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Days 3-4: The Pink City, JAIPUR

27 March, 2016 by VeroBello

After enjoying our first day in Delhi and sleeping all night long to recover from our flight, We rose early and hit the road around 9:00am. Destination: JAIPUR! Lunch at Shri Nilkanth Punjabi Dhaba We stop at a restaurant called Shri Nilkanth Punjabi Dhaba (easy to remember, right?) in the N. H. 8 Delhi-Jaipur Road. We ate a pretty good bread filled with onion in this very traditional place (no foreigners in sight). After almost 6 hours, our first stop in Jaipur was a little […]

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Days 9 & 10: Delhi

22 March, 2016 by VeroBello

Day 9 After visiting Jaipur, Agra and Varanasi we went back to Delhi in a morning flight from Varanasi. Went to our hotel that allowed us an early check in. Had indian lunch at Malhotra Restaurant which was very good, cheap and with free wi-fi, just what we like. Gurudwara Bangla Sahib Mahendra left us at the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib temple, get in there for free, but they insisted very much on taking your shoes off and let them outside the temple, […]

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Readings before going to India

7 March, 2016 by VeroBello

I usually tried to read a little bit about the culture, religion, history, etc., of all the countries I visit. Particularly, Hinduism has always called my attention. So I bought the “Hinduism for Dummies” book that I highly recommend. It´s a simple and nice way to get to know the religion before traveling to India. So here is a summary of the most relevant stories from “Hinduism for Dummies” book: A broad set of key beliefs “Survey after survey reveals that […]

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Preparing my trip to INDIA Part 2

3 February, 2016 by VeroBello

Around 5 months before our trip to India in March-April 2016, we booked the flight and planned our schedule with Mahendra as I explained in my previous post: “Preparing my trip de INDIA part 1”. 1-2 months before the flight we got together to make sure we have everything ready, of course, opening a WhatsApp group with the travelers to go through every detail. Here are some tips to prepare your trip to India: Look for accommodation and internal train/airplane tickets In our case, […]

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Preparing my trip to INDIA Part 1

17 October, 2015 by VeroBello

It was October and I was taking some time off at home, with hot feet to organize my next trip. Where to go? India has been in my mind for a long time but there was always something that makes me postpone my trip: not enough days off, company, time of the year….Now that I have enough time to plan my trip, it is time to go to INDIA. I convinced Natalia to go with me (my loyal traveling companion) and we […]

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China

6 September, 2015 by VeroBello

We planned 18 days in China and decided to split them in (click on each link): 2 Days in Shanghai 3 Days in Hong Kong 3 Days in Beijing 1 Day in Datong 1 Afternoon in Xi´an 2 Days in Chengdu 1 Day in Guilin And of course we had to expend lots of hours travelling from one city to another, including our international flight Madrid-Shanghai-Madrid. For this trip we spent 1000 euros in China, 730 euros for the international […]

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1 Day in Guilin

27 August, 2015 by VeroBello

How to get there? We flew from Chengdu to Guilin with Air China for 1015 Yuan. Of course the flight was delay, for almost 2 hours. We arrived at 01:00am and the Hotel sent a driver to take us. Where to stay? We stayed at Huanggong Garden Hotel in Yangshuo, following Alfonso Para recommendations. It is in Yangshuo, 1 hour away from Guilin airport. We had a nice breakfast served by Gary, Sophia and their kids in the hotel (35 Yuan). […]

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2 Days in Chengdu

25 August, 2015 by VeroBello

How to get there? We took a train from Xi´an to Chengdu. It lasted 16 hours, arriving at Chengdu at noon. We also bought the “soft sleeper” tickets for this train to have our beds and the room. There are also international and national flights to Chengdu. Where to stay? Since we slept in the train the 3 days before arriving to Chengdu, we chose a comfy hotel: Ibis Chengdu Chunxi Road Hotel. 1st DAY After 16hours in […]

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1 Afternoon in Xi´an

23 August, 2015 by VeroBello

How to get there? We took a train from Datong to Xian during the night that lasted 16 hours. It wash´t that hard, we bought the “soft sleeper” tickets and each of us had a bed in 1 room with 4 beds. The bathroom was OK, it had the latrina and WC option. It was the best option to us due to timing. There wasn´t direct flights from Datong to Xian. We left Datong at 17:30. What to see? We arrived […]

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1 Day in Datong

22 August, 2015 by VeroBello

How to get there? We took a train from Beijing West Station to Datong for 152¥. It lasted 6 hours, and we arrived at 5:00am to Datong, ready to start our tour. There are also national flights, check them here. Where to stay? We stayed at the Green Island Youth Inn (2 double private rooms for 370 Yuan). It was clean, with big rooms, free wifi, a little coffee shop, bikes to rent and with a staff that makes […]

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Days 3-4: The Pink City, JAIPUR

Days 9 & 10: Delhi

Readings before going to India

Preparing my trip to INDIA Part 2

Preparing my trip to INDIA Part 1

China

1 Day in Guilin

2 Days in Chengdu

1 Afternoon in Xi´an

1 Day in Datong