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Aurangabad, India. December 2013.

Posted on December 29, 2013January 26, 2015 by SvetaNYC

December 27. I have never heard of Ellora or Ajanta Caves and after seeing Agra, I haven’t expected Aurangabad to impress me, however, it turned out to be a pretty remarkable place, worthy of a detour from the “standard India package” destinations. Malik Ambar, the Prime Minister of Murtaza Nizam Shah of Ahmadnagar, made Aurangabad…

Khajuraho to Aurangabad, India. December 2013.

Posted on December 27, 2013January 26, 2015 by SvetaNYC

I can’t call it anything but The Long March Forward. Just like Mao Zedong, we made a lot of sacrifices to get to our next destination, despite all the obstacles and obvious insanity of the idea. The original plan was to leave Khajuraho by train in the morning and transfer in Jhansi for an overnight…

Khajuraho, India. December 2013.

Posted on December 26, 2013January 26, 2015 by SvetaNYC

December 25. The best way to get to the sexy temples of Khajuraho is to take a 45 minutes flight from a military airport in Agra. After a morning visit to the Tomb of Akbar the Great in Sikandra, we drove to the airport, where I, simply by chance, went through my belongings and found…

Agra, India. December 2013.

Posted on December 25, 2013January 26, 2015 by dimeco

After spending a day discovering the ancient cities of Vrindavan and Mathura, Dimi and I arrived to our hotel, ITC Mughal, in Agra very late at night. The hotel is an oasis among the dirt and ugliness of the city. I have read a lot about Agra and its importance as a Mughal capital, 300…

Vrindavan and Mathura, India. December 2013.

Posted on December 24, 2013January 26, 2015 by SvetaNYC

December 22. I left Varanasi on the luxury overnight Shiva Ganga express train, which, according to the schedule, was supposed to arrive to Delhi at 7.40 am. Dimi arrived to India the evening before, thus it made me even more impatient to reach the final stop. Morning arrival would also give us enough time to…

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