So, it's taken me forever to write about India. And that's probably for the best. Well maybe not for the best that I effectively took a month off of updating the blog and documenting what I'd been up, but I think it's been good to let the Indian experience settle in my brain and heart a little before summing it up. I don't think I'll even try to do a full-on "this is what India was like" blog post. That is probably impossible. India was a lot of things. It was busy, it was dirty, it was crowded, it was delicious, it was challenging, it was beautiful, it was sad, it was really happy. It's a complicated place and I am thrilled I went there. The first thing I learned about India was that it is freaking huge. My initial hopes of doing a Big Tour of the country really were dashed pretty much out of the date. I was there about 6 weeks and that just isn't enough time to see "everything." There is a quote from this documentary about backpacking that I love: "India is where itineraries go to die." This is SPOT ON. The time in India broke down into Rajasthan, Rishikesh/Uttarakhand and Other.

The Rajasthan tour was tremendously productive, we saw a bunch of cities in a relatively short period of time. Something that wouldn't have been possible without our driver, Mohan.

Here's the top photos from my time in Rajasthan.

Red Fort in Delhi