Marieke's vacation time - all of it

As some of you may have noticed, my mug has been omitted from all India pics to date. It's because the one know as Marieke came for a mid-term review of my travels. After 3 days in Mumbai, Marieke had had enough culture and wanted what she came for - some beach time, so we headed to Goa. 9 days were spent there, soaking it all in before heading to Dehli and the infamous Taj. Here's how it went down...

MUMBAI
Wanting to look my best for Marieke's arrival, I picked out my finest pair of boxers and combed my hair to perfection.
As already told in the tales of Paul and T, caucasians are kind of a big deal in India. With Marieke's german background and coming off canadian winter, her skin was it's whitest white, prime for locals to take photos aplenty. We sold a copy of this one for 6 bananas. That's the Gate of India behind us.
on the end of a pier.
Chowpatty beach.
kid making a living.

GOA
Goa's full of beaches, some say more beaches than one can handle. Having researched it thoroughly, Marieke decided the beach for us was Palolem, the party beach in the south.

Palolem - at night.
from the stoop of our hut.
Our time in Goa consisted of an endless hunt for beaches. When Palolem beach got old we rented a moped and headed north in search of other beaches.
Beaches with hot sand.
Beaches with dogs to play with.
Still unsatisfied with the amount of beaches, Marieke insisted we rent a moped again, this time going south in hopes of finding still more beaches.

Resort beaches where we could pretend to be guests.
Protected beaches for turtle nesting areas..
..with no one around to witness Marieke secretly practicing her frisbee skills..
.. and get pics for to apply as next week's Sunshine girl.
Despite all the beaches reached by moped, Marieke's thirst was still unquenched. Thus she insisted we rent a kayak to look for more beaches by water.
Now I ask you, does that sound like a girl who's had all the beaches she can handle? I think not.

To Marieke's great delight, we found a secluded beach, all to ourselves.
Look for this one in next year's christmas cards.
DEHLI
Being in India, Marieke decided she should see the Taj, so we headed up to Dehli for a little more big city India. We toured around town for a little sight seeing.

Humayan's Tomb.
Marieke relaxing by Humayan's tomb, and shortly thereafter being defecated on by a bird. They say it's good karma.
The Red Fort. India has a lot of forts.
Lodhi gardens.
India Gate, the second.
Masjid.
Marieke spending some time with her fans, after all they're the ones who make it happen.
Chandni Chowk
Marieke thoroughly enjoying a popsicle, they were good.
We hired a cab and took a day trip to Agra to see the Taj. 5 hours there, 4 hours back, long day. Was worth if of course. I have a feeling you might be pretty familiar with pics of the Taj after Paul and T's upcoming post, so I'll keep it to one.
M