Jaipur, carpet trading and bazaar
D8: Jaipur 4/4/2019 After a first day of sightseeing, we start a day of adventure. It starts with a spicy noodle breakfast followed by a tourista. Enough to “piment” our next trips. Since the beginning of the stay, we have been looking for THE exchange rate. This is the priority 1 of our day because…
Jaipur, Amber, scams and birds
J6-J7: Jaipur 2-3/4/2019 With traffic, I think we spent an hour entering Jaipur. We’re coming in from Bundi. It’s still days when the tuktuks throw themselves at us with totally crazy rates. We attack the line of tuktuks and end up finding one, less ambitious with an electric vehicle! Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan.…
Bundi, tank, tank and lost palace
D5, J6: Bundi 1-2/4/2019 When we arrive at Bundi Junction from Chittorgarh, two tuktuk drivers rush towards us. We feed the exchange with lower and lower prices and leave one of the 2, high at the betel. He spends his time honking his horn… Even more than the others. Bundi is a small town east…
Chittorgarh, fortress, citadel and princess
D4: Chittorgarh 31/03/2019 Arriving by train at 8am from Udaipur (departure at 6am) for a few rupees, we deposit our big bags at the cloakroom located west of the platform. This is our first train and our booking from France seems to have worked. The ride is also an opportunity to see many people doing…
Ranakpur, marble lace and Khumbalgar Fortress
D3: From Udaipur 30/03/2019 We found a driver from our guesthouse to get to 2 remote sites in Udaipur. It is the fortress of Khumbalgarh and the Jain temple of Ranakpur. Both sites are a two-and-a-how drive from Udaipur. They’re an hour’s drive away. As it is hot, we negotiated to leave around 8am instead…
Udaipur, Gath, temple and palace
D2: Udaipur 29/03/2019 With this long transport, we are a little offbeat so we wake up around 6:30 in the morning or 2am in France. The city awakens gently as we meet our first inhabitants and our first cows. We head to the gaths through small, fragrant streets. These are access to the lake that…
Welcome incredible India
D1: Delhi airport 28/03/2019 Our journey starts in Lyon and ends in Udaipur. 3 flights are required with stops in Dubai and Delhi. The first two with Emirates and the last with Jet Airways. Flight 1 Lyon-Dubai-Departure 8.55pm Stopover 3 hours Flight 2 Dubai-Delhi-Depart 10am Stopover 3:20 a.m. Flight 3 Delhi-Udaipur-Depart 6:20 p.m. The first…
Introduction to our stay in North India
Good morrrning Gouiliomi! Namaste Varsha […] I’ve been working with Indians for six months. They are in Bangalore and New Delhi. When I arrive at work in France, it’s almost lunchtime at their home (3:30 or 4:30 a.m. jet lag). It’s hard to work remotely and over the phone. We only understand words and sometimes…
Ascension of the Illimani
D18: 9/21/2017 Departure at 2:30, François and I did not sleep, Eric took a Diamox. We both felt breathing difficulties and had twisted dreams. We’re putting this on the back of mountain sickness. Goretex trousers, ice cream shoes, leggings, spikes, piolet, polar gloves, hood, double coat, helmet, shoulder harness, front… It’s curdling and it’s going…
Illimani High Altitude Camp
D17: 9/20/2017 Awakening completely missed. It’s 5:45, I’m in the wax, we have to jump in the 4×4 for a 4 hour drive to the Illimani base camp. Illimani is a famous mountain because it is visible from La Paz. It is a 6400 and a few meters (6462m). I would remember each of these…
Udaipur, Gath, temple and palace
2 April 2019
Introduction to our stay in North India
22 March 2019
Rajaji National Park and Haridwar
10 November 2019
Mussoorie, Landour, flycatcher and mantras
24 July 2019