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India Part 5: Madurai to Goa (aka Cheeky Monkeys and Dingy Bars)
Continuing our trip around South India, we left the green hills of Periyer National Park for Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Whilst we had been booked on a 6 hour local bus, our previous experiences on these and the threat of riding in heavy monsoon rains with no windows meant we felt this was a decent …
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India Part 4: Kerala (aka chilling and trekking)
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 …
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India Part 3: Jaipur to Varanasi (aka Handsome Priests and Plagues of Locusts)
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 …
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India Part 2: Jaisalmer to Pushkar (aka Elderly Narcotic Problems and Unlicensed Drinking)
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", …
India: Delhi to Jaisalmer Video
Here's a quick video of our time in India so far. https://youtu.be/RruFQaCNs_I
Romania: Sibiu, Sighisoara and Cluj
After departing Brasov, our travel plan was to head to Sibiu and then northwards to Sighisoara, before heading to Cluj to catch our flight. Whatever preconceptions we had about Romania, Sibiu was the one place we visited that was completely nothing like we were expecting. Streets of centuries old houses with distinctive "eyes" on their …
Food and Drink in Romania: Pork and Palinca
Based on our experience of Romanian food and drink during our trip, Giles and I agreed on a couple of resolutions. On day 10, we agreed that we were not going to eat pork for at least a couple of weeks. Before that, on day 5, we agreed we would never again drink Palinca (plum …
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Romania: Bears and Bad Weather (Bucharest to Brasov)
On leaving Bucharest, our plan was to stop for a couple of nights in Sinaia before heading on to Brasov, and take the opportunity to do some walking in the mountains. Romanian trains may not be the fastest, but they are certainly cheap (less than €5 for an hour and half in first class), comfortable …
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Taking a break
Our bags are (almost) packed. The house is (almost) sold. We've (almost) finished work. Eighteen days to go until we will be living out of a backpack for a year. Andy an I decided a couple of years ago that we wanted to take a break from work to go and travel the world. So …
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