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We rallied and got up at the early time of 520am to get to Udaipur airport and to our 830am flight to Mumbai on time. This also meant saying bye to our driver of 10 days, Jagdish. We gave him a nice tip and it was a sweet goodbye. Here is a photo of him…

We started our second full day in Udaipur with a 6ish AM wake up, thankfully, after a late-ish night yesterday. I’ve been feeling restless due to no real exercise for almost a week (except a tiny bit of swimming) and knew I HAD to find a way today. The hotel has a cobblestone paved hilly…

We had a pretty long day yesterday and got back late so this post is happening the next morning :-). I appreciate my readers and you checking in on me after lack of a post! Yesterday morning we left our hotel at 930am (apparently things open late here) for the day’s activities. Our driver picked…

We spent 8 + hours in the car today. It was a long day and very hard with 2 wild and active boys who then decided to let out all their energy as we were checking into the hotel lobby. Again, every time I do this and we make a transition, I ask myself why…

We awoke at the bright and early hour of 530am. It was the first day everyone actually slept that late, so a bit ironic, but we were off to the leopard reserve in Jaipur and leopards are nocturnal animals who rest when the sun is up, so we needed to start before sunrise. Our driver…

I think this one will be short. It feels late, jet lag got me again last night, and we have to be up at 530am to leave for our leopard safari. We did a yoga class this morning. It was *Ok.*. Nothing phenomenal but the teacher was nice and tolerant of and amused by my…

Ok I have to start with what time we woke up…it was loud getting to sleep as Jaipur is a busy, crowded city, so I fell asleep to the cacophony of honking horns, buzz of people and various other city noises. I awoke at 245am to a pack of very loud howling dogs and thought,…

I woke up at 245am today and the boys at 330am and we are now getting to bed at 730pm after long day of driving and touring. The worst thing about getting up that early is having to parent 2 mischievous and energetic boys. Once the day gets going, it’s not so bad as then…

I last saw the Taj Mahal when I was about my kids’ age and don’t remember a whole lot other than thinking it was beautiful and crowded and magnificently created and a very hot day. Funny the visceral memories of your childhood travels. So when the tour company asked me about when we wanted to…

It is 448am in Agra and we’ve been up for 2-3 hours already. oh jet lag at its best! Yesterday, we did a “quick” lunch at the Taj Palace in Delhi then headed out for the drive to Agra. It was amazing to be on the roads and see how much India has changed. The…