Roy in India

Am going home earlier than planned, have seen everything  I had planned and just can't  ride around in this heat and traffic to see anymore  stuff. It has been gret, Ladakh was the best, these big cities not so much but glad we travelled to Agra, Jaipur and Varanasi.  If you don't  go you won't  know. Richard has to wait till the 6th October  to go home, we got on well the entire time, he was skeptical but felt the same, he was so easy going, unlike me. The main thing was we made it through the mountains  without any issues, my concern all along was the Rockwall and landslides, really bothered me as I saw the damage along the way. A lot of people perished in all the landslides due to the catastrophic  rains they had while we were here. Gret trip, Ladakh and Spiti Valley was beyond description.  Last day in Delhi, visited some Brutalist Architectural buildings. ...

We left at 6am for the final ride up to Delhi. Went on a nice toll highway for 150kms that we were not meant to be on, no bikes allowed. They caught us at a toll booth and we had to finish the last stretch on another road into Delhi. Got to our hotel near the station which is fairly decent and then handed back the bikes.  The next morning  we went to the station at 5am to catch the train to Varanasi. I bought the tickets in Jaipur at the hotel and it turns out we can't  use them as they are for locals. The guy at the tourist board managed to change the return ticket and booked us a flight there at 10:30am. So got a taxi to the military airport, and flew to Varanasi.  The Varanasi  hotel was tiny and not to clean, but in a good location. I had to grind and bear it. We then walked down the dirty alleyways and saw some sights, a lot of weird sights to be seen. The Ganges had just flooded the place ten days ago and where they normally create the bodies was under wat...

      Hawa Mahal    Wind Palace   Jaipur      Ancient astrological site from the  1700's Badi Chaupar Hawa Mahal also known as the “ palace of winds “ [ 1 ]  was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh.It is considered unique as it has many small windows and balconies that seem like a honeycomb. [ 2 ] The structure was built in 1799 by the Maharaja Sawai  Pratap Singh , grandson of Maharaja Sawai  Jai Singh , the founder of the city of  Jaipur  of Rajasthan. [ 3 ]  He was so inspired by the unique structure of  Khetri Mahal  that he built this grand and historical palace. It was designed by Lal Chand Ustad. Its five-floor exterior is akin to a honeycomb with its 953 small windows called  Jharokhas  decorated with intricate  latticework . [ 4 ] ...