Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary

Outside Delhi. I was a little more interested in the other wildlife here.

But Dan likes the birds:

Inga and Julia visit us in India!

We could not have been more thrilled to host Julia and Inga on their first trip to India. In 2 weeks, we did so many fun things including finding a cockroach in our food, jumping onto a moving local train, getting into a fender bender, driving an autorickshaw (unrelated to previous item), bargaining like champs, meeting the most wacked out bartender in Kerala, and battling a bat and unfounded fears of dengue fever in our houseboat.

Many more better quality photos can be found here 


Red fort

 



Inga piques the interest of these young men




Qutub Minar







Arriving in Kochin, Kerala for an awesome Ambassador car journey



Chinese Fishing Nets, Kerala



That is a lot of ginger!

Houseboat! Coconut water out of a coconut!

Dan steers the houseboat





Lots of variety in the banana department!

Chennai temple

Many more photos can be found here 

Side trip

What do you do after recovering from a severe communicable disease and quitting your job? Europe! Inspired mainly by Bollywood movie scenes and food options (okay, fascination with some history helped too), I chose Greece, Italy and Switzerland. 7 weeks on the road alone was a great experience. Here is a small sampling of photos. More can be found here, here, and here.