After Agra and its breathtaking Taj Mahal, we headed to Rajasthan, and spent a couple of days in Pushkar, in the Ajmer district. Pushkar is one of the five sacred pilgrimage sites for devout Hindus and one of the oldest cities of India. We were wandering at sunset on the shore of Pushkar Lake when we [...]

Of course, we had seen it hundreds of time before on TV. Of course, we knew that there was ‘this’ famous reflection picture. But still we found the Taj Mahal surpassing all this hype and truly living up to its legend. It was much more impressive, much more beautiful than we can ever imagine. A striking beauty! Magical. Almost [...]

At first sight, the Khajuraro temples have a ‘classic’ Indo-Aryan architecture. But if you come closer and look at the sculptures and carvings, well, it is a completely different story! The Khajuraro temples are the Kama Sutra in stone… All the positions imaginable, included the most acrobatic ones and all partners, two, three, four and even some [...]

Also called the Festival of Colors, Holi is probably India most exuberant festival. It’s a spring festival celebrated by people throwing bright colours at each other, everything from a handful of coloured powder on someone’s face to buckets of coloured-dyed water. The riot of colour broke out during our first day in India. Quite a shock…If [...]