This is a very different tour to Mary's initiation into India when she spent months travelling overland, often in crowded trains or on the back of goat trucks. Today Mary travels in a comfortable air-conditioned bus, or by air con train or on an internal flight and is accompanied by local Bollywood hopeful, Raj.

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India 2024

Namaste,

I have put together a 16 day tour of Rajasthan; with an optional Varanasi addon for a sunset drift along the Ganges and a visit to Sarnath, the birthplace of Buddhism The tour time has been dictated by the moon to include Diwali and the annual Pushkar camel fair.

Rajasthan Unravelled for Diwali and Pushkar Camel Fair-Oct 27-12 Nov 2024

​Starting and finishing in Delhi, this tour includes the main heritage sites- such as The Taj in Agra; Amber Fort and Jantar Mantar Observatory in Jaipur; the Mehrangath Fort in Jodhpur and the Palace in Udaipur as well as stepwells and religious sites The tour includes Diwali in Jaipur and time at the Camel Fair in Pushkar.

​Accommodation is varied and includes modern rooms, traditional heritage buildings, a place labelled as a palace and places selected for their special location.

​A daily food experience is promised; as varied as visiting local markets, having a cooking class, eating with locals and eating at selected restaurants. Enjoy seasonal vegetables prepared in traditional Indian dishes; tikkas, soups and mutton curries (goat). Quench your thirst with lassies, Kingfisher beer and roadside masala chai.

I hope that you and your families and friends remain well and that we will reunite as soon as this pandemic is eradicated

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Food Matters Tours: through focus on food, an insight in to another's world.

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Interested? Click here to contact Mary; mary@foodmatters.co.nz