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Time to check elephant riding off my life list!

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May 22nd 2013
The title says it all, we rode a top a majestic steed, a king among elephants today. Pinky was no ordinary elephant, he was a friend, a confidante a protector....among other things. His name was Pink and he changed my life today. We rode Him to the Amber Palace and Fort. We the explored the labrynth of a palace which looks across to a massive wall, second in size only to the Great Wall of China. A ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jaipur

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more