a travelogue
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12/09/05
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Blog Post from
Taj Mahal // Agra // India
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The Taj Express
When I first planned my travel route through India I was woefully ignorant. I tried to see too much too fast. I don’t regret what I have done, but were I to do it again I would spend twice as long and try to cover half as much ground. When I return, and return I shall, I will come for …
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Topics:
Asia,
Forts,
Ignorance,
Round The World Trip,
Temples
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12/02/05
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Blog Post from
Guesthouse Jodphur // Jodhpur // India
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The Majestic Fort
I arrived in Jodhpur on the edge of the Great Thar Desert around midday after an uneventful five or six hour bus ride and disembarked into a sea of shouting gesticulating touts intent on making their commissions. Fortunately I had booked ahead on the condition that the guesthouse send someone to get me so, after dodging the touts as best …
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Topics:
Asia,
Forts,
Round The World Trip,
Tourists