Day #6 - Dawn on the Ganges

Thousands of people come every morning to bath in the Holy Ganges! Today is our anniversary and it will certainly be one I'll never forget!

Day #5 - Shopping!!!!

Scarves, jewelry, jackets, saris, carpets and so much more! Shopping is a fun adventure and even better with a shopping companion like my sister-in-law Katherine!

Day #4 - Now that's a load!

Kathmandu, Nepal

George says that she is good woman! Equal rights for women in Nepal!

Day # 3 - How high can you go?

Mount Everest - No words necessary!

PIcture of the day #2 - New friend

While visiting the Sikh temple in Delhi, this cute little girl came up to me and very politely asked to practice her English!

Two Pictures of the Day on Day #1

I've seen traffic chaos before but never quite like this and it is Sunday which is supposedly a light traffic day! In our adventures we took several of these motorized rickshaws. The rule of the road seems to be to fill ever available space with cars, trucks, rickshaws, bikes, and motorcycles with the occasional pedestrians thrown in for good measure! Any rules about lanes are completely ignored. This picture doesn't really give you an accurate picture of what it is like but you can at least get some small taste!

Amazes me that in this metropolitan area of some 20 million people, monkeys still live in the parks! They seemed to like tormenting the dogs. Instead of chasing squirrels, these dogs chase monkeys!

Will it all fit?

Wow the day for the much anticipated India trip has arrived!!!!!

Normally I love packing for a trip. This time however I was pretty stressed. We are allowed one checked bag with a maximum weight of 44 pounds and one carry on, maximum weight 18 pounds. Our tour won't be stopping for lunches so we need to bring snacks for 15 days of 'on the go' meals. To the weight of that food add all the cameras, chargers for I-pods and Kindles and cameras, and I was worried that we wouldn't have room for clothes! I'm taking fewer clothes on this trip than I've ever taken. I'll probably want to burn every outfit when I come home I'll be so tired of them! Last night we put it all out on the bed and started trying to get it all in.

I started with my carryon and the first weight was 33 pounds...trouble! So I switched to a smaller, lighter carryon, rearranged a few thing and I was a little under 18 pounds! My big suitcase is almost totally full of food and 'stuff' with some clothes. And best of all it weighs quite a bit less than 44 pounds! I can shop till my heart is content and eat American junk food until my few pair of pants don't fit!

We're off on our 'passage to India'!