Do you want to join us for a special party 🥳to celebrate the completion of our drive around the drive this September to raise money for charity? . We'd love to meet you there: More info: treadtheglobe.com/upcoming-events/. Chris & Marianne xx🎉

@Stevenkjy

Ай бұрын

Well done on doing this for the charity, hats off to you both!!!! 🎉

@Aaron-P

Ай бұрын

Why, yes, we do, thank you very much! 🤗🤗🤗

@FengXiao168

28 күн бұрын

Any plan to visit mainland China soon? You can get 144 hr transit visa without visa application.

You feel less hot, because as you've moved away from Kolkata (where I live) the air has become drier. It's the humidity of places like Kolkata and Chennai that gets you, more than the temparature. Rajasthan, being a desert, is very dry, obviously. The dried cow dung patties are used for fuel in rural ovens. Excellent sustainability. When cooking, the dung-patty smoke also keeps mosquitoes away from the kitchen. The herd of deer-like mammals you saw - those are Nilgai (literally means blue cattle in local dialect, because of the blue-grey color of their coat) - is actually an antelope, which means they do not shed their horns. The stepwells are designed so that people can always walk down to the water as water level rises (during rainy seasons) and falls (drier months). As you go down, the well become narrower, like a funnel, which also reduces the rate of water evaporation, as also the surface of water gets less sun too during the day. As you travel through larger than life Rajasthan, do not forget to stop over at the Karni Mata (rat temple) in Bikaner.

@jasvirflipkart3425

Ай бұрын

Brother that's called bluebuck

@letter1014

Ай бұрын

That’s why Britain is so hot even when its 25 degrees

@valeriestraw6966

Ай бұрын

Very interested and informative 👌

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the information 🙌🌷

@gregdean8441

Ай бұрын

​@@TREADtheglobe that step well is absolutely amazing great architecture and construction viewing from Australia 🇦🇺 fabulous journey you are having!

Indian culture before and after colonialism is interesting isn’t it? The architecture before colonialism and invasions was top notch. India accounted for more than 32% of the world’s gdp making it the richest land in the world, China came second. It’s sad to see how people were reduced to such poverty but they are making do. Indians have accomplished so much in the last 70 years after independence. That’s impressive.

@Q_QQ_Q

2 күн бұрын

People were poor even back then . It was mughal Empire. Only elites enjoyed riches , rest were workers.

@keeya_ks

9 сағат бұрын

@@Q_QQ_Q load of nonsense them Mughals destroyed most of the Hindu Buddhists temples in north India and tried to destroy the kailash temple but were unsuccessful they even burned nalanda university , who do you think build the Mughal building it was the indigenous people who hand their hands cut after building the Raj ,you Mughals were nothing but invaders who build your standing on the blood and wealth of the sanatanis

My experience in India is that almost all people love the Brits. They are the most welcoming people and the cow pats are used for fires and building 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

Fantastic 🌺

@msg4vickky

3 күн бұрын

Sorry we dont love brits. People are courteous.

@rajpawar7032

2 күн бұрын

Obviously , we dont like Brits because of our deadliest past how they all exploit us from he depth of the every possible way they could. Mostly the problem we faced today is either created by them or had impact because of them. Personally for us, we dont categorise guest based on their nationality. its part of our culture, we treat guests like god. our culture teaches us to be kind to all humans and animals.

@vishwakumar5125

2 күн бұрын

We Indian welcome and Respect All .who came legally in India.😊

@ArnabMajumdar-g1l

Күн бұрын

Building????....as a Indian I have never seen that

That Step Well was amazing, the whole episode showed the area to be more relaxed and very friendly.

@RakeshJat-ux9op

Күн бұрын

It's called Chand baori, located in Bundi district of rajsthan

India is strange and wonderful. It''s much flatter than I imagined.There are endless flat lands,, then, suddenly, you find an ancient inverted pyramid. Crazy and cool.

@roderickbates2412

Ай бұрын

In the North, especially the plains of the Ganges and other rivers, very flat. The Punjab is like a giant pancake, left out in the sun. Not the far North, of course, because that is the Himalayas. Much more varied - hills, mountains, plains - once you get into the Deccan. What an amazing variety.

@martin96991

6 күн бұрын

I recommend you to checkout a more amazing architecture than this called - RANI KI VAV it's an underground inverted temple.

@devamjani8041

21 сағат бұрын

The entire North East and northern states are Himalayas. There are also western and eastern ghats. All these states are mountains. I would say India is atleast 30% - 45% mountains. Also, the inverted pyramids are actually stepwells. Stepwells are used to store water at different levels. They are constructed as an inverted temple. There are so many ancient structures and monuments that it's impossible to list them here.

I spent some time in India several decades ago, and I am really enjoying your adventures. I have very fond memories of the kindness of the people, and how welcoming they were. It seems like that has not changed thank you for sharing.

I just can’t wait for Sunday every week! Your journey through India is wonderful. Just so full of life. Thank you.

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

So nice of you to join us - thank you !!

@iluvmoney6767

Ай бұрын

@@TREADtheglobe Hello. Just started watching your videos. Watched about a dozen so far. Very interesting. I am very interested in the back story. What you two did for work? How much money did you all save for this adventure? Other than you tube......what income streams do you have to keep you financially liquid? Is there a past video that cover this? Thanks!

OMG! I thought you were crazy going down that rural road! But wow - totally amazing to see that step-well! Thank-you so much for sharing !!

Jaipur is a wonderful city, one of my favourite places in India. I used to drive down to Jaipur, from Gurgaon, regularly because the company had an office there. The doodh-wallah used to come round the house every morning and dole out the milk. The dried cow dung is fuel for burning on fires. The water table is so far own that step wells are very important.

Rather than cut down trees for wood, yes they dru and burn dung. It's a more common resource

Incredible India is not for beginners 🇮🇳🚩🕉️🙏🏼. India have 29 States , And all states have different language, dress, food, different culture, we are one Indian 🇮🇳🚩🕉️ AND I AM A PART OF THIS GODS LAND, JAI HIND 🙏🏼 BHARAT MATA KI JAI 🇮🇳🚩

Those are Nilgai Antelope. Coincidentally, they live wild all over South Texas after being brought over and released in the 1930s by the King family of the famous King Ranch!

@mattgordon9179

Ай бұрын

I hear they are going to do the same with Donald Trump.

Amazing and also really daring driving and navigating the roads in India. I'm from Penang, Malaysia and for me, driving here is madness. Seeing how Marianne superbly drives around in India and most importantly, able to withstand the sound of honking is truly awesome. And Chris definitely the best navigator.

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

Thank you - he is my rock !

Marianne is a GREAT driver whilst Chris is a GREAT navigator.What a pair.Cest la vie.Wishing both of you n Trudy journey mercies throughout your travels.God bless. Greetings from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Happy you are driving through and showing India up close & personal, so I don’t have to!!!! Love you 2. Blessings from BrisVegas.🤗😘😘

You will be learning so many things about our country. Have wonderful time

That was riveting! Thank you for taking us with you. I even felt hot. What professionals you have become. Love from South Australia. 🇦🇺❤️🦘🦘

That stepwell looks amazing, thankyou for sharing your travels

It is so exhausting and you handle it so well Marianne! Great job you two!

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Lovely countryside and friendly people. Thank you for sharing

I remember Chand Baori. Like you we found it on the internet. Our guide had not heard of it but we went there with him asking the locals for directions. It is amazing, all those steps and far more than necessary, added for pure artistic reasons. Rajasthan is flat and dusty but the age of the cities and the magnificence of the palaces are worth the long miles. Never mind the donkey, you know you are in Rajasthan when you see camels.

Loving seeing your travels around India. Can't stop smiling. It's the maddest place but, like you, something felt different for us about three weeks into our trip. Maybe it was starting to adjust, maybe it was, for us, being able to get into a tuk tuk finally because we had enough small change (visited when they withdrew all the small currency and it was quite tough to get any money out or enough!). But people were so kind. It was a MASSIVE culture shock. You know it will be but nothing prepares you. Been to Fatehpur Sikhri, which we enjoyed more than the Taj, but didn't manage a step well... good excuse to return!! Safe travels.

Wow. Amazing. Going along those little roads.

Such an amazing country India, is. So many horning people , lovely video

Still can't get over the beautiful hotels you stay in while driving through India. ❤

truly enjoyed this one the stepwell was amazing, thanks

It strikes me how industrious everyone is to make a living. They are loaded down with goods, transporting something somewhere, somehow. Or working in the fields without much mechanical equipment. They appear to work so hard for so little.

@soniadownie8749

Ай бұрын

Yes and very creative They can pack things on so ingeniously to maximize their trip - same as they squeeze so many into a bus 😁

@soniadownie8749

Ай бұрын

Yes they use the cow dung it as fuel to cook with

@arpanabinaswar1811

2 күн бұрын

​@@soniadownie8749Those are Labourers who you saw were being squeezed into Back of Truck. These are usually group of Labourers they travel like this to save transportation cost. Even if its not legal to squeeze so many of them in back of the Truck/Tempo but people still continue to do that. Its dangerous particularly in case of accidents that leads to multiple deaths.

@Q_QQ_Q

2 күн бұрын

​@@soniadownie8749they're usually people who are forced to certain laborious tasks , they belong to certain castes indulging in this . They don't have no choice, can't do any other work.

@Enlightened23

7 сағат бұрын

@@Q_QQ_Q nonsense again🤣,everyone has choice, we cant do anything if they cant study

The step well was like looking at an M.C Escher drawing in real life.... but a thousand years older!

I travelled to Jaisalmer some 35 years ago! Took a train from Jaipur! Good times! :)

What an experience and I just want to thank you both for letting us share it with you it's great

That step well was amazing

We have visited most parts of India over the years but always returned to Rajasthan, when you go back Udaipur is a must see as is the temple in Amritsar and the wagah gate on the border with Pakistan.

Gold star Maryanne, you deserve that on your driving and fearlessness.

How Marianne can be so calm, when she drives ?😮

@Sarkarifilmyrecap

2 күн бұрын

Aabhyas 😅

Google map is truly amazing, it shows every dirt road in rural India.

@ganeshnh

Ай бұрын

They have golden heart, unlike your biased hatred for all. Google ceo from India for your information

@sonamdolma9718

7 күн бұрын

@@ganeshnh Great reply. Slap on the face.

Wow- the step well was amazing. Never heard of these before - thank you for sharing and educating us!!

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it - it was a real treat

Amazing! Thank you

This was a top video - so immersive and true to your experience and that Step Well was amazing. Safe journey you two. I so look forward to this later leg of your adventure.

Hello Ambassadors Step Well was magnificent! I recall seeing this in one of the KZreadr's video along time ago. It seems like it was banned from entering the well. We got used the traffic on the road in India LOL 😋😋. SAFE TRAVELS 🛣️🛣️🛣️Love from Florida 💞💞🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

Very good guys, thanks.

I think when this whole journey around the globe finally ends, you both will find it very hard to adjust back to living in the house and not travelling, you will miss it so much! Love watching!

@TheMamuchos

Ай бұрын

I don't think they will stop traveling... Maybe new ways or new goals.. they should announce it at the end of the trip party. Very excited to see them completing this goal ❤

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

Yes - as our dear friends @TheMamuchos explained we have more trips in the pipeline ... which we will share after this trip 🌺

I continue to watch in amazement as you navigate the roads Marianne‼️ That step well structure is absolutely amazing‼️The temple is incredible too. How did you find places to eat or food to buy in India? And hotels? Of all the countries you have traveled through I feel like India is just totally chaotic‼️

@martin96991

6 күн бұрын

It's 1.5 billion people so it's obvious.

@mooftiameetshah2891

5 күн бұрын

If you are willingly to spend $$$ -- you can find everything in India. When Clinton visited India -- Rajasthan in particular -- his favorite joint was Rambaugh Palace

Thank you for allowing me to experience India from the comfort of my cool bedroom 😊,Marianne you’re the best driver , Chris you are an ace cameraman +navigator 🎉,safe travels God Bless ❤

The dried cow dung is used for the cooking fires indoors

Hi guys ,another great,mad,enjoyable video ,once of the beaten track it seems life gets back to basics ,stepwell is amazing ,another great thing with your videos Chris uses some great background music.look forward to your next vid take care ,Steve Dawn xx🇬🇧

Thank you for bringing me along

thanks for sharing this wonderful journey, this reminds me of my last trip there. :)

The architecture of the step well is madness! I like this EP. You both changes a bit my perspective about travelling in India!

I'm from Hyderabad in South India living in Arkansas, USA since 2006 and travel back home every few years.. During those trips i get lots of footage like this on my drives around the city and into the countryside where we went for summer holidays growing up.. It helps me with nostalgia when back in the States... THAT BEING SAID, you guys do a much better and awesome job showing the places around!! I am forwarding it my American friends for a taste of authentic India. Please keep up the great work and thank you so much! Stay safe

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

Awwh thanks - yes it has been incredible and our visit to Jaisalmer and staying with a local family, which is coming soon will knock their socks off !! It was incredible 😉🌺

Pleased to see you visiting the stepwell, and enjoying the sights. I always think of stepwells as upside down temples, they are so ornate!

I'm really enjoying this trip through India and the music you add is perfect!

Awesome video as always Chris and Marianne. India has some amazing history and culture but they are crazy drivers but they are friendly people. Thanks for letting us ride along with y’all on y’all’s journey around the world. 🌎

Amazing episode fascinating. I have been finding the cities hard to watch a bit stressful but this area is amazing and beautiful.

I love your unfailing kindness to every person you meet, even in passing. It means a lot to be kind, even for a moment.

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

You are so kind - thank you

I was there a few years ago and is amazing. So are the people.

This is how rich India's heritage is as can be seen this was built by a King centuries back

Another EPIC video!

Good vlog looking forward to nxt weeks stay safe!

WOW! that step well is amazing, would have been really awesome in person.

Fabulous…thank you both so much. It certainly did seem slightly more relaxing this leg of the trip. The step well is awesome and I agree with others that it should be right up there with the pyramids etc. 😊

@martin96991

6 күн бұрын

If you find that amazing I recommend you to checkout this architecture in INDIA- RANI KI VAV (it is an upside-down underground temple)

Loving the series❤

The stairwell was stunning 😍, great you experienced the countryside. The dry cow patties are definitely fuel for cooking. They are friendly, it's just another form of networking, everyone will try to get you to invest in their endeavours. I've been travelling to India since '89, it's ingrained to network ;)

Wow those Stepwells are incredible- they should be world heritage site - very cleaver

Amazing vlog, rural India at its best...Great driving and navigation.. You are both so calm driving the busy main roads...memories to cherish...look forward to following your adventues 👍👍🇬🇧

Why are we so cross in the West and have zero time. Strangers offering tea to foreigners never happens in the UK. Wonderful, I work, pay bills, and save up money only so I can go on holiday to India every 2 years 2 weeks.

Lovely to get that glimpse of those small villages on the way to the step well. You can tell there's probably a lot of self sufficiency. It would be interesting to stay with a family in a village like that to learn about their way of life...

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

We are pleased to say that we got the opportunity to visit and stay with a family in the dessert for the night - it was fabulous !! Coming soon !!

@shooster5884

Ай бұрын

@@TREADtheglobe Great!

Great choice of music for this journey. Your India trip is must see KZread we patiently wait for next video.

Well done to thé researcher for looking up the Step Well and thumbs up to the navigator 👍👍👍for finding it (Is that your job Chris? 🤗) Those country roads looked far less stressful than the cities - bumps included! Great video explorers - keep trucking and keep safe 🚌🚌🚌

At the end of the day, parking at the secure car park is so satisfying .😇

Another enjoyable video keep up the great content

India is a very populated country, most of the time kids run down the streets and even animals comes suddenly on the street. Many people face different difficult situations so most of the people get the habit of honking.

We love you guys ❤

Türkiye, from Istanbul; Greetings and respect to you... May every moment of yours be happy and peaceful...

@18:32 Green number plates are for EVs.

Another great video

The step well in Abheneri is the best we’ve seen, but there are numerous other examples. I remember a place called Bundi, in particular, that has dozens of step wells in one town. Amazing video again!

I really enjoyed watching your drive through the farming roads... 🕊

That was really enjoyable. So nice to get out into the country. Couldn't help wondering the purpose of the zebra crossings!!!

Happy for your colourful video of India. Thank you so that I dont have to.

dont miss Kerala... and always welcome mate..❤

Wow! Thanks for sharing the stepwell with us. Traveling with you guys is an education. ❤

Congrats for being able to drive through chaotic Indian roads. Now you can drive in any part of the world! Also, nice background music!

14:53 - Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)

Hi I was just wondering why you have never shown any filming of you both having a meal in India? It would be great to see proper Indian food and also your comments on it. Have you been told to avoid eating in certain areas ?

@chokolatelatte4764

Ай бұрын

They said on another video comment that they have both been suffering with stomach issues so eating little and boring food.

@overcomplexify

Ай бұрын

​@@chokolatelatte4764 What's boring food? They ate eggs and the same wrap over and over in Turkey and lots of chicken rice. They've always shown boring realistic food,even random bread and grocery store trips. It's weird that they show nothing now.

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

Yep - we unfortunately got quite poorly a few times and had to stick to plain bland food - but there is some food coming soon 😉🌺

I'm guessing you guys are now fully immersed into the spellbinding culture of India , truly life affirming yeah ? , everything from now on is a stroll in the park . If you're heading south then Mumbai , Hampi , Goa.... is a must , but i could name hundreds of musts LOL , enjoy x

In India green number plate for electric vehicles love and greetings from Rajasthan❤

Nice to get out into the sticks, for a bit of calm, the water steps looked interesting, back into the madness, happy travelling ! 🙂

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Hi, I enjoyed this episode of your journey. Its making me look forward to October, when I will return for a 4th time with my colleagues on another first aid training course for schools and hospitals.

Fascinating place

Green number plates in India are electric vehicles, I had to Google it. Brilliant video as always , my Sunday is complete when I get to watch the latest part of the adventure. Loving seeing India.

People are very friendly and helpful in rural India. I loved going to the countryside, we bathed in a tube well pool when it got really hot.

Once again you show the world some amazing historical architecture like the step well. I really appreciate letting me and others join you on this absolutely fantastic opportunity to tread the globe. Regards Chris UK.❤😊

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Didn't even make it 10 seconds without going "WOOOWWW!!!" 😁 The Chandburi is amazing! It's like Minecraft IRL! As you were walking up, I couldn't believe how long it took to see the bottom. 😱😱😱 Back in my "Aaron the Bus Driver" days, we would have many Indian people to and from Microsoft HQ near Seattle. Some of the kindest, warmest, most engaging people I've met. I'd imagine seeing a couple of Brits in an ice cream van way off the (western) beaten path made you two a fascinating sight for more than a few people. ❤️❤️😎👍xx

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

You are right !! Maybe that is where the minecraft idea came from ?!?! 🤔🙌💜

Hi both, Thank you for yet another fantastic video of your travels through India. My Mother was from Jhansi & grew up there. I have always wanted to visit India but I’m a bit old now to go there myself. I think that the constant horning that we find offensive as westerners is because we interpret it as a personal affront which is something that the people of India see as something entirely different & is their way of letting other road users that they are there.

@SHIVAMYadav-pw5uz

Күн бұрын

You must come sir...its ur country too😊

A really enjoyable video, the step well was amazing as is Marianne's driving!

That mammal is called "Neelgai" in India because of a I'll shade of blue color in its skin. Neel means blue and gai means cow or the "Blue Bull"...welcome to India

Well done 👍

Its been 26 years since I've lived in India and you guys have shown me something that i always wanted to see. The rular India I've been grown and bought up in concrete jungles and never got a chance to see villages like this before. That's my kinda video, Thank-you

That's just brilliant, so much respect for you guys!! Also, green numberplates mean electric vehicles (from watching MarcTravel's channel). Loving the camera angle at 28:55, really brings home how crazy the journey is :D

@TREADtheglobe

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!