by tuliyani | Aug 22, 2019 | INDIA, Travel
Camels are about 10 feet tall. I am half that size, therefore I had to hold onto my guide’s hand as I clambered on top of my ride. Maybe the camel had assumed I was tall enough to make this move in one motion, because while my foot had made it over, the rest of...
by tuliyani | May 28, 2019 | INDIA, Travel
The Taj Mahal was built in honor of Prince Shah Jahan’s wife who died after giving birth to their 14th child. 14. That’s 14 children. 14 times a child came out of her… You better build me a Taj Mahal, too, if I’m birthing 14 of those things. Hush, my dear ovaries, we...
by tuliyani | May 2, 2019 | INDIA, Travel
There are about 1.3 billion people in India. About 19 million of them are in Delhi alone. Old Delhi is where I experienced my first culture shock in India: There are so many people here. How can there be so many people in one place? Everywhere I looked, something was...
by tuliyani | Apr 10, 2019 | INDIA, Travel
Have you ever noticed that before going to a new country, everyone has advice for you about that country, yet they’ve never been there? Happens a lot, doesn’t it? Before arriving to India, I had plenty of people who had their own opinions of the country. Of course,...