes</div>
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We couldn't understand anything they were saying but they did pull up people from the crowd in the beginning so they could (I assume) honor their loved ones</div>
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The smoke was kinda stink at times but it made for some cool pics</div>
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The ceremony lasted about an hour and a half. My butt thought it felt like 5. We were numb after that and had a hard time getting up. Sucks getting old! Our hotel wasn't far so we walked back and relaxed in our room for the rest of the night. It's way too confusing walking around the Ghats, especially at night. We'd definitely had gotten lost if we went to wander around. Besides, it was still freakin hot and our room had A/C. THANK GOD!</div>
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We had another full day in Delhi before we leave for Varanasi tomorrow. Subie met us once again to take us on a mini tour around Delhi. Since we went to all the main attractions we decided on visiting a pretty park in a very wealthy part of the city. Subie mentioned that there are a lot of millionaires that live in Delhi and this is where they come to exercise and enjoy nature.<br />
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This park had a ton of dogs and I wanted to pet every one of them!</div>
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After the park we went to Swaminarayan Akshardham, a beautiful new temple (around 12 years old) In Delhi. They are extremely strict, no photography, no bags, no food. You either have to check them in at the gate or leave them in the car. Good thing we had a driver so all of our stuff were safe with him. It's too bad though, this place was gorgeous. How am I gonna remember it without the pictures???</div>
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That evening we had booked a food tour with Delhi Food Walks. We couldn't wait to eat some street food! But first, we stopped by this CRAZY marketplace called Sarojini Nagar. This place was jammed packed everywhere you turned. When we told our food guide that we went he said "what? why on earth would you want to go there??" But I did get my Halloween costume there, all for a litte over ten bucks! Everything was dirt cheap. I'll show that in another post</div>
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We met at Chandi Chowk, our tour was from 5-9:30 and I think we paid about $65 pp. We had 9 stops of yummy goodness to look forward to. So this is where I suck. I can't remember the names of half the stuff we ate. But they were all really good</div>
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This was a potato thingy in a tamarind sauce. One of our favorites</div>
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This cookie thing was about 70 cents</div>
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It was super flaky and not too sweet. Good start so far!</div>
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We ate Paranthas at Gaya Prasad</div>
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Each of us got a plate. Good thing it was kinda too spicy for me, I didn't want to fill up so early!</div>
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I believe we got lemon, mixed vegi, and dried fruit. They came with different chutneys we could try</div>
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Stop number 4 was samosas and jalebis</div>
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Did I ever tell you I hate shooting with my flash? ugh.</div>
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I forget what the filling was</div>
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A jalebi is kinda like a funnel cake. It was delicious!</div>
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We then stopped by a marigold factory where they make all of their garlands. I was shocked to see all the flowers!</div>
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We stopped for some Masala Chai, my new favorite tea! I wish I took video of this guy. It's a whole production!</div>
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These kabobs are supposedly really popular. Too spicy! ack!</div>
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I think they were lamb</div>
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We cleansed our palate with some rabri. This is an Indian sweet made from thickened sweetened milk</div>
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It was about 56 cents American</div>
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This butter chicken was by far my favorite stop of the night. Although the spices they put on the chicken were too spicy for me (big surprise there), the buttery cream sauce was DELICIOUS. And eating with their "bread" (sorry, I can't remember what this one was called) was insane.</div>
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Our last stop was for some kulfi. This is an Indian type ice cream with the texture of sorbet. It's made with evaporated and regular milk. They are usually served as popsicles but they cut it up for us<br />
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The first one (and the best) was pomegranite</div>
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I didn't like any of the rest. This is mango</div>
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Khata meeta falsa (don't ask, I have no idea)</div>
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and masala</div>
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If you ever get a chance to come to Delhi, I would highly recommend one of these tours. There's no way we would've found any of these places!!</div>
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Today is the last day of the tour. Wow, that was fast. Those were long sweaty days but it seemed to just fly by! We finally get to visit the Taj Mahal today and everyone is excited. But first...<br />
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Visit to Ghana Bird Sanctuary 6:00 am</div>
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Return to POW 8:30</div>
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Breakfast on Board 8:30</div>
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Departure for Agra 9:00</div>
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Arrival at Idgah Railway Station 11:00</div>
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Departure for Sightseeing and Visit Agra Fort 11:10</div>
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Lunch at 5 star hotel 1:30</div>
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Visit to Taj Mahal 3:00</div>
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Shopping 5:30</div>
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Dinner on Board 8:00</div>
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Departure for Delhi 8:45</div>
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Yup, another bright and early day to visit the bird sanctuary in Bharatpur. I didn't get many bird pics here, I didn't have the right lenses. I didn't want to carry around my zoom lens, it's way too heavy and I would have only used it on this day anyways. So I got plenty of landscape stuff instead.</div>
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We all got to ride in one of these bike tuktuks. It was a surprisingly mild morning, almost chilly! Yah, I said almost. If I had a sweater I would've wore it for about 10 mins or so.</div>
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I finally got one pic. Our guide said this little guy was actually drying out his wings! Cute yah!</div>
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The two bird enthusiasts in action...</div>
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Back to the train for some breakfast and then to Agra!</div>
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Always greeted by Ram</div>
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Agra Fort</div>
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Trying to cool off...</div>
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We finally made it to the Taj Mahal! I really really wish we could've come at sunrise, it would've been a lot cooler and waaay less people. It was still amazing and beautiful despite the heat...</div>
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I wasn't the only one who was a sweaty mess!!</div>
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I have a lot more pics on our cell phones that I will share with you later. But for now, our journey with Palace on Wheels has come to an end. It was a great seven days, but wait! Our time in India isn't done yet. Randy and I still have to visit Varanasi. See you soon!</div>
Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-85429738434168298152019-11-01T20:32:00.000-10:002019-11-01T20:32:43.037-10:00Jodhpur - Day 7September 30, 2019<br />
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Another hot and sweaty day...by now we were pretty much drained from all the humidity. I wanna come back in the winter so I can can actually enjoy myself :(<br />
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Itinerary for the day:</div>
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Breakfast on Board 7:30</div>
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Depar for sightseeing of Meharangarh Fort Jaswant Thada 9:00</div>
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Lunch at Palace Hotel 1:30</div>
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Return to POW 4:00</div>
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Departure for Bharatpur 4:30</div>
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Dinner on Board 7:00</div>
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Mr Happy is tired of taking pictures with me :-)</div>
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I waited FOREVER for this place to empty out. When I was finally ready this lady decides to waddle in and sit down. </div>
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Hair up = SWEATY MESS</div>
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Turban demonstration</div>
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This is Phool Mahal, a highly decorated hall in Menrangarh Fort</div>
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The lighting sucked in there so I didn't get many pictures</div>
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The old city is famous for its blue walls</div>
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YIKES!!!!</div>
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Tomorrow is our last day of the tour and we finally get to see the Taj Mahal!! Stay tuned...</div>
Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-64989441428366749782019-10-30T06:30:00.000-10:002019-10-30T06:30:21.445-10:00Jaisalmer - Day 6September 29, 2019<br />
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Cows and camels.......We visited Jaisalmer, the Golden City "famous for its golden hued sandstone fort and cobbled streets." I'm not sure if it was because it was World Tourism Day but we got another grand welcome, bigger than the rest, when we arrived that morning.<br />
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If you look closely this is made out of chalk dust! So neat yah? </div>
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Lots of singing and dancing...</div>
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Our itinerary for the day:</div>
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Breakfast on board 7:30</div>
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Departure for sightseeing of Fort Havelies and Shopping 9:00</div>
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Return to POW for lunch and rest 1:00</div>
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Departure by coach for sand dunes camel ride 3:30</div>
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Dinner and cultural program at Palace Hotel 7:45</div>
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Return to POW 11:00</div>
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Departure for Jodhpur 11:55</div>
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But first, the welcoming committee!</div>
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Ont he way to Fort Havelies we stopped here. I saw this and of course I was giddy </div>
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I wanted to ask the guy if i could feed him but I was too shame</div>
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Before we left I ran up that hill so I could get more pics. The people on my tour must thing I'm weird</div>
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Fort Havelis...this is the country's only living fort. Our guide for the day actually lives in here.</div>
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Gotta watch out where you're walking or else you'll get run over by a motorbike!</div>
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These puppets are really popular </div>
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Such pretty colors!</div>
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After our rest we took a long bus ride out to the sand dunes for our camel ride. We weren't gonna do it since we've done it before but I'm glad we did. This one was prettier than all the rest.</div>
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I was hesitant to give the guy my camera but he got some really good shots</div>
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Dinner was ok. It was really dark and we sat way too far from the stage to get any good pics. Tomorrow we head for Jodhpur, wow, the tour is almost pau!</div>
Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-54536168513467387372019-10-26T21:12:00.001-10:002019-10-26T23:09:24.316-10:00Udaipur - Day 5September 28, 2019<br />
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We arrived in Udaipur and the first thing everyone noticed was how clean the city was compared to everyplace else we've been. I think this was my favorite stop of the trip, our guide was excellent and yah, like I said it was CLEAN! heheh. It was kinda drizzly so most of my pics were taken with my phone, which I'll post later.<br />
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Itinerary for the day:</div>
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Breakfast on board 7:00</div>
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Arrival at Udaipur 8:00</div>
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Departure for sight seeing 9:00</div>
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Lunch at 5 star hotel 1:30</div>
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Boat ride 2:30</div>
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Return to POW 3:30</div>
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Departure for Jaisalmer 4:00</div>
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Dinner on board 8:00</div>
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For a guy who doesn't like taking pictures, he sure is weird. He made me take a bunch of him like this to make it look like he was standing in the rain</div>
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I love this wall!</div>
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This is a good picture of our group...we had a really nice mix of people. The lady in pink on the left is Louise, her and her husband John are on a 52 day vacation. Right after our tour was done they rushed off to the airport because they had to catch a flight to Nepal. They were gonna hike in Kathmandu!! The guy front and center is our guide, I can't for the life of me remember his name. Behind him...I have no idea who that is. He doesn't even look familiar. I wonder if he snuck in to listen. That Chinese guy in the back is from Hong Kong, a businessman. The guy in the blue is Kieran and his wife is in the front next to the lady in red. They were a crack up. They are from London and I hope we somehow keep in touch, Randy and I really liked them. The lady in red and the older guy in back are from India, he owns a steelsmith? company. I think that's what he said. And the lady on the far right is one of the Brits. I can't remember her name but her and the other ladies were a hoot. And last but not least is Anil. He's the Indian guy in the gray. He lives in Minnesota with his wife Kate, they are in IT management. He has family in Udaipur and he mentioned that he was meeting up with them when we arrived. I was convinced that our guide was his younger brother. I saw them talking when we got off the bus so I was telling Randy that they must be related. Come to find out they just met that morning. THEY TOTALLY LOOK ALIKE! I shoulda got a picture of them next to each other. A bunch of people did ask them if they were brothers though, so I'm not the only one!!</div>
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I forget where these guys were from but the guy on the left has done 7 Ironman Triathlons!!</div>
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I just realized that all of my boat ride pics are on our phones, so I guess I'll be showing you that later. oops. Tomorrow we're off to Jaisalmer!</div>
Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-83630138759246175112019-10-25T18:53:00.000-10:002019-10-25T18:53:18.020-10:00Sawai Madhopur & Chittorgarh - Day 4September 27, 2019<br />
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Today was an early day, we arrived in Sawai Madhoupur at 4:45am and had to leave at the crack of dawn to head to Ranthambhore National Park. Time to look for some tigers! Here's our itinerary for the day:<br />
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Depart for Rathambhore National Park 6:30</div>
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Breakfast on board 9:30</div>
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Departure for Chittargarh 10:30</div>
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Lunch on board 12:00</div>
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Arrival at Chittorgarh 3:40</div>
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Departure for sightseeing 4:00</div>
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Evening tea, light and sound program at Fort 6:00</div>
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Return to POW 7:30</div>
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Dinner on board 8:00</div>
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We got to the reserve, hopped into some jeeps and off we went with our guides</div>
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It was a very pretty morning but I think I'm over safaris. I forgot how extremely bumpy the rides are and you practically get thrown all over the place. You gotta hold on tight or else you'll smoosh whoever is sitting next to you. Lots of my pics came out super blurry cause we didn't stop much when we were in there.</div>
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So I think these guys lied. We didn't see any tigers, heck we barely saw any animals at all! We saw a hyena (which was far and ran away pretty quickly), a bear, which was far also, I didn't bring my zoom lens with me so I didn't get any pics of him, and this deer. Well I think it's an deer. Who knows.</div>
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To give them the benefit of the doubt, we didn't spend that much time there. We were there for only about 2 hours. I think if we stayed longer more animals would've peeped out. Oh yah and we saw an owl. If you look real close you'll see him. </div>
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Today was the only day we actually got to be on the train during the day while we travelled to our next destination. I enjoyed watching the sites although it was raining a lot so we didn't get to see as much as I had liked. I was texting Jalna while I was on the train and I was telling her how nice the lighting was and I showed her a picture of Randy that I took. She turned around and drew me a picture of him! So neat yah! Super fast too, I thought she did a real good job</div>
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goofin off on the train...</div>
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So, I apologize, we arrived in Chittorgarh and we went to this one place that I can't remember. I looked through my notes and I can't find it. But I thought it was really pretty.</div>
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When we arrived at the Chittorgarh Fort I got super excited cause the first thing I saw was....MONKEYS!! Tons and tons of monkeys! This fort is one of the largest in India and is also a UNESCO site. </div>
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I think we were more excited about the monkeys than the fort itself :-)</div>
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I was trying to get a picture of this lady standing in front of the building but I got photobombed</div>
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As I was editing these photos I kinda freaked out on how long their tails are!! I didn't even notice when I was there</div>
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After the fort we had some tea and refreshments then walked to the site where the light show would be. I was kinda disappointed, I thought it was gonna be more spectacular. I couldn't get much pics here, it was way too dark. I feel bad, They were telling stories while lighting up the fort and I barely could pay attention, I was so tired.</div>
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Tomorrow we go to Udaipur...see you then!</div>
Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-77485358499342133822019-10-21T06:00:00.000-10:002019-10-21T06:00:02.186-10:00Jaipur - Day 3September 26, 2019<br />
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Palace on Wheels is a train tour through Rajasthan, which is a state in the northwestern India. According to wikipedia it covers 342,239 square kilometers, which is about 10% of the country. It's the largest by state and 7th largest by population. Here is a map of our tour. Sorry, it's kinda crappy. I hope you can read it.<br />
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And since I took so long to post, I have no idea what we did in Jaipur. Good thing I kept the daily itineraries. All I remember was that it was a LOOOOOONG day.</div>
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Breakfast on board: 7:00 </div>
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Departure by coach for sightseeing: 8:00</div>
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Lunch at Star Hotel: 1:30</div>
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Shopping</div>
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Elephant ride & visit of Amber Fort: 3:00</div>
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Arrival at Durgapura Railway Station 7:00</div>
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Dinner on board: 7:30</div>
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Departure for Sawai Madhopur: 7:30</div>
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We arrived in the Pink City of Jaipur with lots of excitement and entertainment. It is called the pink city because a lot of the buildings were made with a terracotta pink color which represents welcoming and hospitality.</div>
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Every stop the train made had a band playing for us as we started of our mornings</div>
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Hawa Mahal - we didn't go in so I only got pictures from the street</div>
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People always trying to sell us stuff...</div>
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Albert Hall Museum </div>
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Amber Fort - we had a choice of going up the hill by elephant or tuktuk. </div>
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We decided on tuktuk. We read somewhere that the elephants weren't treated very well and we got to ride an elephant in Thailand so we weren't missing out on anything.</div>
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Tons and tons of street vendors! They are super irritating. Some of them had some cute stuff but I was so annoyed I kept walking. Now i'm kicking myself cause some of their stuff were super cheap and I ended up not bringing home anything :(</div>
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These are the nurses from Brooklyn. They knew how to bargain so they got some good deals!</div>
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Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum</div>
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We went to a factory where they hand stamped all of their designs. It was pretty interesting</div>
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This is a sample menu of the food on board the train. They serve you a little bit of everything.</div>
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Sorry didn't take a pic because they serve you one little thing at a time so I woulda had a ton of pictures of just food.</div>
Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-78907748862814678212019-10-18T19:21:00.000-10:002019-10-25T17:55:06.583-10:00Delhi - Day 2September 25, 2019<br />
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We had only a short tour today with Subie, we started around 11 and then we were off to the train at 4:00. Our first stop was Gurudwara Bangla Sahib. This is one of the most prominent sikhs (house of worship) in Delhi. Besides worship, there's also a HUGE kitchen that feeds 20,000 people daily, regardless of race, religion, rich or poor. Everyone had to cover our heads and take off our shoes, I was praying that the person before me didn't have ukus.<br />
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This is the beginning of the line for lunch...</div>
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Subie then took us to the kitchen so we could see all the action</div>
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Lots and lots of lentils!</div>
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I have no idea what this was but it looked and smelled really good. We didn't get to eat here (I so woulda though!!) but there was no way I was waiting in that line also...</div>
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Our feet were filthy after that so we washed it off here. </div>
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Next was Humanyun's Tomb, a UNESCO world heritage site.</div>
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Everywhere we went there were these super steep steps. They said they used it for security. People can't run away too fast when it's steep like this. Some places they were different heights! I thought I was gonna fall on my face!</div>
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Cute dogs were sleeping all around the place</div>
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Our last stop was Raj Ghat, the resting place of Mahatma Ghandi</div>
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This is where he was buried, for some reason we didn't go down there</div>
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This little guy was sitting all alone in the field, looks like he was watching over the place</div>
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Now the fun begins! Subie then dropped us off at the train station where it was time to start our big adventure...</div>
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The guy on the left is Gopaul. He was one of our attendants for the week. I have no idea who the other guy is</div>
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And this is our cute room! I forgot to take pics of the bathroom behind me but it wasn't much. A shower, toilet and sink in a tiny little room. Luggage was stored under the bed</div>
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Off to Jaipur tomorrow! See you there!</div>
Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-10084513769824657832019-10-16T07:40:00.000-10:002019-10-16T07:41:01.192-10:00Delhi - Day 1Sept 23, 2019<br />
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We arrived in Delihi (FINALLY!) at 11:45 pm on Sept 23. It was a long commute. Honolulu to Narita, about 8 1/2 hours, 3 hr layover, then Narita to New Delhi, 9 hours. These long flights are killing me. Anyways, the Palace on Wheels company arranged a tour for us for both Tuesday and Wednesday before we boarded the train. There's lots to see in Delhi so I'm glad we were able to arrange that.<br />
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Note: You can see other pics on my Instagram feed: les11u. I didn't want to put the same pics on both sites, mainly cause i'm lazy and there's too much to post :-)<br />
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This is our guide Subie. He let us sleep in so we started around 10am.</div>
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We drove around the city, a lot of sites we didn't actually go to, either it was closed or he said it wasn't worth going in. So we had to take pictures from the bus. But our first stop was Jama Masjid. This was a huge mosque that can hold 25,000 people. </div>
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I don't understand why they made us wear these wraps. After I got in I saw other women in short sleeves with no other cover ups. This thing looked ridiculous. The guy put it over my camera bag so I ended up looking like the stay puff marshmallow man!</div>
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Oh and another thing. They made us pay 100 rupees for the bathroom slippers that me and Randy are wearing. So they stopped us, but let Susie and Evam go in their socks! WTH? Oh and at the end I was told I could keep them (I figured I should, I could wear them around the train) but the dude was holding out his had like he wanted them back. So I gave it to him. And what did he do? Rip them up and destroy them! Sheesh.</div>
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It thought these kids were cute...</div>
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They got excited when Susie asked to take a picture with them</div>
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After all the driving around we stopped at a co-op carpet production place. We were on the fence on whether we should buy one. We knew that the carpets would be beautiful and we'd probably never get the chance to buy one again. We decided against it in Morocco but we gave in and bought a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B2y-N6KDTU0/" target="_blank">hand knotted wool carpet. </a> 3'x5'. It's beautiful but we can't put it out until we know Mia won't chew on it! We spent an insane amount of time here, I just hope we didn't get ripped off. You can learn more about Indian carpets <a href="https://www.rugknots.com/blogs/interior-designers/hand-knotted-rug-and-wool-rug-rule" target="_blank">here.</a></div>
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Because we were still getting used to the time difference, we ate a late lunch and called it a day. We have another half day tour before heading to the train at 4pm tomorrow. See you then!</div>
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Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-32755458798071806752019-10-11T08:11:00.003-10:002019-10-12T05:40:53.605-10:00I WENT TO INDIA AND I WAS A SWEATY MESS!Hi all...yah I've been MIA for awhile, mostly because of laziness but I'm back and I'm gonna have lots to share with you soon! Before I start posting I want to talk about India. Randy and I have wanted to go for a long time now, we love Indian food and we've heard great things about the place but we never could fit it in to our schedules.<br />
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So first of all, whatever you heard about India, whether it being stink, lots of cows and doo doo all over the place, crowded, dirty....yup, it's all true. AND I LOVED IT! But I must admit, it's not for everyone, heck, it may not be for many people. We went on a tour, I personally wouldn't go on my own, I wouldn't want to ride those commuter trains. I'm not that brave. But I want to give you guys some tips in case you're interested in going. I apologize, it's gonna be lots of reading here.<br />
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<a href="https://www.thepalaceonwheels.org/" target="_blank">PALACE ON WHEELS</a><br />
This is a luxury train tour around India. I'm not gonna get into the specifics since I'm gonna be blogging about it but you can click on the link if you're interested. But here's my take on them:<br />
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1. This is a LUXURY train tour. I'm not saying it was crazy expensive but for India standards I guess it is. We paid $3500 pp for a 7 day train tour. The train held about 80 people and I swear to God (no exaggeration) Randy and I were the poorest people on the train. There were doctors, business owners, even an old guy that bought a winery down in Capetown, South Africa! But don't get me wrong, they all were very nice. We were expecting a bunch of hoity toity people but no one was even close. We got lucky. There were nurses from Brooklyn with us but they were spending money like there was no tomorrow, so yah, they had more money than us.<br />
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2. That being said, like most tours, they always take you someplace to shop at the end of the day. These are no little gift shops, these are carpets, silk, jewelry, marble, you get the picture. They say "no pressure" but these guys are aggressive. If you're alone walking around just browsing, a salesperson will follow you the whole time. It was very uncomfortable. I kept telling them I was just looking but they kept telling me "i'll give you a good price!" So, I'm assuming that since we can afford this tour we can afford all of these expensive goods. I don't think I would've bought a lot of it even if I did have the money!<br />
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3. Tips. We didn't technically spend a lot of money in India but we spent a crapload on tips. We had to tip our wait staff (2 guys that were assigned to us the whole time on the train) a recommended $25 to each of them at the time of boarding. I thought that was kind of strange. Then at the end of the tour, another $25, $50 to the train manager and $50 to the chef/kitchen staff. And anytime anyone grabbed your bags, whether you want them to or not, they're expecting a tip. Then of course there's the bus drivers, the daily tour guides, etc.<br />
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4. Since you need money for tips, getting small money is a pain in the ass. Of course if you go to the ATM you're gonna get bigger bills. Then you go someplace to buy something to break the big bills they tell you that we need smaller change. The best places to go are convenience stores or your hotel. Our train manager had small bills that he would give to us sometimes but other times we had to just stiff our driver because we didn't have any small change.<br />
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5. The food on the train was ok...i'd give it about a 3.5 out of 5 stars. I was hoping it was gonna be better. I love Indian food but it all started to taste the same after awhile. Also I ate it everyday for every meal. I'm Indian'd out. We did get to eat some street food and those kicked the train's ass. That was delicious.<br />
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6. The rooms were very comfortable, except that it was FREEZING. It was cold plus the fan was set on high. It was very hot everyday that we went out so by the time we came back to the train a lot of times we were sweating and our clothes were soaked. Then we get into this freezing cold room. I'm surprised no one got sick. Of course it felt good for the first five minutes but after that you're shivering. We asked them to tweak it just a little bit and then the room got hot. So yah, back to freezing it went.<br />
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7. I'm fortunate that every room has it's own bathroom and shower but the water pressure was so low that it took you forever to take a shower. That's the least of my worries but I thought I'd mention it. The toilets were weird too. After you flush, it was one of those press button ones, you have to rapidly press the button down lightly until you feel it resist again, otherwise the water won't fill up in the bowl. We forgot a couple of times then you'd have to wait a long time before the next person could use the bathroom.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">VARANASI</span><br />
We took a side trip to Varanasi after POW because that's the main reason we wanted to go to India. Varanasi was incredible. Here are some important tips before deciding to go there:<br />
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1. Do not go during or right after Monsoon season. The monsoon season lasts from June - September. They get heavy rains and high humidity. We knew this but the reason why we went in September was there was a discount if we booked a tour by the end of the month. We saved almost $1000 pp. Now I know why they offered the discount! The rain had stopped but the humidity was INSANE. 80-90% the whole time we were there. I thought I was gonna pass out. The moment we stepped out of the hotel you were instantly sticky. I guess it's still better than rain though, right?<br />
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2. If you know anything about Varanasi, the main attraction are the ghats. It's the area on the river where you can walk the steps and hang out or take a boat ride on the Ganges to see the sites from the water. During Monsoon season the tide is so high there are no steps and all boat rides are stopped due to the strong current. During low tide the water literally drops about 100 yards out from what we had seen. It was hard to imagine until we looked at pictures online of our hotel during the drier seasons. I purposely found a hotel on the river looking over the Ganges so we would be close to the ghat and all of the action. All we saw was water. Out of all the researching we did before this trip no one ever mentioned this. You can imagine the disappointment when we checked into our hotel and the guy told us we couldn't go walking on the ghat because there was no place to walk...<br />
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3. A/C is a must! If you look for a hotel and there is no A/C don't even bother. I wouldn't be able to function if ours didn't have one.<br />
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4. Watch where you're walking! There is literally cow dung and dog poop all over the place. If you're touring the city you may miss some sights because you're too busy concentrating on where you're walking. The grounds are uneven also so you definitely don't wanna fall in it!!<br />
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5. Tons of cows and dogs walking around and minding their own business. So cute. I was in heaven<br />
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6. Getting into the main part of Varanasi from the airport isn't that far, but it will probably take you about an hour and a half to get there. You think traffic is bad from Ewa? India has no rules. Literally. Lanes on the road mean nothing. The first 20 miles or so is fast, the next 5 will take you forever. Tuk tuks, cars, mopeds, motorcycles, cows, rickshaws, pedestrians, bicyclists all share the same small road. It's insane. I was getting carsick after awhile. The drivers have to be aggressive if they ever want to get anywhere so there was a lot of gunning, then braking hard, gunning, then braking hard. Tons of horns, horns are used as a courtesy and they expect you to honk. No one gets upset, they just move gently to the side and let you pass.<br />
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Last but not least, tips for going to India in general:<br />
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1. If you do decide to go during the warmer months, bring extra clothes. You think you have enough? Think again. I didn't pack enough. Not even close. It's a good thing I don't have bad B.O. cause i would've been in trouble.<br />
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2. Randy brought a travel size Febreeze which saved us. We both didn't pack enough and everyday we came back with sweaty clothes<br />
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3. DRUGS! DON'T FORGET YOUR DRUGS! Delhi Belly is no joke. My cousin and a few others got it while we were there...<br />
- Cipro (an antibiotic, you gotta get a prescription),<br />
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- Pepto Bismol - used as a preventative measure, take one before every meal you'd be worried about<br />
- Ibuprofen<br />
- Probiotics<br />
- Meclizine - I take this for motion sickness. It's a lifesaver.<br />
- Nauzene - my cousin told me about this. If you start to feel nauseous pop one of these in and you should feel better<br />
- Get your flu shot!<br />
- Hep A<br />
- Malaria drugs: Some people say you should take them, some say no need. My doctor left it up to me. I took um. I didn't want to take the chance. There's no side effects so it was a no brainer for me. Randy didn't take them. Someone said there were around 300 cases of Malaria this year.<br />
- Sunscreen<br />
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4. The one genius thing Randy did (of course he didn't tell me) was that he packed one pair of clothes that he didn't wear until the day we left. He didn't want to stink on the plane so he literally changed his clothes at the airport. So yah, I was all dirty, wearing wrinkled febreezed clothes and he looked like he was just starting his trip.<br />
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5. Snacks. You should always have snacks handy for your room, bus trips, etc. You never know when hunger will strike or if you just want something to munch on. We had almonds, protein bars, candy, beef jerky (hide this from the locals, they'll probably freak out if they saw you eating it!)<br />
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6. Be prepared to start bargaining. I absolutely hate it but you gotta or else you'll probably get ripped off. I'll bargain a little and even though i'm probably paying too much it's not worth the headache. It's mostly likely gonna be cheaper than anything you'll find back home so I just leave it as that. Plus they're poor. They can use the money.<br />
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7. DON'T DRINK THE WATER!!! Don't even brush your teeth with it. Water is super cheap, about 60 cents for the big bottle so stock up!<br />
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Ok, i'll stop for now. I gotta get on with my post processing so you can actually see what i'm talking about. See you guys soon!Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-38051097728930740072019-05-22T14:24:00.001-10:002019-05-22T14:30:36.499-10:00Ainsley + BrandonSunday, May 19, 2019<br />
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Ainsley is the step daughter of my good friend Glenn...i've known him for ages and the first thing any of his friends said when he told us she was getting married (well, after congratulations of course!) was HOLY CRAP! YOU HAVE TO WEAR A SUIT!! You see, Glenn is a total shorts and slippers kind of guy. Sheesh I swear he walks around barefoot at home so maybe not even the slippers. So yah, we gave him crap about it when we saw him at the wedding...if he doesn't seem happy it's probably because he's sweating his butt off. hehe<br />
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Congratulations Ainsley and Brandon!!</div>
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Sheesh, you'd think I just woke up or something! </div>
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yawn! This is the part where I was getting really sleepy</div>
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Marrakech...spooky name for a spa huh?</div>
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Randy and I rode the tuktuk to the Jewish section where they sell all the spices. I couldn't resist...</div>
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From the bottom right, going clockwise, whole coriander, whole nutmeg, spicy paprika, 35 spice Moroccan blend (used for tajine), cumin and coffee beans. All super cheap. 100g for about $2. I wish I bought more of the 35 spice blend. I made chicken with it when I got home and loved it. I looked it up online and for 4oz it was $15!!! 100g is a little under 4oz. </div>
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Note: if you buy coffee and spices, DO NOT PACK THEM TOGETHER...randy got home, made him a cup and it tasted like cumin!! ahahahahaaaa!!</div>
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I think Randy paid two bucks to this guy to take his picture. Pretty cool though!</div>
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I love these two pics!</div>
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The older guy in the front is Khalid. We just loved him!! </div>
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This is the women's restroom at Lisbon airport. cute yah!</div>
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These chips taste nothing like mint or chili pepper but they were yummy!</div>
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We stayed one last day in New York while Susie and Evam went back home. Made a couple "had to" stops along the way</div>
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Gray's Papaya</div>
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Russ and Daughters...their pastrami cured salmon is to die for!</div>
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A friend mentioned to me that I should try Levain Bakery. She told me their cookies were out of this world! Holy crap. She wasn't kidding. According to Randy "this ain't no damn cookie!"</div>
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We weren't really sure what to do on our last day so we chanced looking for a matinee that we could catch. Lucky for us we found two tickets to "Burn This," a play that starred Adam Driver and Kerri Russell. This is a limited engagement so we were stoked to get tickets! It was a great show too!</div>
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Decent seats too! Sorry, I just noticed that it's crooked, but i'm too lazy to fix it :-)</div>
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Overall this was a great trip!! We enjoyed much more than we thought we would! Thanks for the invite Susie and Evam!</div>
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For our last full day we took a trip down to Essaouria, a beach town west of Marrakech. I think it was about a three hour drive down there, I slept almost the entire time. The only reason why I really wanted to go here was for this...<br />
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Yup, you saw that right, GOATS IN TREES!!! These goats climb the argan trees to eat the fruit. Normally they climb up during the summer but since it's a tourist trap they send um up there all year long. I didn't care, as long as they weren't strapped in the trees like I've read about. Aren't these guys the cutest?? They just happen to be on the same route down to the beach</div>
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I wanted to get a good pic for a Christmas card but none of them came out how i'd liked. Our faces looked funny in all of them for one reason or another and also people like this just decided to walk into our photo...</div>
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The beach down there was really pretty. There was also a medina that we walked around in, it was much mellower and nicer than Marrakech. Marrakech is like Waikiki on steroids!</div>
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When we were walking around the medina I saw this....who da hell would want to become fatter? I was gonna buy some for Randy. hehe</div>
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When we got back to Marrakech I was hungry so I decided to try this...it's a mixed sandwich with a whole bunch of stuff you really don't wanna know what's inside. We tasted this from a different stand the day before and I wanted to see if it was just as good. It was! I forgot to take a picture of it though...I think it was about $1.50</div>
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Sorry, taking a break from Morocco for a sec....meet Mia!!! She's a 5 month old pit bull mix that we got from the Humane Society on Sunday. Isn't she the cutest??? She's so sweet and very smart! Her and Mattie get along great so far. I think she'll be a perfect addition to our family :)<br />
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Our riad offered a cooking class for about 40 bucks, you go with someone to the market to buy your ingredients and then you come back for a cooking class! This is so up my alley...Susie and I were so excited. We actually thought all four of us would be cooking but the kitchen was as big as my closet so there was no way in hell all of us could fit in there.<br />
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Off to the souks! I'm glad we got to go with Kalil because he went waaaay farther in than we ever wandered off to. </div>
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This isn't what the instructions say to do on your box of couscous!! We were amazed at the process she went through to make this! </div>
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Well this really didn't end up being a cooking class. There was a huge language barrier, although Kalil was there to translate...and we didn't do much except chop and peel vegetables and add spices whenever she told us to. After we put it all together they told us to come back at 7 for dinner. I guess it had to simmer for a few hours. We didn't get to help her assemble everything at the end but we had fun anyways! I'm so bummed I couldn't understand her name, and I was too embarrassed to ask a third time. She was so sweet, and she gives the best hugs!!</div>
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Our menu for the evening, chicken and beef tajine with couscous (the couscous is on the bottom so you can't see it). Once again there was way too much food but our bellies were very happy!</div>
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Our dessert was some kind of pear thing. I hate to say it but it was kind of nasty. Just think of spraying a can of Pledge into your mouth. That's exactly what it tasted like. Well I think that's what Plegde would taste like if i did. blech.</div>
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I forgot that before we went to the co-op we stopped by a Berber market. This was a good day to go since it was the only day of the week that they have it. The fruits and vegetables looked amazing. I swear all of the fruit in Morocco were on steroids. Some lemons were as big as a baseball!<br />
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Ok. so we got to the mountain part...We were supposed to hike up to a waterfall, take some pics and then come back down. I don't know what the elevation actually was but I was having a hard time breathing! Another older couple also was having difficulty so they hopped on a donkey the rest of the way up. There was one donkey left so Randy told me I might as well jump on it since it was there. I was so embarrassed. I thought I could rough it but I probably woulda passed out if I tried. So up on the donkey I went. </div>
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ugh. SO SHAME!</div>
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Uhhh, we got to the waterfall and it really wasn't that impressive....we went all the way over here for this?? I guess it was the journey not the destination...</div>
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I didn't want to jump back on the donkey on the way down but Randy said he already tipped the guy 5 bucks so I might as well. Damnit! Not only that we took a different route then the walkers! Randy said they started worrying about me, they weren't sure I was gonna be at the bottom when I got back. Anyways I tried to take a few pics on the way down but it was very difficult. I was using my phone. It's very bumpy so I had to hold on with one hand and shoot without dropping my phone with the other. It also started drizzling so between trying to keep my camera dry, and holding on for my dear life, it was quite an adventure! It's a good thing I have good pockets in my jacket so I could put my phone away easily when I had to protect my camera.</div>
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At the end of our journey we sat down for a really delicious tajine lunch. This one was actually more tasty than most of the others that we had!</div>
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I'm splitting this day in two because it will just be too long...and it gives me another post to add to my blog! Today's excursion was to the Atlas Mountains and a Berber village. But on the way over we stopped to ride some camels and visited a women's co-op where they produced Argan oil. I don't mean to sound snobbish or ingrateful, but i'm soooo over riding camels. This was the third time I've had to ride one and I'm probably gonna have to ride another one when I go to India (I'm going in September by the way!!!!). But yah. Once is enough. This time was annoying cause they dressed us up in these ridiculous outfits (ridiculous for us, not the locals) which of course isn't very flattering...<br />
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The dude threw the thing on my head so fast I couldn't even fix my hair!</div>
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Before our next destination we made a quick photo stop along the way. You see those clouds in the far background? Those are COLD rainy clouds!</div>
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This is the Berber village. But first across the street from where we were was the women's co-op where they produced Argan oil. Morocco is the one of only 3? places in the world that produces argan oil, but is endemic to Morocco. Up until this trip I thought argan oil was only used for cosmetic purposes. I use it for on my hair, it makes it soft and shiny. You can purchase it at any salon but I think you can only get the pure stuff from Morocco, and even then you have to be careful where you buy it. You can watch the process <a href="https://youtu.be/8ON1FZI_FvU" target="_blank">here</a>. It's pretty interesting. I really should've taken a video myself but I forgot</div>
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I actually bought a small jar of almond/honey/argan butter and a small bottle of argan oil for food. It wasn't cheap. The almond butter was about $13 for about 8oz and I forget how much the oil was, there's no price tag on it. I'm thinking it was about $20 for the same amount. But the almond butter was delicious! We actually busted out a jar of each for breakfast everyday after that to eat with all our bread.</div>
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Next we're off to the mountains! </div>
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So we flew on a little plane over to Marrakech. I was worried I would get sick but the flight was pretty smooth. TP Air Portugal is actually a pretty good airline! We flew with them for all of our international flights. Oh in case you were wondering, we went from HNL-SFO-JFK-LIS (Lisbon)-FES. On the way home we went from RAK (Marrakech)-LIS-JFK-HNL. Taking a breather in New York was a nice way to break up all of those flights<br />
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We arrived in Marrakech in the early evening so we didn't do much that day. It was nice to just get settled in and relax for the evening.<br />
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We stayed at Riad Le Jardin Des Sans. And I can't believe it but I don't think I have any pictures of this place. What an idiot!!! It wasn't as nice as the other place so you're not missing much.</div>
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The next day we took a tuktuk to Jardin Marjorelle Garden. I think it cost us about 5 bucks for the four of us. This guy was super nice. Khalil (the dude in brown) is one of the workers at the riad. He set it up so when we text "tuktuk" to him he would pick us up later on in the afternoon. That's about all we could do since he didn't speak English. We weren't sure if it would work but he showed up about 10 minutes after we texted him! Having Khalil was good too because we didn't have to negotiate a price. He did it for us.</div>
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Surprisingly we all fit in this little thing!</div>
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We left a little later than expected so when we got there there was a loooooong line to get in. I really didn't want to wait but we didn't have anything else planned so what da hell...can you find Randy and Evam? They're kind of hiding so it's kind of hard. Anyways, we were standing in line for about 45 mins before we got to this spot.</div>
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You can read about <a href="http://jardinmajorelle.com/ang/" target="_blank">Jardin Marjorelle here</a></div>
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While we were walking around I heard these cute squeaky sounds, and I couldn't figure out where it was coming from. We listened closely and noticed there were these tiny frogs in the pond, I guess they're like coqui frogs. If you look real close you can see them</div>
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Tomorrow we go to the Atlas Mountains and a Berber Village!</div>
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Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-68805867345923702522019-04-13T06:00:00.000-10:002019-04-13T06:00:08.629-10:00Fez Day 4March 23, 2019<br />
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Today we didn't do much, we walked around the medina and then strolled over to a nearby garden. What's the name you say? Uhhhhhh, hehe I got no clue. I gotta go see if Randy kept the maps that the riad gave us. I didn't take much pics today so this is gonna be a really short post. Yay for me!<br />
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While Randy went on his morning walk he bought a couple of doughuts on the street. Guess how much they cost....TEN CENTS EACH!! And they were delicious! They weren't that sweet but it was super chewy and yummy.</div>
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So these are the maps that have the name of this garden....</div>
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Tomorrow we leave for Marrakech!</div>
Leslie's picshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05123712281244033753noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3347198156235714215.post-32127238953225349022019-04-12T06:00:00.000-10:002019-04-12T06:00:09.305-10:00Meknes, Moulay Idriss and VolubilissFez Day 3<br />
March 22, 2019<br />
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We didn't sleep good again but at least this time I was prepared for my moon shots...</div>
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It was pretty neat because there were a lot of birds flying around so I took a bunch of shots to try and get them in the same frame. I really hope we didn't wake anyone up. We were cracking up cause I would have my eye in the view finder and Susie would be yelling "oook, coming from the right, get ready!! NOW!" over and over again. I'm surprised these actually came out in focus cause I was laughing the whole time!</div>
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Ok so I suck. Today was a field trip day and of course I slept the whole way over to our destination. I think it was a two hour drive. We headed west to Meknes first only to find out that the Mausoleum of Mouay Ismail was closed. I forget why. But first we stopped here (hehe I have no idea where this is!)<br />
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This is the Mausoleum...yah, not much to see here...</div>
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We walked around Bab El Mansour but there wasn't much to see here either(we probably didn't try hard enough)</div>
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After Meknes we drove to Moulay Idriss where we had lunch reservations at <a href="http://scorpionhouse.com/" target="_blank">Scorpion House.</a> We took one look at the pictures and knew we had to go. This place was beautiful.</div>
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This lunch was super yummy...don't mind the date, they said it was the same menu :)</div>
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yup, more bread!</div>
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Isn't this so cute??</div>
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yummmmmmmm nomnomnomnom</div>
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Once again it was way too much food. Susie literally passed out on the bench she was so full, and tired!</div>
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Until the resident dogs arrived...this is Duster</div>
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And this is Pogo. These were two of the most mellow dogs on the planet. They must get sick of everyone wanting to pet them all day</div>
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This is the view from one of the bathrooms!</div>
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After lunch we headed to our last stop Volubiliss. This place was a total bust also. Don't get me wrong, it was beautiful like everywhere else, but after such a big meal everyone was exhausted. We didn't spend as much time here as we should've</div>
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I got another nice nap on the way back. I hopped off the van and saw a donkey. They were all around the place but I never seemed to have my phone or camera ready when they came nearby</div>
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Just a small observation...they sell a lot of sweets in Morocco, most of them made with honey. There's always a TON of bees flying on or around them and no one even pays attention to them. I guess they're cleaner than flys??</div>
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We got into Fez around 4pm so we didn't get settled into our riad till 6:00. A riad is basically a Moroccan house that includes a garden and a fountain. The courtyards are usually enclosed to keep out the outside world. Except there's no roof to the courtyard. Many of the riads now days are being used as B&Bs. We stayed at Riad Le Califfe and it was BEAUTIFUL. All of the furnishings and decorations gave it a nice Moroccan feel without making it seem cheesy. The owners Alex and Yasmine were super friendly and the staff there were wonderful. I'm bummed we didn't get a picture with them, I wonder if Susie got one...<br />
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Since we got in so late we didn't do anything except settle in and eat dinner. Dinner was delicious but it was so dark in there that all of our pictures turned out like crap. Which is a bummer since I think our first meal was the best one. This was our room when we checked in...<br />
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These cute little fez hats had dates in them! I never knew until Susie told me. Yikes, can't let those dates go to waste!</div>
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None of us slept through the night and Evam texted me early to hurry up and get to the lanai up top because there was a nice big setting moon...I didn't realize it but it was the super moon. By the time I got up there I missed it but it was really pretty.</div>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>This was breakfast. It was yummy. That sticky looking thing kinda tasted like the honey twist that you buy at the crack seed store. The dates next to that were super yummy. I've never had a date until now. The black ones are olives. Blech. Ptooi. Yuck.</div>
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For our first day we scheduled a walking tour around the medina. A medina is kind of like a marketplace for the locals, which also contain mosques, a bathhouse (hammam), a bread kitchen and a water fountain. Inside the medinas are souks where the marketplace is. This crazy maze of a place is divided into separate crafts and trades. There's a leather tannery, carpet sellers, spices, embroidery, metals, and so much more. This place is HUGE. Supposedly it's the largest medina in Morocco, which also has the first includes the first university in the world...<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "q_serif" , "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , "hiragino kaku gothic pro" , "meiryo" , serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">University of Karueein, founded in 859 AD</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "q_serif" , "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , "hiragino kaku gothic pro" , "meiryo" , serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"> .</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "q_serif" , "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , "hiragino kaku gothic pro" , "meiryo" , serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">This is Khalim, our guide for the day. And I'm apologizing in advance, this is what sucks about blogging when you get home. I can't remember sh*t, so you might see a lot more pictures than words. I'm googling stuff already.</span></div>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><span style="font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">This was the Chouara leather tannery, the largest and oldest leather tannery in Morocco. It's about a thousand years old! It was very interesting but VERY STINK. At first it was ok when there was a breeze, but once the breeze stopped it was pretty nasty. This is what one website says...I couldn't word it any better...</span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">"At the Chouara Tannery, hides are first soaked in a mixture of cow urine, quicklime, water, and salt. This caustic mixture helps to break down the tough leather, loosen excess fat, flesh, and hair that remain on them. The hides are soaked for two to three days after which tanners scrap away excess hair fibers and fat in order to prepare the hides for dyeing. The hides are then soaked in another set of vats containing a mixture of water and pigeon poop. Pigeon poop contains ammonia that acts as softening agents that allows the hides to become malleable so they can absorb the dye. The tanner uses his bare feet to knead the hides for up to three hours to achieve the desired softness."</span><br />
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This is pretty neat though. They use only natural dyes to tan the leather. So yellow is from saffron, blue is from indigo, red is from pomegrates, and I forget the rest</div>
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This is the couscous test. If you can't fit through these alleyways NO COUSCOUS FOR YOU!</div>
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The architecture in this place was amazing!</div>
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This is the Qaraouiyine mosque, which is the second largest mosque in Morocco. This is also where the University is located. It's very beautiful from what I could see, we weren't allowed in because we aren't Muslim.</div>
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By the time we got to this place I was beat. He was talking about something and I thought I was gonna fall asleep standing up. Sorry, I can't tell you anything about this place. We were in there for about a half an hour too!</div>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>And then we spent the rest of the day (and the trip!) looking for lamps for their house. She already has a couple but she wanted a few more to accent her living room. There are stores like this all over the place and I swear we went to every one of them!</div>
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So the reason why we stopped over in New York was because our flight to Lisbon wasn't until 12:30am the next morning. Instead of arriving in the morning and flying out at midnight, we rented an apartment for 2 nights so we could relax and check out around 9pm to go to the airport. Uh yah. We took a taxi this time.<br />
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Randy and I woke up pretty early, so instead of waiting for Susie and Evam to wake up we went for a walk to Dougnut Plant. We love this place and have to make a stop whenever we're in the city. It was walking distance from our place so that's a plus! When we got there we noticed a new place next door called Randall's Barbecue. But what was neat about it was on the right of the sign it said LES. It stands for Lower East Side, but we thought it looked cute :-)<br />
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We don't know where to look while taking selfies on Randy's phone...</div>
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Ahhhhh the best doughnuts in New York.....</div>
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From top left...vanilla bean, meyer lemon, carrot cake and Brooklyn blackout x2</div>
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Some sites walking back to the apartment</div>
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At first we noticed the wishbone and thought it was cute. Then we noticed the table it was on...it's dog paws!!</div>
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We got back to our place and they still weren't awake yet. By 8:30 we were starving (we woke up at 5 and we only shared 2 doughnuts). We already planned to go to Katz to grab a sandwich for breakfast, but we didn't want to go with out Susie and Evam. We had no idea when they were gonna wake up so we ended up just going without them. Yep, this is walking distance too. This is why I love to stay in the LES. </div>
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We normally get one pastrami and one corned beef so we can get the best of both worlds, but today we just got the pastrami and a side order of potato salad.</div>
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It's so hard to eat these things. They put way too much meat inside so it falls out all over the place</div>
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It's a good thing we didn't wait cause they didn't wake up till almost 11!! I guess they had trouble sleeping the night before so they didn't fall asleep till 3ish. </div>
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When we finally got out for the day, they all went for coffee...and since I don't drink coffee I went for ice cream instead!! hehehe. I love this place. This is the salty pimp. It's ice cream sprinkled with sea salt, injected with caramel and dipped in chocolate. It was in the 40s that morning so I didn't have to worry about it melting on me!</div>
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We walked around the city for hours...I clocked in at 25,684 steps that day according to my iphone which = 9.8 miles. This is why when we reached here, there was no way in hell I was gonna walk up those stairs. Besides the line was super long and we didn't want to wait anyways. This is at Hudson Yards, in between Chelsea and Hells Kitchen</div>
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When Susie stopped in a furniture store in Chelsea the guy in there recommended an Italian restaurant nearby that was supposed to be super good. Everyone started to get hungry so we headed back to Chelsea for an early dinner. We took the Hudson River route. I've never been here so it was nice!</div>
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It was a chilly but beautiful day!</div>
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On the way over to the restaurant we cut through Chelsea Market. While passing by the Oyster Bar we decided on an appetizer</div>
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I don't remember which oyster we got but it was really good</div>
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Then we got to <a href="https://serafinarestaurant.com/" target="_blank">Serafina's</a>. Everything was yummy. This was the beet salad</div>
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Grilled octopus</div>
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Randy's carbonara</div>
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My rigatoni bolognese</div>
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Susie's Margherita pizza</div>
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And Evam's mushroom risotto....omg this was sooo yummy</div>
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That was the end of our New York adventure. We stopped by Katz to grab 2 more sandwiches for the airport. One pastrami, one corned beef and we all shared it. Off to Morocco we go!</div>
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