Given the near midnight departure of our flight from Mumbai to Hanoi (via Bangkok), it was fair to say we just wanted a nightcap and to try to sleep through the journey. It seemed like the lady in front of us had a similar intent, it was just that her nightcap whisky was followed by …
Continue reading Northern Vietnam (aka inebriated grandmas and clashing in a kayak)
Whilst we have been in India, we got news that our house sale had gone through, and we had spent a lot less than we had budgeted for this leg. As a little celebration, I managed to talk Giles into booking the famous Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai for our last night in India. …
Continue reading Mumbai – A perfect end to our time in India
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 …
Continue reading India Part 5: Madurai to Goa (aka Cheeky Monkeys and Dingy Bars)
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)
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 …
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