<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57f6a1b2dd089551358b4b1e-2400/img_20160617_125756.jpg" alt="india backpacking 2" data-mce-source="Courtesy Jake Pitts" data-link="http://www.globe-trottingjake.com/" /><p class="source"><span><a href="http://www.globe-trottingjake.com/">Courtesy Jake Pitts</a></span></p><p class="caption">Jake Pitts with his grandma, Barbara.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Jake Pitts of <a href="http://www.globe-trottingjake.com/">Globe-Trotting Jake</a> has been to nearly 20 countries on six continents, but his trip to India made a globe-trotter out of his 69-year-old grandmother, Barbara.</p><p>The London native and university student had already planned the trip when his grandma told him that she'd always wanted to see the Taj Mahal.</p><p>He asked if she wanted to come, and the rest is history.</p>

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A college student went backpacking through India with his 69-year-old grandma

Courtesy Jake PittsJake Pitts with his grandma, Barbara.Jake Pitts of Globe-Trotting Jake has been to nearly 20 countries on six continents, but his trip to India made a globe-trotter out of his 69-year-old grandmother, Barbara.The London native and university student had already planned the trip when his grandma told him that she'd always wanted to see the Taj Mahal.He asked if she wanted to come, and the rest is history.

Courtesy Jake PittsJake Pitts with his grandma, Barbara. Jake Pitts of Globe-Trotting Jake has been to nearly 20 countries on six continents, but his trip to India made a globe-trotter out of his 69-year-old grandmother, Barbara.

A college student went backpacking through India with his 69-year-old grandma

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