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Sunrise in Udaipur, India

My family and I arrived last night in Udaipur, India. We had a long, eventful day driving from Jaipur through Rajasthan, the Land of Kings. Mountainous with both a good expressway and narrow highway under heavy construction, Rajasthan has a magical landscape. Amid the verdant fields and orchards, flowering greenery, desolate hills, dry forests and village life on full display, we encountered a rainstorm rare in this semi-arid region and were almost hit by a bus.

Fortunately, we made it to Udaipur safely and enjoyed a spectacular view at sunrise on the Lake Pichola waterfront. Here are a few photos from the old city looking across Lake Pichola and the City Palace. It looks even better in person!

A panoramic view of Udaipur from the Lake Pichola Hotel.

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Greetings from Rajasthan, India

My family and I are on a week-long tour of India’s Golden Triangle — Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur with an extra stop in Udaipur, a city in Rajasthan, the Land of Kings. More coming soon, but here are a few of the highlights from our trip.

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Chand Baori, Rajasthan, India

Hawa Mahel, Jaipur, India

Amber Fort, Jaipur, India

And some interesting street life!

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World Adventurers Celebrates 1,000 Posts

Dear Reader,

World Adventurers hit a major milestone today — 1,000 published posts! A thousand articles and updates later, this blog is still going strong.

I started World Adventurers in December 2004, as a way to update family and friends about life overseas. It has evolved in ways I never imagined when I wrote my first “Hello, World” post. Since then I’ve written about my books, writing, news and politics, humor, sports, finance, culture, thoughts and sayings, updates from around the world, and other topics. My travelogues have been by far this site’s most popular feature.

The early blog hosted by the now-defunct MSN Spaces Live had more than 350,000 hits and was featured regularly by Microsoft on its “What’s Your Story” page. At a time when blogging was far less ubiquitous, World Adventurers was — and remains — on the frontiers of digital media.

Readership declined when Spaces Live folded and I took a breather from blogging in 2008-09. World Adventurers moved to WordPress in late 2010, and made a roaring comeback since then with another 300,000 hits. Earlier this year the site moved to its new and permanent home on my website, www.mgedwards.com, and was rebranded as World Adventurers Magazine. This site hosted by WordPress and featured on Freshly Pressed has remained so popular that I haven’t shut it down; it’s still going strong and complements the new e-zine. All told, World Adventurers has had about 700,000 unique hits and tens of thousands of visitors since its inception.

Here are the 20 most popular and memorable posts published on World Adventurers:

Thanks for visiting World Adventurers. Here’s to 1,000 posts and many more!