If places like Varanasi and Agra are the India that everyone has in their minds, Kerala has been the India that we didn't imagine. Upon landing in Trivandrum, the sheer greenery of the place hits you straight away. And then driving around: there are no cows and the wall of car and tuk tuk beeping …
Continue reading India Part 4: Kerala (aka chilling and trekking)
Departing Pushkar, we were starting our final leg across North India - heading to Jaipur, Abhaneri, Agra and Varanasi. Jaipur is the largest city in Rajasthan, and perhaps one of our favourites from our previous time in India. At the centre is the "Pink City" which dates back centuries but was only painted pink for …
Continue reading India Part 3: Jaipur to Varanasi (aka Handsome Priests and Plagues of Locusts)
The next leg of our India trip has taken us from Jaisalmer to the blue city of Jodhpur, then onwards to Udaipur and Pushkar. We had actually been to Jodhpur 4 years ago, and have a few reminders of the scams we fell for back then, such as the "we supply to Liberty of London", …
Here's a quick video of our time in India so far. https://youtu.be/RruFQaCNs_I
When we started to plan our trip around India, we decided to initially spend a few days in Delhi at the start, mainly in order to acclimatise. Yes, acclimatise to the humid heat that the monsoon season brings, but also a few days to acclimatise to India and the aspects of travelling as a westerner …
Continue reading India Part 1 : Delhi to Jaisalmer (aka Moody Camels and Angry Cows)
Warning - Vegetarians and vegans probably won't like this post. Whilst we were travelling in Cambodia in June 2018, we heard about the untimely death of Anthony Bourdain. He inspired a whole movement of travellers to explore, see and, above all, taste the world and everything it has to offer. It was his early 2000s …
Continue reading A Trip Around Cambodia – Part 3: Food (the good, the bad, and the ugly)
Before our trip we were talking to someone who had recently been Cambodia and told him we were heading to a place called Banteay Chhmar, based on recommendations. Based on him having no idea where I was talking about, I assumed I was pronouncing it wrong. It soon became clear I was indeed pronouncing it …
Continue reading A Trip Around Cambodia – Part 2 : Banteay Chhmar and Siem Reap
With annual leave from work at a premium, it can be challenging to fit everything we want to do in a destination into a week or two. Cambodia posed this challenge, and in ten days we saw a lot but left feeling we had barely started seeing this amazing country. We travelled in June 2018, …
Continue reading A Trip Around Cambodia – Part 1 : Phnom Penh to Battambang
In January 2017, things were going pretty well. I'd started a new job only three months ago and was really enjoying it. But then, out of the blue, I was made redundant and put on three months gardening leave. Now, I am no gardener and the thought of three months hanging around the house was …
Continue reading How to survive gardening leave? A Thai Food Adventure
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