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India: Day 2 (Part 2)

April 25, 2010
The next part of our tour was to the heart of New Delhi.  We first stopped at the enormous India Gate.  It is the national monument of India and commemorates the loss of 90,000 Indian soldiers. The roads that extend from it are the most important in the nation, as...

India: Day 2 (Part 1)

April 20, 2010
I awoke after only a couple of hours of sleep with an abundance of energy.  I was ready to explore India!  In the morning we were touring Old Delhi and in the afternoon we were touring New Delhi.  While we were driving, I noticed that traffic was almost non-existent.  This...

India: Day 1

April 18, 2010
"Why India?"  If I had a penny for every time I was asked this question I would be able to afford another trip to India again!  My response, of course, is "Why not?"  But in all honesty, that is a really simplistic answer, because the reason why I chose India...

Brasil: Day 10

April 13, 2010
Over the years I have had extremely frustrating moments while traveling.  To be honest, I let some of them consume me enough to ruin a trip or two.  The more I traveled though, the more I realized that I needed to stop fighting things that were out of my control...

Brasil: Day 9

April 11, 2010
While I awoke not believing that I was actually leaving Brasil and every part of my mind, body, and soul wanted to stay, I refused to let my feelings of sadness ruin my last day.  I was unbelievably blessed after all, since Alberto had invited me on a four hour...