Desert, Taj Mahal, Himalayas

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Well, the last time I told you we were planning to go to the desert. We did and we survived. We went from jodhpur to jaisalmer where we had arranged a safari on camels. we spent 2 and a half day in the desert and slept underneath the stars. We really enjoyed, but after the 2 days we really got fed up with only looking at camels and desert. Also our arses hurted like hell. They say people come to the desert for peace, but for us it was a little too much peace (still we found ourselves to be in India due to all the plastic bottles lying around ion the sand dunes!! of course we did not take photographs of that 😊)
After all it was a wonderful experience and we enjoyed the chai the camel drivers made for us (they also cooked for us, which was great as well)
After the desert we went to jaipur where we went to the biggest cinema in India. That was really fun: people shouting and clapping during the movie: fantastic and extremely funny to experience.

From jaipur we went to agra: it was hot there!! 40 degrees in the shade!! Of course we saw the Taj Mahal and it was great! such a beautiful building! From Agra we took a big journey, which lead us via Delhi and Kalka to Shimla. The train from Kalka to Shimla was a great adventure! The tracks were constructed by the british in 1903 and are 96 km long. The journey took us 4,5 hours, but it was really amazing.
Now we are in Manali and plan to go zorbing from a ski hill! great fun!
We enjoy the last 1,5 week in the himalayas!

Greetz from Lisa and I

kisses for those who want it (Marty: please give one to your son for me)

Love you!

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Photos

women in beautiful colours
in jaisalmer

agra
Lisa and I in front of a tomb: the Taj Mahal

biggest cinema in India
in jaipur

train to shimla
102 tunnels and more than 800 bridges (this was the biggest)

eating wonderful pear cake!
Lisa and I are Happy!!!

Comments

[Chrissie]

COOL!!
Heej ik zie een plant in de woestijn! :) The pics are looking amazing guys and I'm glad you're having a wonderful time! I'm sooo jealous!! Once i've paid off my debts in the next 20 years I'm saving to go there too lol! :-)) Looking forward to seeing you soon, have fun in the Himalaya's. Hope your arses have recovered :-P Gros Bisous Chrissie xxx

[Michiel]

Incredible india ;-)
He Freeksel! Genipale foto's zeg...vooral die met die tulband hahaha. Die lijsten we in op A3 formaat en hangen we op in 't Paalhuis :-). Tot snel! (over een week alweer....gaat echt hard...)

[rudi]

goeie shit
Ha, leuk om te zien! Ik zie dat ze nog steeds ouwe meuk gebruiken om te koken in die woestijn. Komt wel lekker eten uit. En die Taj Mahal is van plastic.

[Gido]

shinken....
Yo! Wat een prachtige foto's!!! En..... wauw Lisa, wat ziet zij er extra goed uit met die traditionele kledij zegh... pfff. Deutsche wunderbare schoonheid hoog! Jij ziet er zlef ook leuk uit met je turban:P Ik lees dat je al weer bijna terug gaat.... man... Maar je hebt genoten.. Is het belangrijkste! Mooie herinneringen etc etc etc... Ciao Bisou!

[Maruda]

hi freek!
Hey Freek! Nice to see ur blog, Erix showed it to me. All pics look fantastic!! I even showed them to boss and she was so excited!! hope u guys are safe, and I expect ur are doing some serious scaling of the Himalayas! reply when u have time. bye! Maruda.

[Wim Bos]

Nieuws!
Heej Freek en Lisa :) Leuk om alles van jullie zo een beetje mee te maken! Ik schrijf even snel een berichtje om te laten weten dat het met ons allemaal prima gaat, ik studeer volgende week donderdag (27 aug) af, en we zijn afgelopen weekend verhuisd naar Utrecht! De foto's van de travelblog heb ik met groot plezier bekeken, allemaal stuk voor stuk super interessant en zo "anders" dan in Nederland. Fantastisch om dat te zien! Nog heel veel plezier, en we houden contact! - Wim