Our fourth and final day in Udaipur, India was filled with relaxing walks around the grounds of the incredibly gorgeous Oberoi Udaivilas where we were staying, spending time by the pool, delicious Indian cuisine and an elephant ride on a 50 year old elephant. After arriving at the fantastic Udaivilas,… Read more
After a few hours in transit on day 2 of our trip in India, we arrived in beautiful Rajasthan. Our 45 minute drive into Udaipur from the airport provided some gorgeous views of the landscape of the area, crowned with mountains and adorned with lakes. Udaipur ended up being one… Read more
Bright and early our second day in India, we awoke at the beautiful Oberoi Amarvilas before dawn in order to make it to the Taj Mahal for sunrise. Luckily, the storm from the night before had subsided a bit and though the streets were wet, no rain fell during our… Read more
Our first full day in India, after arriving the night before around 10pm, started with an incredible breakfast at our hotel, the Trident Guragaon, and a walk around the grounds to take in the beautiful hotel. Around 10am, we checked out and met our driver (we had hired him ahead… Read more
Trident Gurgaon – Delhi, India See more Reviews! The Trident brand in India is the lower cost, business version of the Oberoi brand (they are equally gorgeous and unique to the larger and more elaborate Oberoi hotels). We decided to stay at the Trident in Gurgaon (a close suburb of… Read more
Before I get into our day by day posts for India (and to give Nick a little more time to finish up his photo edits), I wanted to do a post offering some tips that I would have liked to have read before we traveled there. India is a magical… Read more
I wrote this post laying poolside at our gorgeous hotel in Udaipur, India, looking out over the incredible landscape in front of me, Lake Pichola glimmering and the mountains in the distance seeming to fade in and out of the blue sky horizon, completely in the moment, taking it all… Read more
We’re back from our incredible trip through Asia and I’m jumping right in with posts from our trip! I can’t wait to share all the amazing things we saw and did in the weeks to come, but today I wanted to start with some of the incredible moments we had,… Read more