This fall we’re pleased to offer a slightly different tour to all of you adventurers! Join us as we take a fabulous tour through the wonders of the Rajasthani Desert! With a focus on experiences and sights, we won’t be meeting as many of our artisans, but instead taking the time to experience all …
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Desert Dreams Tour
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Beauty of Kerala Tour
Have you always wanted to know what it’s like to find the treasures of Sankara? Join us on our traditional style adventure through India! The adventure will start in Delhi with a tour of the heart of the city to see the grandeur of New Delhi. Then, we will explore our favorite places such as …
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First Day Impressions from Tammy & Randy
A pair of friends from Seattle have joined Katey for a portion of her trip! Tammy and Randy flew into Delhi very early in the morning, and are still recovering from the 12.5 hour time change. But, as Katey is a task master, they were up and out in the morning into the city! We …
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Raksha Bandhan
Katey arrived safely in New Delhi! Her flights were uneventful, and she’s settling into her new time zone, with the help of a LOT of coffee. As today is a holiday, she is catching up with some friends, and finalizing details for later in the trip, so not the most interesting picture day! Today’s holiday …
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Claudia’s final thoughts on Incredible India
Francesca and Claudia are getting ready to head back home. It’s been a wonderful adventure. Claudia enjoyed her first time in India. It was a lot like she expected it to be after watching Amazing Race and doing some reading. She found the people to be really nice and the traffic chaotic. She’ll remember India …
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A quick visit to Lucknow
Francesca and Claudia took a quick flight to Lucknow to visit with Shahana, Sankara’s favorite chikan embroiderer, to see what she has been working on. While in Lucknow, they visited the Bara Imambara, Lucknow’s most well known monument. They had fun going up and down the dark narrow passages in the famous labyrinth, only getting …
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Visiting the Taj Mahal
Francesca and Claudia were up early again to get a 6 am train to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. Claudia has been waiting to see the Taj since she had a poster hanging on her bedroom wall when she was 12 years old. Getting her first glimpse of it was even better than she …
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Sadhna and the City Palace Museum
Today was a mixture of shopping and sightseeing for Francesca and Claudia. They spent the morning doing some work. They visited Sadhna, a local women’s cooperative, where Francesca found a few things she had to bring back to Sankara. Then they went to another cooperative, where they ran into a couple from Shoreline who had …
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Kumbhalgarh Fort
Another beautiful day in Udaipur and another adventure! Today Claudia and Francesca went out into the country side to visit Kumbhalgarh Fort. The fort has the longest perimeter wall in the world after the Great Wall of China at 36 kilometers. Getting there was kind of exciting in itself. They drove through little villages where …
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