The cold air, clean fresh water and a gorgeous landscape. The life at the Himalayas move in a much slower pace but also a lot of hard work that villagers do with an amazing satisfaction. There for almost we went to the famous hot pools of Manikaran, lived for 4 days in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere having a great time with the simplest things in life.

Heat, dust, camels and temples. We were in the Rajasthan desert during the “Camel Fair”, an event that unites the entire region. We had the opportunity to know the real inhabitants of the desert with their colorful turbans and white robes. Yet knew the caste of tailors, helping Drica and Duda in their work. We visited temples on mountains and a Kali Baba living in an oasis. The beautiful Pushkar, the only city in India dedicated to Lord Brahma.

The capital of India with the best and the worst of what the country has to offer. A huge city, crowded, chaotic. It was our stopping point between a trip and another. We stayed in Paharganj planning the next destination, and while waiting for the next bus/train/plane we visited local markets, restaurants and galleries with all kinds of imaginable stuff to sell.

After going through so many countries in Asia, we already felt familiar with the exotic culture, the languages with unreadable characters, eating without knowing what was in the dish, strange habits. We were quite comfortable in this whole difference. Suddenly there comes India. There is no such thing as ‘being prepared’ for India. It is [...]