http://kimberlywarnes.com Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:26:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am surprised how much I am enjoying this city, despite the fact that our first day here felt like winter. We were not prepared when stepping off the plane in shorts and t-shirts. After getting into Newark Airport around 4:50am on Saturday we made it into the city just ... http://kimberlywarnes.com/2008/09/22/new-york-city/ The plane that we were on was really nice. There was a first class section, a business section, and then 2 sections of economy class. Although it would have been nice to be in either the first class or business class I just dont think the additional $15,000 ... http://kimberlywarnes.com/2008/09/22/15-hour-flight/ After a couple days of doing nothing in Jaipur we headed to Delhi and tried to keep busy. We took a bus instead of a train into Delhi which was actually really nice. The trains arrived in Delhi at around 10pm which was later than we wanted to be wandering ... http://kimberlywarnes.com/2008/09/21/delhi/ We have been super lazy here in Jaipur. Sean is still not feeling well so while he was trying to sleep I have spent my time reading, blogging, contemplating my future, and drinking chai. Chai has become a favorite of mine since we have been in India, it is much ... http://kimberlywarnes.com/2008/09/16/jaipur/ After a few days in Mumbai we headed north to Udaipur. The journey here was not quite what we had been told it would be. While in Mumbai we had decided to get all of the train tickets for the rest of the trip. Train tickets can ... http://kimberlywarnes.com/2008/09/16/udaipur/ We have had a few days to explore Mombai, also known as Bombay and it has been a bit of a change from other cities in India. The biggest change I see here is in those people about my age. The girls for the most part wear western clothes or ... http://kimberlywarnes.com/2008/09/12/mombai/ After arriving in Agra 8 1/2 hours late we decided to get our next train tickets while we were at the station so we didnt have to make a return trip the next day. It was quite the ordeal but finally the lady behind the counter found us two ... http://kimberlywarnes.com/2008/09/11/agra/ The hotel we decided to stay in we pretty empty which lead me to believe we could haggle on the super inflated price the man told us. Sean and I did a great job working on the guy and we ended up getting the honeymoon suite, complete with a ... http://kimberlywarnes.com/2008/09/11/gorakhpur/ I know many of you have anxiously been awaiting a new post about my trip, well here it is only like a week late :) After leaving Varanasi we decided to head for Kushinagar which is the place where Buddha died. The trip to get here meant taking a train from Varanasi ... http://kimberlywarnes.com/2008/09/11/kushinagar/ I had very high expectations for Varanasi. After hearing it was amazing from a couple people I therefore expected it to be very different than it actually was. The book had warned us that Varanasi was a place that you would be bombarded by touts (people trying to get you ... http://kimberlywarnes.com/2008/09/07/varanasi-finally/